Cabo Rico 34 Buyer's Guide
Shopping the used Cabo Rico 34 means looking at a Crealock-designed cutter built in Costa Rica that entered production in 1988, a hull on a long cut-away keel with 5,800 pounds of lead. These are genuine offshore boats rather than coastal weekenders, and the brokerage stock reflects that intent.
Layouts on the Used Market
The cabin plan is consistent across the class: two full double sleeping cabins, one forward and one aft to starboard, with a third double berth that extends from a settee shelf. The U-shaped galley sits with a stainless double sink and gas stove with oven, while the nav table faces aft opposite. Five Lewmar hatches, two dorade vents with guarded boxes, and eight opening ports light and vent the interior, and the wide 11-foot beam carried aft gives the volume Crealock built the boat around.
Equipment and Common Upgrades
Well-found examples often carry the kit of a boat that has crossed oceans: solar panels, a bimini and dodger, autopilot, chartplotter, life raft, and a documented circumnavigation or transatlantic passage. For the buyer, that cluster means self-sufficient power and navigation without immediate rework. Less commonly seen but worth weighing as owner upgrades are heating, a wind generator, an asymmetric spinnaker, hot water, dinghy davits, a cockpit shower, radar, and AIS—each a sign of a particular cruising style rather than a baseline fit.
What to Inspect
The class is structurally overbuilt, but a survey should still confirm the details that matter. The raised bulwark hull-to-deck joint should be sealed and through-bolted throughout with no separation anchor, and the fully bonded teak-clad bulkheads should show no starved laminate where they meet hull and deck. Because the mast step bridge uses a void for the holding tank, check that enclosure for odor or leakage, and verify the complete heavy-wire grounding system is intact. The solid-fiberglass substructure means no rot path in bilges, but the insulated hull and deck should still be tested for saturated core.
Availability and Buyer's Takeaway
These boats are typically found in the United States market. For a shopper, the short list is: confirm the hull-to-deck joint and bulkhead bonding, test the mast-step bridge holding-tank void, verify grounding and insulation integrity, and judge any circumnavigation history as evidence of prepared systems rather than wear. A Cabo Rico 34 in sound structural order is a capable long-range cruiser with a roomy, ventilated interior.
Price & volume trends
Monthly asking-price and listing-volume trends for the Cabo Rico 34. The line shows the median ask each month; the bars show how many listings appeared.
Monthly breakdown · 7 rows
| Month | Listings | Median ask | Δ vs. last mo. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25 | 3 | $65,000 | — |
| Jun 25 | 1 | $85,000 | +30.8% |
| Sep 25 | 1 | $89,000 | +4.7% |
| Dec 25 | 1 | $89,000 | 0.0% |
| Apr 26 | 2 | $125,000 | +40.4% |
| May 26 | 3 | $89,000 | -28.8% |
| Jun 26 | 1 | $89,000 | 0.0% |
Where they're listed
Cabo Rico 34 listings appear across 1 country. United States has the most listings with 8.
Country view
8 listings · 1 country| Country | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | $89,000 | 8 | 1 | 100.0% |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pacific Seacraft Crealock 34 | 34.08' | $ 105,000 | 21 | 6 |
| Roberts 34 | 33.5' | $ 19,688 | 15 | 2 |
| Sweden Yachts C34 | 34' | $ 51,215 | 12 | 3 |
| Vancouver 34 Classic | 34.25' | $ 87,918 | 11 | 3 |
| Sea Sprite 34 | 33.84' | $ 28,000 | 11 | 5 |
| Cape Dory 33 | 33.04' | $ 31,750 | 10 | 2 |
| Malö 34 | 34.78' | $ 67,883 | 9 | 2 |
| Cabo Rico 34You are here | — | $ 89,000 | 8 | 1 |