Queen 34
COMPOSITE MARINE · Marco Lostuzzi · 2005
Updated
The Queen 34 is a 9.99 m semi-displacement racing yacht designed by Marco Lostuzzi and built by COMPOSITE MARINE, first launched in 2005. It races in Class C.
Length
9.99 m
32′ 9″
Beam
3.29 m
Draft
2.29 m
Displacement
3.8 t
Sail area
63 m²
On the podium
Where a Queen 34 finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
62%
of 24 starts by 2 boats
Wins
46%
Read from 24 starts by 2 boats between 2017 and 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Queen 34 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Vento de l'Alguer2026- Vento de l'Alguer2024
- Vento de l'Alguer2023
- Round Aeolian Race2022
- Vento de l'Alguer2022
Raced one we are missing?
Report a regattaRound the buoys, or offshore
A short windward-leeward and a night at sea ask different things of a boat. Here is how this one does in each.
Round the buoys
71%
of these races end on the podium
Offshore & coastal
—
Not enough data yet: 7 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The designs a Queen 34 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
First 38 (7 meetings), Grand Soleil 39 (Maletto) (7 meetings), Sun Odyssey 36 (6 meetings), JOD 35 (6 meetings), J/24 (7 meetings), Oceanis 331 (5 meetings), Pogo 36 (5 meetings), Dufour 430 (5 meetings), Elan 37 (4 meetings), Sun Odyssey 32 (4 meetings), First 345 (4 meetings), Elan 450 (4 meetings), First 31.7 (4 meetings), Elan 33 (4 meetings), Dehler 34 (Stadt) (3 meetings), Show 29 (2 meetings), Comet 105 (1 meeting), Este 31 (1 meeting), Ker 46 (1 meeting), Dufour 34 (2 meetings), Oceanis 31 (1 meeting), Pogo 10.50 (1 meeting), X-35 (1 meeting), Comet 45 (1 meeting), IMX 45 (1 meeting), J/122 (1 meeting), Solaris 40 (1 meeting), Farr 45 (1 meeting), Vismara 40 (1 meeting), Vismara 34 (1 meeting), Italia 10.98 (1 meeting), First 36.7 (1 meeting)
Some of the boats it races against
How the Queen 34 has fared against each of them, boat against boat on corrected time. Ordered by how often the two meet, not by who wins.
Speed at every angle
The shape of this design's speed, drawn from the measured fleet. Pick a wind and watch it stretch.
Upwind VMG
5.21
38°
Beam reach
8.60
90°
Broad reach
10.96
135°
Downwind VMG
8.28
170°
Speed in knots at 20 knots of true wind. Green marks the angles that pay: the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Where it wins and where it pays
Every boat is judged against its own measurements — length, weight, sail area. The quicker those say it should be, the more it has to deliver just to break even. Going fast is not enough: it has to go faster than its own numbers promised.
The stronger it blows, the better this design looks. On a windy coastal course it is in its element; on a light-air windward-leeward it has to be sailed well to hold on.
Where it gains
Its best ground is off the wind once it pipes up, where it goes better than its measurements say it should, and by a margin worth having. It holds that advantage downwind as well, so the gain is not down to one leg of the course.
Where it pays
It falls short upwind when it blows, giving away time it never gets back. That is a hull that will lift and run given enough breeze.
Above the line it delivers more than promised and gains on the fleet. Below, it falls short. Move the wind: plenty of boats sit on one side in the light and the other when it blows.
Full width is 1.4 kn either way.
At 10 knots this design makes back more than its rating asks on the downwind.
How fast is a Queen 34
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.58 | 4.86 | 5.16 | 5.21 |
| 52° | 5.42 | 6.92 | 7.22 | 7.32 |
| 60° | 5.69 | 7.09 | 7.44 | 7.58 |
| 75° | 5.88 | 7.23 | 7.79 | 8.06 |
| 90° | 5.91 | 7.29 | 7.93 | 8.60 |
| 110° | 6.06 | 7.65 | 8.37 | 9.16 |
| 120° | 5.93 | 7.61 | 8.68 | 9.87 |
| 135° | 5.36 | 7.27 | 8.41 | 10.96 |
| 150° | 4.52 | 6.62 | 7.72 | 9.55 |
| Run VMG | 3.91 | 5.73 | 6.74 | 8.28 |
How they are set up
The range each sail spans across the fleet.
Nearly all carry a folding propeller. A bowsprit is standard across the fleet. Crew weight is declared around 340 kg.
Rigging
Queen 34 rig and sail dimensions
A Queen 34 carries 13.05 m of mainsail hoist on a 4.62 m boom, a forestay 13.28 m above the deck and a 5.59 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 2 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails
The spinnaker spreads widest of all — 90 to 106 m² depending on bowsprit and set-up. Before ordering a sail, read the figure on your own measurement record rather than the typical one for the design.