Boat models · Hinterhoeller
Hinterhoeller Nonsuch 30 Ultra
Sailboat, coastal cruiser · built 1978-1989 · designed by Mark Ellis
Key figures
Comfort20.3moderate
Capsize screen2.18fails the screen
SA/D18cruiser
D/L197light
Ballast ratio0.43stiff
Hull speed7.2kt
- Built
- 1978-1989
- Designer
- Mark Ellis
- Builder
- Hinterhoeller Yachts Ltd.
- Rig
- Cat (unstayed, wishbone boom)
- Keel
- Fin with spade rudder, lead ballast
- Length
- 30.3 ft
- Beam / draft
- 11.9 ft · 5.0 ft
- Displacement
- 10,500 lb
Design figures as published, not for any one hull. Full specifications on sailboatdata.com.
Reputation
Classcoastal cruiseras owners use it
Forumsloveda following; good ones get hunted
Roomy, simple catboat cult favorite; easy to sail but not a pointer and rolls downwind
- Coastal cruising
- loved · huge interior, one sail, easy handling
- Singlehanding
- loved · single sheet, self-tending, no tacking work
- Liveaboard
- respected · wide beam, big saloon, good stowage
- Offshore passages
- mixed · rolls downwind, big sail hard to reef in blow
- Loved
- one-sheet simplicity, no winching to tack · cavernous interior for 30 ft · strong Hinterhoeller build quality · active owner association and following
- Gripes
- poor pointing upwind · rolly dead downwind, gybes powerful · big mast makes motoring in wind awkward · wishbone and sail heavy to handle
- Survey for
- deck core moisture around fittings · mast partner and step corrosion/cracks · wishbone boom fittings and choker wear · aging sail and lazy jacks; costly replacement
- Cross-shopped
- Nonsuch 26 · Freedom 30 · Pacific Seacraft 31 · Sabre 30
Owner opinion from sailboatdata.com, nonsuch.org, sailboatowners.com, practical-sailor.com
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