Nor-Tech 340 Sport, a 34-Foot Console That Runs Like a Raceboat

Before you chase a Nortech 340 for sale

If you are scanning listings for a Nortech 340 for sale, start with what the boat is: the smaller sibling of Nor-Tech's long-running 390 Sport, scaled down to 34 feet while keeping the same 10-foot beam. Speed On The Water reported in May 2011 that Nor-Tech's new 34-foot center console was based on the 390, that deliveries would start that June, and that the first four boats were sold with twin Mercury Verados or twin 300-hp Yamahas.

That twin-engine beginning matters because early 340s are a different animal from today's boats. By 2015 Nor-Tech had built more than 60 of the 34-footers, and triple outboards had become the norm. The current factory sheet makes triple Mercury Racing 300R V8s standard and lists 400R V10 and 500R V8 options.

Nor-Tech itself is a Southwest Florida institution. The company, led by co-founder and president Trond Schou with partner Nils Johnsen, celebrated 35 years in 2025 and builds catamarans, V-bottoms and a ladder of performance center consoles from this 34 up to the 560 Sport.

A blueprinted twin-step bottom, not a stretched bay boat

Boating's Jeff Hemmel opened his 2020 test by explaining something unusual: Nor-Tech blueprints every hull, meticulously finishing the bottom so mold variances disappear and the running surface stays true to the design. That is a process normally reserved for raceboats. Nor-Tech also fills and cores the hull strakes, adds high-density foam, Kevlar and carbon fiber in key areas, and fully encapsulates its composite stringer grid in fiberglass.

The bottom has two steps and 21.5 degrees of deadrise at the transom. Stepped hulls can be twitchy in hard turns, but Hemmel reported that the 340 Sport hurtled forward with nary a twitch, held sure-footed stability in a hard-over turn in the 50s, and hugged the water with utter tenacity. Nor-Tech's own description stresses that the boat holds a smooth plane at low speeds, which is where many stepped boats feel awkward.

Measured speeds by engine package

Because the 340 has been built with twin and triple engines across three generations of Mercury outboards, there is no single top speed. Here is what has been reported. Boating's test boat with triple Mercury Racing 350R outboards turning 25-inch Rev 4 props was flirting with 80 mph with 69 gallons of fuel and 600 pounds of crew. A 340 Sport Open with triple Verado 400Rs reportedly reached 88 mph in its first sea trial near Cape Coral in 2015, and ran 84 mph with four people and 268 gallons of fuel aboard after delivery.

At the 2020 Lake of the Ozarks Shootout, Tiffany Maasen ran a 340 Sport with triple 300-hp Verados through the timing lights at 74 mph, the most neutral number we have since it was recorded over a measured course. A 2020 Miami show boat with triple 400Rs and a second bolster row was reported to top out in the mid-80-mph range.

Nor-Tech quotes a cruise of 45 to 50 mph on triple 300R power. Boating published a certified fuel curve as a graphic, but we could not extract figures from it, so we have left cruise fuel burn blank rather than guess.

• Triple Verado 300: 74 mph (2020 Shootout)
• Triple Racing 350R: close to 80 mph (Boating, 2020)
• Triple Verado 400R: 84 to 88 mph (dealer reports, 2015)
• Builder cruise: 45 to 50 mph

Club Sport bench, sun pad and a carbon dash

Most 340s are built for socializing at speed. Nor-Tech's Club Sport rear bench spans the full transom, about 7 feet of seating, with corner cushions that lift out for access to the swim platform. Ahead of it a custom-painted cooler backs up to the leaning post and can slide aft on tracks to become a second row of forward-facing seating. Double R Performance in Canada went further and had Nor-Tech fit a true second bolster row in a 2020 boat.

The helm uses three segmented bolsters with flip-up bottoms and a hand-laid carbon-fiber dash that took twin 16-inch Garmins in Boating's test boat. Today's standard spec lists dual 22-inch Garmin displays and a JL Audio M6 system. Forward of the console a 4-foot-wide sun pad with full backrests seats two, and a powered table panel in the deep bow cockpit converts the seating into a sun bed.

Boating's testers praised the meticulous wiring behind a zippered panel in the console, but flagged three things: the powered bow table does not recess into the sole, some hatches use inexpensive stainless springs instead of gas struts, and a screwed-in panel blocks access to the fuel sender.

Console cabin and a hidden fishing side

Inside the console there is 6 feet of headroom, a marine toilet and stainless sink, a skylight and two screened ports. The berth is about 6 feet deep and tight from the knees down, fine for a nap or an occasional night. Standard equipment includes an electric flush toilet with macerator, a 6.5-gallon holding tank and a 28-gallon water tank with transom shower.

Fishing is an option rather than an afterthought. Nor-Tech offers a 65-gallon aft-seat livewell package with raw-water washdown, 12 rod holders and fish box discharge, plus outriggers, electric reel outlets and a tackle station. Owners who fish more than they cruise should look for boats with that package, because adding it later is expensive.

Ownership numbers on triple outboards

A triple-engine 34-footer costs real money to run, but far less than an inboard performance boat of the same speed. Budget roughly $25,000 to $55,000 a year for fuel, service on three outboards, insurance, storage and trailer upkeep. Owners running Mercury Racing models should use a dealer with Racing experience. Nor-Tech also offers a single-point freshwater flush and remote engine start options that simplify routine care.

The 340's 10-foot beam fits standard boat lifts and trailers, a large reason the boat sells well to lake owners in Missouri, Michigan and Canada as well as Florida.

Where used 340 Sport values sit

Asking prices track engine generation more than hull year. A triple Verado 300 boat with 525 hours was listed at $299,900 in 2022, and a 2018 Club Sport with triple Verado 400Rs, said by its dealer to run in the high 80s, was offered at a special $399,900 in late 2018. The 2020 Boating base price of $453,000 with triple 350R power gives a sense of where late-model boats started.

Our 2026 estimate puts early twin-engine boats in the high $100,000s to low $200,000s and late boats on Racing V8 or V10 power from roughly $460,000 to $560,000. Paint, the second bolster row and remaining Mercury warranty push a boat to the top of its band.