Sweden Yachts 340
Sweden Yachts · Peter Norlin · 1979
Updated
The Sweden Yachts 340 is a 10.41 m heavy displacement racing yacht designed by Peter Norlin and built by Sweden Yachts, first launched in 1979. It races in Class C.
Length
10.41 m
34′ 2″
Beam
3.49 m
Draft
2.02 m
Displacement
6.6 t
Sail area
65 m²
On the podium
Where a Sweden Yachts 340 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 2021 and 2022, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Sweden Yachts 340 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Regata Brindisi-Corfù2022- Regata Brindisi-Corfù2021
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: 2 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The designs a Sweden Yachts 340 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Met too few times for a figure:
Grand Soleil 46 (Jézéquel) (2 meetings), Elan S3 (2 meetings), Zuanelli 401 (2 meetings), Sun Odyssey 49 (2 meetings), Archambault 40 (2 meetings), Bavaria Holiday 38 (2 meetings), First 40.7 (3 meetings), Sun Odyssey 43 (2 meetings), Bavaria Cruiser 37 (2 meetings), Elan 333 (3 meetings), First 35 (Farr) (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini) (1 meeting), Oceanis 400 (1 meeting), First 36.7 (2 meetings), Grand Soleil 37 (Design) (1 meeting), J/105 (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 40 (Carkeek) (1 meeting), Sun Odyssey 42 (Lombard) (1 meeting), Hanse 411 (1 meeting), Oceanis 46 (Berret) (1 meeting), First 47.7 (1 meeting), Figaro 2 (1 meeting), Millenium 40 (1 meeting), X-35 (1 meeting), M 37 (1 meeting), Hanse 540e (1 meeting), Italia 9.98 (1 meeting), Oceanis 393 (1 meeting), X-412 (1 meeting), Comet 36 (1 meeting), Solaris 42 (1 meeting), Bonin 358 (1 meeting), First 35 (Berret) (1 meeting), Bavaria 46 (1 meeting), Comet 111 (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
4.96
38°
Beam reach
7.60
90°
Broad reach
8.22
135°
Downwind VMG
7.34
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.
This one is at home going to windward. Windward-leeward courses give it more of what it is good at than a coastal race does.
Where it gains
Its best ground is to windward when it blows, 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 when it blows, 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 downwind.
How fast is a Sweden Yachts 340
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.20 | 4.34 | 4.78 | 4.96 |
| 52° | 4.88 | 6.29 | 6.75 | 6.91 |
| 60° | 5.14 | 6.48 | 6.91 | 7.08 |
| 75° | 5.30 | 6.62 | 7.07 | 7.36 |
| 90° | 5.20 | 6.68 | 7.12 | 7.60 |
| 110° | 5.23 | 6.81 | 7.39 | 7.91 |
| 120° | 5.07 | 6.74 | 7.39 | 8.24 |
| 135° | 4.59 | 6.44 | 7.24 | 8.22 |
| 150° | 3.94 | 5.89 | 6.95 | 7.86 |
| Run VMG | 3.41 | 5.13 | 6.35 | 7.34 |
How they are set up
The range each sail spans across the fleet.
Nearly all carry a folding propeller. Crew weight is declared around 570 kg.
Rigging
Sweden Yachts 340 rig and sail dimensions
A Sweden Yachts 340 carries 12.50 m of mainsail hoist on a 3.80 m boom, a forestay 14.40 m above the deck. Typical figures across the 3 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails
The spinnaker spreads widest of all — 84 to 93 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.