BoatBanter.com - The Most Fun at 30 Feet

On Jul 12, 7:57 pm, "Capt. Rob" wrote:
Which boat is the most fun at 30 feet LOA....but it fits these
requirements.....

1) Good looking...no Express 30's please!
2) Cruisable....at least to a reasonable point!
3) FAST!
4) Inboard diesel
5) Single hand friendly....not a boat requiring 5 people on tha rail.
6) Cost under 40K US.

Well? Name your poisons! Funky looking J30? Santana 30/30? Cal 29?

RB
35s5
NY

Id seek out the famous 30 Ft. Deep Sea Auxiliary (tahiti) Ketch.

Here is some info

A greatly expanded new edition of our original 41-page booklet, now
with 64 pages of text (each Handi-Book page equals two booklet pages)
and 10 plates, 3 of them 11" x 17". This publication includes lines
and offsets for the original Tahiti, full building instructions by
both John Hanna himself and others, and also includes full particulars
and plans for Tahiti II--a subsequent development of the original
design, with another 5 plates. From Hanna's first page:--"The main
reliance in crossing any ocean in a small boat is, and always must be,
Free Air, because the smaller the boat, the relatively greater the
fuel consumption--a natural law there is no way to beat. On the other
hand, while several small boats have gone around the world with sail
only, it would be foolish to dispense with an engine, which is an
invaluable aid at the only time you are in any real danger. That is,
in making landfall and entering ports. Such being the general
requirements, you will want to ask: Why use this particular design
instead of many other possible 30-footers. Well, a boat with a sharp
stern--both ends pretty much alike--commonly called a double-ender--is
the most seaworthy possible form. Everything owners have reported
confirms this. She is dry; that means she stays on top of the waves,
and does not tend to stick her nose under them. She is easy in her
motion; she is remakably easy to handle, and obedient to her helmp the
rig, known as the ketch rig, is extraordinarily well balanced, not
only under full sail, which all boats are, but under any combination
of sails, which few boats are; and she has that much-desired by seldom-
attained merit of a good cruiser, the ability to sail herself and hold
her course for hours with the tiller lashed."

Joe