I cruise and race a 34+ (AKA 34/36, 36XL, 34/36 XL) Due to it's relatively new design, it's very roomy for it's size: King size berth in the aft stateroom, + normal person sized twin bed in the salon + normal person sized v_berth + separate shower stall. And so far, it's a killer around the cans. We have raced it a few times and when we have our act together we leave the cruiser fleet behind and make the sport boats guys wonder what happened...
As an additional point, 2 races into it the lake PHRF committee was at my dock double checking my measurements to make sure I wasn't cheating :-) No cheating, I did install a 2 bladed Martec folder and my bottom was stripped down / painted with 3 coats of Trinidad Pro / wet sanded with 320 grit paper / burnished with a bronze wool fitted to a high speed buffer. My sails are original "Cast Iron Heavy" Haarstick Dacron from 1990 but they have not been used much have a good shape according to the loft. They are not fancy plastic sails like most of my competitors use. Compared to the LF 38, The 34+ has a longer waterline, is about 4000 lbs lighter, and has a bigger sail area.. Being high power / relatively low weight it's more work to sail and a bit tender but it's a hoot to sail. If you want comfy / less work / less fiddling with multiple adjustment the LF makes sense. If you want a surprisingly comfortable racer / cruiser the 34+ series are hard to beat, being pretty light it's great in light air and "almost sport boat" maneuverable. Tomatoes / Tomahtoes :-) Good Luck. Best regards, -Francois 1990 34+ "Take Five" Lake Lanier, Georgia
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