MG RS34 Buyer's Guide
Shopping the brokerage market for an MG RS34 means chasing a scarce 1980s Humphreys design: about fifteen were built from the mould of the prototype Seren Wib starting in 1983, and Marine Glass constructed them in solid fiberglass with a lead fin keel. These are light racers rather than cruising volumes, so the used buyer is looking at a small, focused population of boats with a genuine race history rather than a common club class.
Layouts on the Used Market
The RS34 is a 34-foot fractional sloop on a 29.5-foot waterline with an 11.2-foot beam and a 6.5-foot draft. The boat carries 7,850 pounds displacement with 2,470 pounds of lead ballast and a 31 percent ballast ratio, a light-racer profile that implies a cabin trimmed for short-handed sailing more than for extended coastal living. Buyers should treat each example as a custom-kept racer-cruiser and verify the interior directly rather than assuming a standard layout.
Equipment and Common Upgrades
On the used market the RS34 commonly carries a spinnaker and asymmetric spinnaker, reflecting the class's racing use, and a chartplotter is also commonly fitted as baseline navigation. The presence of running rigging sized for spinnaker work—33.3-meter halyards and 22.8-meter sheets—supports the spinnaker inventory as original-intent gear.
What to Inspect
Inspection should follow normal practice for a 1980s solid-fiberglass racer: check the fin keel-to-hull joint, spade rudder bearing, and deck hardware bonds.
Availability and Buyer's Takeaway
The RS34 appears on the used market in the United Kingdom, the only region identified as typical. For a buyer, the takeaway is straightforward:
- Expect very low availability given about fifteen built
- Verify sail inventory includes spinnaker or asymmetric as commonly fitted
- Confirm chartplotter and basic navigation are present
- Inspect keel joint, rudder, and deck hardware as for any 1980s racer
- Treat interior layout as per-example rather than standard
Price & volume trends
Monthly asking-price and listing-volume trends for the MG RS34. The line shows the median ask each month; the bars show how many listings appeared.
Monthly breakdown · 1 row
| Month | Listings | Median ask | Δ vs. last mo. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26 | 1 | $12,176 | — |
Where they're listed
MG RS34 listings appear across 1 country. United Kingdom has the most listings with 1.
Country view
1 listings · 1 country| Country | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | $12,176 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
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2 similar designs| Model | LOA | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dehler 34 | 33.13' | $ 43,594 | 89 | 16 |
| MG RS34You are here | — | $ 12,167 | 1 | 0 |