The CS 34 is a small 33ft 6in/10.2m recreational keel boat first produced in 1989 by Canadian Sailcraft (CS Yachts). It was an innovate sailboat at that time and one of the last models created by CS Yachts. Built in Brampton, Ontario. CS Yachts closed in 1992.

The CS 34 sailboat is based off the MG 355 design by Tony Castro, offered for sale by Northshore Yachts in the UK. The CS 34 is mostly based on the MG 355 but has a taller mast, with masthead rig, higher displacement and a different window design.

Overall length: 33 ft 6 in (10.2 metres)
Waterline length: 27 ft 8 in (8.4 metres)
Beam: 11 ft 3 in (3.4 metres)
Mast bridge clearance: 43 ft 0 in (13.1 metres)
Displacement: 10,500 lbs (4,800 kg)
Shoal keel draft salt water: 4 ft 6 in (1.4 metres)
Shoal keel draft fresh water: 5 ft 0 in (1.5 metres)

Fresh water tanks: 2 x 30 gallons (227 litres)
Fuel tank: 30 gallons (113 litres)
Holding tank: 20 gallons (75 litres)

I: 43.0 ft
J: 13.5 ft
P: 37.4 ft
E: 13.0 ft

Universal M4-30 engine: 25 hp
Universal M3-20 engine: 18 hp
Yanmar 2GM20: 18 hp

For a sailboat of this time and size it has some interesting features and innovations:

• Sugar scoop transom
• Two separate cabins
• Separate shower
• 6′ 3″ interior headroom
• Heated wet locker
• Horseshoe shaped galley
• Plenty of ventilation through fourteen opening ports and hatches
• Deck line cover to hide and protect lines leading aft to cockpit
• Fiberglass re-enforced plastic (FRP) construction of the hull, deck and cabin superstructure. One-piece shell with a drop in FRP inner liner, which forms a lower structural grid. Tabbed in transverse plywood bulkheads complete the hull structure. 
• Hull is solid to the waterline and then balsa cored to the toe rail.
• Hull protected with CS Yachts latest osmosis protection system (polyvinyl resin under gelcoat, four coats of epoxy over gelcoat before antifoulant applied)

CS34 launch at the Toronto Boat Show in 1989
Photos used with permission from yatescustomrigging.com. Thank you Wilson!

Approximately 64 CS34 sailboats were built by CS Yachts, hull numbers range between 8220 and 8284.

Original CS34 Standard Options

Engine can either be a 25hp Universal or 17hp Yanmar.

CS34 Owners Manual

The CS34 was one of the last sailboats produced by Canadian Sailcraft (CS). Unfortunately there never was a user manual produced for the CS34 Sailboat. This page will provide you with some information about the boat. I’m always looking for assistance, if you have information on the CS34 Sailboat you think would be useful to share with others, please send to me and I will format and post it here for everyone.

CS34 Owners Manual

Feel free to add a comment to request additional info, I like researching this info and have a few contacts that know a lot about these boats.

Online Resources

• CSOA Groups.io – online message system with close to a thousand members with 20,000+ messages specific to CS yachts going back to the year 2000.
• CS Yacht Owners Association – some great information, best resource is the people who participate in the mailing list server (yahoo)
  • CS Message Board  – some activity
• CS Yacht Owners West – limited information
• Holland Marine – still has many CS parts available for sale
• RigRite.com – provides detailed information on all the parts found on the mast and boom. See my separate post CS34 Mast and Boom for details.
• Cruisers Forum – not focused on CS sailboats, but lots of great information.

Things we have figured out

1. Head and holding tank – bloated tank expanding with air
2. Cheap portlight fix – ours started leaking
3. Isomat boom – pulling it apart and changing the lines
4. Lewmar traveller – pulling it apart and changing the lines
5. Boom vang – pulling it apart and cleaning
6. Removing mast for winter storage 
7. Anchor research and purchase – decided on a Mantus
8. CS34 Mast and Boom – some research on the mast and boom
9. Accessing and cleaning the bilge
10. Replacing all the running lines – replaced all our halyards and sheets, even added a few new ones.
11. USB Charging station – added in v-birth
12. Sailboat winterization – a list of things we need to do when we take the boat out of the water int he fall
13. Spring recommissioning checklist – a list of things we need to do to put the boat back in the water in the spring
14. Runnng rigging – how we rigged the lines on our boat.
15. Standing rigging – info on the standing rigging on the CS34, my process and links to what the pros suggest.

Other CS34 Sailboats found

I’ve compiled a list along with prices here:
Other CS34 Sailboats

Additional sailboat information collected

• Universal M4-30 Diesel Engine (sometimes referred to as a Westerbeke M4-30 Diesel Engine)
• Zodiac Cadet Fastroller 285