Stadt 34
Henry Vink · E.G. van de Stadt · 1986
Updated
The Stadt 34 is a 10.25 m heavy displacement racing yacht designed by E.G. van de Stadt and built by Henry Vink, first launched in 1986. It races in Class C.
Length
10.25 m
33′ 8″
Beam
3.28 m
Draft
1.96 m
Displacement
6.1 t
Sail area
61 m²
On the podium
Where a Stadt 34 finishes when she goes racing.
0
Wins
0
Seconds
0
Thirds
2
Starts
Not enough races yet for a percentage — these are the counts so far. We keep collecting results, so this will fill in.
Read from 2 starts by 1 boat between 2019 and 2023, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Stadt 34 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
50 Mijl Doublehanded2023- 50 Mijl Doublehanded2019
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
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Not enough data yet: no races of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.
Offshore & coastal
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Not enough data yet: no races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The designs a Stadt 34 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Met too few times for a figure:
X-362 (2 meetings), Dehler 34 (Judel/Vrolijk) (3 meetings), F & F 95 (5 meetings), X-312 (1 meeting), Pogo 850 (1 meeting), Waarschip 101 (1 meeting), First 31.7 (1 meeting), Spirit 32 (1 meeting), Winner 950 (2 meetings), Varianta 37 (1 meeting), X-34 (1 meeting), UFO 34 (1 meeting), Comfortina 38 (1 meeting), Dehler 31 (1 meeting), Brise De Mer 34 (1 meeting), J/92 (2 meetings), X-372 (1 meeting), Seascape 24 (1 meeting), X-99 (1 meeting), J/80 (2 meetings), Sun Fast 32 (1 meeting), J/110 (1 meeting), Dehler 29 (1 meeting), First 300 (1 meeting), Winner 11.20 (1 meeting), Dehler 33 (1 meeting)
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
4.78
39°
Beam reach
7.39
90°
Broad reach
7.87
135°
Downwind VMG
7.11
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.
It is an upwind boat first. Windward-leeward courses give it more of what it is good at than a coastal race does.
Where it gains
Its best ground is upwind once it pipes up, where it outruns what it looks like on paper, and by a margin worth having.
Where it pays
It falls short on a broad reach once it pipes up, giving away time it never gets back. That is weight that has to be driven rather than released.
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 0.4 kn either way.
At 10 knots this design makes back more than its rating asks on the beam reach.
How fast is a Stadt 34
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.08 | 4.15 | 4.62 | 4.78 |
| 52° | 4.67 | 6.03 | 6.53 | 6.72 |
| 60° | 4.91 | 6.21 | 6.69 | 6.91 |
| 75° | 5.06 | 6.36 | 6.86 | 7.20 |
| 90° | 5.07 | 6.51 | 7.00 | 7.39 |
| 110° | 5.04 | 6.57 | 7.17 | 7.81 |
| 120° | 4.84 | 6.47 | 7.12 | 7.98 |
| 135° | 4.34 | 6.14 | 6.95 | 7.87 |
| 150° | 3.71 | 5.60 | 6.67 | 7.54 |
| Run VMG | 3.21 | 4.88 | 6.12 | 7.11 |
How they are set up
The range each sail spans across the fleet.
Nearly all carry a folding propeller. Crew weight is declared around 410 kg.
Rigging
Stadt 34 rig and sail dimensions
A Stadt 34 carries 12.50 m of mainsail hoist on a 4.50 m boom, a forestay 12.18 m above the deck. 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 — 63 to 71 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.