Pacific Seacraft 34 Buyer's Guide
The Pacific Seacraft Crealock 34 is a William Crealock-designed cutter that entered production in the mid-1980s as a scaled-down evolution of the Crealock 37, and it remains a sought-after used-market entry for sailors wanting a moderate-displacement offshore boat without stepping up to 37 feet. With 13,500 pounds displacement, 4,800 pounds of lead ballast, a 10-foot beam, and a 4.92-foot fin keel, the 34 carries a documented reputation for structural conservatism that buyers can verify rather than assume. Shopping the brokerage market means weighing a known construction record against the equipment tiers that distinguish one used example from another.
Layouts on the Used Market
Every 34 shares the same fundamental footprint: a 10-foot-10-inch saloon with 6-foot-4-inch headroom, a forward V-berth with a queen insert enclosed by the only door on the boat, and 6-foot-6-inch settees port and starboard with the port converting to a 48-inch double. The quarterberth exceeds 7 feet long but is only 34 inches wide and 20 inches high, and the aft berth is best treated as a single sea berth and storage area. The galley is fixed with hot and cold pressure water and a gimbaled Force 10 two-burner propane stove with oven and broiler, and the head is smallish with no shower stall. The cockpit is a near-oval with 6-foot-5-inch seats, 16 inches wide, but a 28-inch footwell that limits legroom; it seats no more than four adults comfortably. Newer boats are equipped with an 8-cubic-foot Seafrost BD3 12-volt refrigerator, a useful differentiator between early and late production examples.
Equipment and Common Upgrades
On the used market, dodgers, autopilots, biminis, radar, and chartplotters are commonly fitted, and buyers will often find heating, inverters, AIS, air conditioning, spinnakers, life rafts, solar, and EPIRBs aboard as often-seen equipment. Asymmetric spinnakers, hot water, and cockpit showers appear less frequently as owner upgrades. The boat's original rig suite—six Harken two-speed self-tailing winches, Harken furlers on both headstay and inner forestay, and a Harken ball-bearing mainsheet traveler ahead of the dodger—is typically intact, so equipment budget tends toward electronics and climate comfort rather than deck hardware.
What to Inspect
Practical Sailor's survey documented that the hull-deck joint is at the 4-inch-tall bulwark bonded and through-bolted at the bulwark, and buyers should confirm the joint's integrity and the externally mounted chainplates for any corrosion given their outside-the-hull placement. The solid fiberglass hull with vinylester resin outer skin and 7/8-inch bottom thickness is a known blister-resistant structure, but the balsa-cored deck warrants inspection for soft spots, particularly away from the plywood inserts at hardware mounts. The lead keel bedded in epoxy to a solid fiberglass stub and the skeg-protected rudder should be checked for grounding damage. The engine compartment offers 360-degree access to the diesel, facilitating a thorough mechanical survey.
Availability and Buyer's Takeaway
Typical markets for the Pacific Seacraft 34 include the United States, United Kingdom, Mexico, and Canada. For the shopping sailor the takeaway is straightforward:
- Verify hull-deck joint and external chainplate condition
- Sound the balsa-cored deck for delamination outside plywood insert zones
- Confirm keel epoxy bedding and skeg-rudder integrity
- Check diesel via the 360-degree access
- Note refrigerator presence (Seafrost BD3) as a newer-boat indicator
- Expect commonly fitted canvas and navigation electronics; budget owner-upgrade items separately
Price & volume trends
Monthly asking-price and listing-volume trends for the Pacific Seacraft 34. The line shows the median ask each month; the bars show how many listings appeared.
Monthly breakdown · 14 rows
| Month | Listings | Median ask | Δ vs. last mo. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 25 | 1 | $ 69,500 | — |
| Feb 25 | 2 | $ 59,000 | -15.1% |
| Mar 25 | 3 | $ 55,000 | -6.8% |
| May 25 | 2 | $ 134,000 | +143.6% |
| Jul 25 | 3 | $ 95,000 | -29.1% |
| Aug 25 | 6 | $ 61,500 | -35.3% |
| Sep 25 | 11 | $ 87,500 | +42.3% |
| Oct 25 | 5 | $ 69,500 | -20.6% |
| Nov 25 | 10 | $ 105,000 | +51.1% |
| Jan 26 | 6 | $ 71,750 | -31.7% |
| Feb 26 | 5 | $ 95,000 | +32.4% |
| Apr 26 | 10 | $ 80,751 | -15.0% |
| May 26 | 9 | $ 79,950 | -1.0% |
| Jun 26 | 7 | $ 60,000 | -25.0% |
Where they're listed
Pacific Seacraft 34 listings appear across 4 countries. United States has the most listings with 59 (86.8%), followed by United Kingdom and Canada.
Country view
68 listings · 4 countries| Country | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | $ 75,000 | 59 | 15 | 86.8% |
| United Kingdom | $ 80,751 | 4 | 0 | 5.9% |
| Canada | $ 82,711 | 3 | 1 | 4.4% |
| Mexico | $ 69,500 | 2 | 0 | 2.9% |
Comparable models
Similar length, displacement, and era. Open a row to compare that model's market page.
Similar boats to compare
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catalina 34 | 34.5' | $ 34,500 | 144 | 52 |
| Pacific Seacraft 34You are here | — | $ 77,900 | 71 | 19 |
| Jeremy Rogers 32 | 32' | $ 33,000 | 65 | 20 |
| Pacific Seacraft 37 | 36.92' | $ 132,500 | 56 | 21 |
| Sabre 34 | 34.18' | $ 24,900 | 39 | 16 |
| Najad 34 | 34.28' | $ 40,564 | 33 | 10 |
| Sadler 34 | 34.75' | $ 35,744 | 20 | 3 |
| Sparkman and Stephens S&S 34 | 33.42' | $ 26,891 | 17 | 4 |
| Vancouver 34 Classic | 34.25' | $ 87,336 | 10 | 2 |
| Aloha 34 | 34' | $ 19,450 | 8 | 6 |