Funhub Sundowner 34 Express Cruiser — Single Engine Efficient Cruiser with Swim Platform

The Funhub Sundowner 34 Express Cruiser addresses the practical reality that most coastal cruisers spend the majority of their time cruising at moderate speeds between anchorages rather than at maximum speed in racing mode, and therefore the most valuable performance characteristic is not top speed but efficiency, range, and comfort at the speeds that are actually used on the water. A single Volvo Penta D6-440 producing 440hp replaces the twin engine configurations common in 34-foot cruisers with a more fuel-efficient, lower-maintenance, and centre-of-thrust-aligned single shaft drive that achieves a top speed of 32 knots and a cruising speed of 22 knots where the single engine consumes 48 liters per hour — 35% less fuel than comparable twin-engine configurations at the same cruising speed. The 600-liter fuel tankage delivers a cruising range of 240nm — sufficient to reach any destination on a day’s passage from most UK, Mediterranean, or East Coast US cruising grounds without anxiety about fuel availability. The swim platform spanning the full 4.0-meter beam at the transom is the Sundowner 34’s most-used feature: heated by the summer sun, fitted with a freshwater shower, illuminated by underwater LED lights for night swimming, and accessed by a fold-down boarding ladder with non-slip teak treads. The cockpit flows directly to the main saloon through a sliding glass door creating the indoor-outdoor connection that makes the Sundowner 34 feel larger than its 34-foot hull suggests. Two cabins below — master and forward — with one head. LOA: 10.4m. Beam: 4.0m.