{{Short description|Sailboat class}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2018}} {{Use Canadian English|date=September 2018}} {{Infobox sailboat specifications |name = Viking 34 |insignia = |insignia size = |insignia alt = |insignia caption = |line drawing = |line size = |line alt = |line caption = |image boat = File:Viking 34 sailboat Cariad 3416.jpg |image size = |image alt = |image caption =
|designer = C&C Design |location = Canada |year = 1973 |no built = |design = |class = |brand = |builder = Ontario Yachts |role =
|boats = |crew = |trapeze = |draft = {{convert|6.00|ft|m|abbr=on}} |air draft = |displacement = {{convert|8900|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}
|hulls = |hull type = Monohull |construction = Fiberglass |loa = {{convert|33.58|ft|m|abbr=on}} |loh = |lwl = {{convert|27.17|ft|m|abbr=on}} |beam = {{convert|9.83|ft|m|abbr=on}} |hull draft = |hull weight = |engine = Inboard motor
|appendages = |keel type = swept fin keel |ballast = {{convert|4500|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} |rudder type = internally-mounted spade-type rudder
|rigs = |rig type = Bermuda rig |I = {{convert|44.50|ft|m|abbr=on}} |J = {{convert|14.80|ft|m|abbr=on}} |P = {{convert|39.30|ft|m|abbr=on}} |E = {{convert|10.70|ft|m|abbr=on}} |mast length = |rig other =
|sails = |sailplan = Masthead sloop |sailarea main = {{convert|210.26|sqft|m2|abbr=on}} |sailarea headsail = {{convert|329.30|sqft|m2|abbr=on}} |lp = |sailarea spin = |sailarea gen = |sails other = |sailarea upwind = |sailarea downwind = |sailarea total = {{convert|539.56|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
|rating = |d-pn = |rya-pn = |phrf = 129 (average)
|status = |previous = |successor = }}
The '''Viking 34''' is a Canadian sailboat, that was designed by C&C Design and first built in 1973.<ref name="Data">{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/viking-34|title = Viking 34 sailboat specifications and details|access-date = 1 September 2018|last= Browning| first = Randy |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2018|archive-url= https://archive.today/20210306001032/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/viking-34|archive-date= 6 March 2021|url-status= live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/designer/cc-design|title = C&C Design|access-date = 1 September 2018|last= Browning| first = Randy |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2018|archive-url= https://archive.today/20210301170340/https://sailboatdata.com/designer/cc-design|archive-date= 1 March 2021|url-status= live}}</ref><ref name="Guide">{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/ontario/viking-34|title= Viking 34|access-date= 28 March 2022|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220328134525/https://sailboat.guide/ontario/viking-34|archive-date= 28 March 2022|url-status= live}}</ref>
The Viking 34 is a development of the Viking 33, with a {{convert|1.5|ft|m|abbr=on}} taller mast, 4% more sail area, a {{convert|0.5|ft|m|abbr=on}} deeper Peterson-style keel and a revised interior layout.<ref name="Data"/><ref name="Guide"/><ref>{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/viking-33|title = Viking 33 sailboat specifications and details|access-date = 1 September 2018|last= Browning| first = Randy |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2018|archive-url= https://archive.today/20210306001044/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/viking-33|archive-date= 6 March 2021|url-status= live}}</ref>
==Production== The design was built by Ontario Yachts in Canada between 1973 and 1982, but it is now out of production.<ref name="Data"/><ref name="Guide"/><ref>{{cite web|url =https://sailboatdata.com/builder/ontario-yachts|title = Ontario Yachts|access-date = 1 September 2018|last= Browning| first = Randy |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2018|archive-url= https://archive.today/20201006232449/https://sailboatdata.com/builder/ontario-yachts|archive-date= 6 October 2020|url-status= live}}</ref>
==Design== left|thumb|Viking 34 The Viking 34 is a small recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig, a raked stem, a raised reverse transom, an internally-mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed swept Peterson-style fin keel.<ref name="Data"/><ref name="Guide"/>
The design displaces {{convert|8900|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} and carries {{convert|4500|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} of ballast.<ref name="Data"/><ref name="Guide"/>
The boat has a draft of {{convert|6.00|ft|m|abbr=on}} with the standard keel fitted.<ref name="Data"/><ref name="Guide"/>
The design has a PHRF racing average handicap of 129 with a high of 132 and low of 126. It has a hull speed of {{convert|6.98|kn|km/h|2|abbr=on}}.<ref name="Guide"/><ref name="Joy">{{cite web|url = http://www.sailingjoy.com/sailboat_specs/sailboat_specs/view/1665/viking-34|title = Sailboat Specifications for Viking 34 |access-date = 1 September 2018|work = Sailing Joy|author= InterVisionSoft LLC|year = 2018|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180902011817/http://www.sailingjoy.com/sailboat_specs/sailboat_specs/view/1665/viking-34|archive-date= 2 September 2018|url-status= dead}}</ref> <!-- ==Operational history== -->
==See also== *List of sailing boat types
'''Related development''' *Viking 33
'''Similar sailboats''' *Beneteau 331 *Beneteau First Class 10 *C&C 34 *C&C 34/36 *Catalina 34 *Coast 34 *Columbia 34 *Columbia 34 Mark II *Creekmore 34 *Crown 34 *CS 34 *Express 34 *Hunter 34 *San Juan 34 *S&S 34 *Sea Sprite 34 *Sun Odyssey 349 *Tartan 34-2 *Tartan 34 C *UFO 34
==References== {{Reflist}}
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