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For many years now, X-Yachts has been carving out its niche in the performance end of the market. More recently it's been padding that niche with a line of performance cruisers, of which the X-34 is the newest and smallest.

While this junior member of the X-Yachts family is aimed below the grand-prix level of its seniors, it still carries several features—the jib furler recessed into the foredeck, discontinuous rod rigging, the mainsheet led under the deck, the big steering wheel that puts the helmsman on the rail—that appeal to both the Wednesday-night racer and the keen weekend cruiser. The non-overlapping jib makes sailing shorthanded a breeze and also allows the shrouds to be placed outboard, leaving the side decks uncluttered.

Belowdecks, the simple two-cabin-and-saloon layout allows a large nav desk, and beneath all is the X-Yachts signature galvanized-steel backbone that distributes the rig and keel loading throughout the boat's structure

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