We had a 34 in the first Bermuda Race we did. They had a funny emergency and then a serious one. First one was someone pumped the hell out of the head, not realizing how the valves were set, and made a hose pop and spew sewage all over the place. This happened during the daily radio schedule too LOL. The second one involved the keel starting to pull loose from the boat. They took on a lot of water and basically had to pump their way to the finish line and go straight to the travel lift. After some comparison with our keel bolts, we realized the 35 uses large steel backing plates* and the 34 used what looked like hardware store washers. The skipper of the 34 had backing plates cut and installed before he sailed home. So, if taking a 34 offshore I would check this! It is an easy fix. The other issue is I have sailed the 34 quite a bit. If I already had one I would have no issue going offshore. If I did not - and not trying to be insulting - IMHO the 35 has better sailing characteristics for offshore. Not bad and good, more like good and little better than good. YMMV and all. Also don't overlook the Landfall 35 for a bit slower but nice handling boat. Friends that had one offshore in really rough weather were happy with the boat.
* since replaced by stainless Joe Della Barba Coquina C&C 35 MK I
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