CAL 34

Sailboat Specifications

LOA: 33.24 ft / 10.13 m

LWL: 26.00 ft / 7.92 m

S.A. (reported): 503.00 ft² / 46.73 m²

Beam: 10.00 ft / 3.05 m

Displacement: 9,500.00 lb / 4,309 kg

Ballast: 3,750.00 lb / 1,701 kg

Max Draft: 5.00 ft / 1.52 m

Construction: FG

Ballast Type: Lead

First Built: 1968

Last Built: 1975

# Built: 347

Builder: Jensen Marine/Cal Boats

Designer: C. William Lapworth

Auxiliary Power/Tanks (orig. equip.)

Make: Universal

Type: Gas

HP: 30

Fuel: 25 gals / 95 L

Accomodations

Water: 23 gals / 87 L
Sailboat Calculations

S.A. / Displ.: 18.00

Bal. / Displ.: 39.47

Disp: / Len: 241.30

Comfort Ratio: 24.27

Capsize Screening Formula: 1.89

S#: 2.35

Hull Speed: 6.83 kn

Pounds/Inch Immersion: 929.01 pounds/inch

Rig and Sail Particulars

I: 39.00 ft / 11.89 m

J: 13.75 ft / 4.19 m

P: 33.50 ft / 10.21 m

E: 14.00 ft / 4.27 m

S.A. Fore: 268.13 ft² / 24.91 m²

S.A. Main: 234.50 ft² / 21.79 m²

S.A. Total (100% Fore + Main Triangles): 502.63 ft² / 46.70 m²

S.A./Displ. (calc.): 17.99

Est. Forestay Length: 41.35 ft / 12.60 m

Sailboat Organizations

Designer: C. William Lapworth

Builders: Jensen Marine/Cal Boats

Sailboat Links

Related Sailboats: CAL 34-III

CAL 2-34
Additional Notes

Jack Jensen, founder of Jensen Marine owned and regularly sailed a CAL 34. Later versions (2-34,
34-III) share the same hull but with different rigs and other details. Production of the final version
continued until 1979.