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C&C Yachts 30-2

Masthead Sloop · Fin keel, spade rudder · First built 1988

A performance-oriented masthead sloop with a fin keel and spade rudder, designed by C&C for balanced club racing

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Fin w/spade Rudder

See her sail

The C&C Yachts 30-2, on the water

The fleet's own footage — the truest look at how she really moves.

Footage from Sailing Into Oblivion

Is it for you?

Character

Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.

LivelySea-kindly

Her moderate displacement on a beamy beam gives 20 — a moderate, middle-of-the-road motion.

Comfort ratio 20
CoastalBluewater

2.11 — right around the 2.0 line, the edge between coastal and offshore.

Capsize screening 2.11
LightHeavy

216 — moderately heavy for her waterline, a balanced cruising weight.

Displacement / length 216
EasygoingPowered-up

18.3 — plenty of sail for her weight; lively and quick to respond.

Sail area / displacement 18.3
TenderStiff

37% of her weight is ballast — moderately stiff, a middle-of-the-road stability.

Ballast 37%

A balanced, easily-driven cruiser — comfortable and forgiving for coastal work.

  • Draws more than ~75% of boats her size on file

Compared with 2491 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The C&C Yachts 30-2, as the fleet has seen it

Derived from the videos the fleet has analysed of this model. ▶ marks open the moment aboard.

The C&C Yachts 30-2 is a 9.1-meter masthead sloop designed by C&C Design and built by C&C Yachts from 1988 to the present. It features a fin keel with a spade rudder, a beam of 3.2 meters, a draft of 1.8 meters, and a displacement of 3753 kg. A notable variant includes a wing keel. Aboard *Sailing Into Oblivion*, a C&C 30 Mark 2 owner discussed long-term cruising and liveaboard practicalities, including the necessity of radar as an AIS backup for detecting silent fishing vessels.30:11 He detailed his bottom paint strategy, distinguishing between ablative and hard-shell coatings, and praised marina shuttle services like the "Piggly Mobile" in Oriental, North Carolina.46:44 His future plans involve wintering in the Bahamas and summering in Maine, emphasizing simple systems for offshore reliability and continuous maintenance to prevent deterioration.49:19

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

Seen once across one channel of the fleet.

Basemap © Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

The record

Full specifications

The complete reference set — tap any figure to switch between metric and imperial.

Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
37.5%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Masthead Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
18.3
Displacement / length
216.4
Comfort ratio
20.2
Capsize screening
2.11
Hull speed
6.8 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
982
Hull
Hull type
Fin w/spade rudder
Construction
Fiberglass
Ballast type
Lead
Production
Years built
First built 1988
Designer
C&C Design
Builder
C&C Yachts

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The family

Related models

The designs closest to hers — usually the rest of the builder's range, sometimes the same hull sold under another name.

C&C Yachts 32A 1980 production masthead sloop powered by a standard Yanmar 2GM diesel, built for coastal cruising and club racingC&C Yachts 33-2A performance-oriented masthead sloop with a high ballast ratio, designed for competitive club racing and coastal cruisingC&C Yachts 30 ODA Mark Mills-designed fractional sloop with an aggressive 33.37 SA/displacement ratio built for pure speedC&C Yachts 30-1 (1-506)With a 12-year production run, this masthead sloop stands as the longest-built model in the C&C lineup.C&C Yachts 24A lively 1975 masthead sloop with a high sail-area-to-displacement ratio, designed for responsive club racingC&C Yachts 36-1A performance-oriented masthead sloop from 1977 featuring a fin keel and spade rudder for responsive handling

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