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    ME & MY BOAT

    May 21, 2020 5 minutes

    Duncan Kent has been a yacht tester for 25 years. He is an experienced sailor and technical feature writer and editor for numerous nautical magazines and digital publications

    VANCOUVER 34 CLASSIC

    Duncan Kent looks at the enduring appeal of this versatile yacht which is suitable for blue water as well as coastal cruising

    The Vancouver 34 Classic is one of a range of highly sought-after ocean cruising yachts built by Northshore Yachts between 1991-2012.

    Initially designed as a 32-footer in 1979 by Robert Harris, she was later stretched to 34ft LOA in order to increase her waterline length and to enlarge the cockpit enough to enable wheel steering to be fitted. Around 120 of the Classic model were built in total.

    DECKED OUT

    The hull and deck were generously laid-up by hand using bi-directional mat with waterproof (Isopthalic) resin and substantially reinforced all around her long, encapsulated keel, the foot of

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