Contour 34 Buyer's Guide
Shopping the used Contour 34 SC means considering a 34-foot offshore trailerable trimaran from Contour Yachts, designed by Cole Beadon, with folding swing-style amas that collapse to a 12-foot-6-inch beam for conventional marina berths and road transport. These boats were built as capable cruisers, so the used examples on the market reflect a design meant to fold, launch, and sail long distances rather than a day-sailing toy.
Layouts on the Used Market
Every Contour 34 SC shares the same essential plan: a slender main hull with a 7-to-1 beam-to-length ratio, a large V-berth forward, an enclosed head with shower to port, and a saloon whose two 6-foot-6-inch settees become sea berths. The aft galley sits behind the companionway with an icebox, deep sink, and a two-burner Origo alcohol stove, while the cockpit carries an open transom and seats four. Folded, the amas stay on the same horizontal plane, and the centerboard raises draft to just over a foot for shallow approach; extended, the akas penetrate the hull 36 inches and lock into a rigid sailing platform.
Equipment and Common Upgrades
Most boats you will see carry a commonly fitted suite oriented to self-sufficient cruising: air conditioning and heating for cabin comfort, solar and an inverter for house power, and a chartplotter with autopilot for shorthanded navigation. Downwind capability is typically covered by a spinnaker, asymmetric spinnaker, and code zero on the short bowsprit, with a bimini for cockpit shade. For a buyer, the power and energy cluster means less generator dependence at anchor, while the sail-handling cluster broadens light-air and downwind range without a bowsprit rebuild.
What to Inspect
The swing-wing retractable ama system was built to match a fixed-beam structure's integrity, and the akas must be securely bolted in the sailing position to create the intended rigid platform swing-wing retractable ama system. Inspect the main hull's solid fiberglass areas where the akas attach and the composite shell's Kevlar and carbon reinforcement in high-load zones for prior impact or delamination. The water stay, or flying wire, that reduces aka bending loads in the extended position should be examined for corrosion or fatigue at the main-hull and ama attachments.
Availability and Buyer's Takeaway
These trimarans are found in the United States. When evaluating a specific boat, check that the amas fold horizontally and lock level, confirm the centerboard operates from the cockpit through its full 1-foot-3-inch to 5-foot-3-inch range, verify the 20-horsepower outboard bracket lifts cleanly, and review the galley's alcohol stove and 20-gallon stainless tank against your cruising style.
Price & volume trends
Monthly asking-price and listing-volume trends for the Contour 34. The line shows the median ask each month; the bars show how many listings appeared.
Monthly breakdown · 2 rows
| Month | Listings | Median ask | Δ vs. last mo. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25 | 1 | $85,000 | — |
| Mar 26 | 1 | $87,000 | +2.4% |
Where they're listed
Contour 34 listings appear across 1 country. United States has the most listings with 1.
Country view
1 listings · 1 country| Country | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | $87,000 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
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