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Easterly 30 (Smith)

Masthead Sloop · Fin With Rudder On Skeg · 1969–1972

A Claude Smith-designed masthead sloop built in Australia and New Zealand, featuring a fin keel and skeg-hung rudder

Designed by Claude A. Smith, built by Compass Yachts.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Fin With Rudder On Skeg

Is it for you?

Character

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

LivelySea-kindly

Her heavy displacement on a moderate beam gives 27 — a moderate, middle-of-the-road motion.

Comfort ratio 27
CoastalBluewater

1.88 — just under the 2.0 offshore line; her beam is modest for her weight.

Capsize screening 1.88
LightHeavy

309 — heavy for her waterline, built to carry stores and ride steadily.

Displacement / length 309
EasygoingPowered-up

14.4 — modest power for her weight; easygoing rather than lively, and happier with a breeze.

Sail area / displacement 14.4
TenderStiff

25% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.

Ballast 25%

A capable cruiser that sits just inside the offshore line — coastal work with real passages in her.

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
24.7%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Masthead Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
14.4
Displacement / length
309.1
Comfort ratio
26.8
Capsize screening
1.88
Hull speed
6.6 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
854
Hull
Hull type
Fin with rudder on skeg
Construction
Fiberglass
Ballast type
Lead
Production
Years built
1969–1972
Units built
80
Designer
Claude A. Smith
Builder
Compass Yachts, NZ)

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Islander Yachts 309.02 mSame hull familyNear-identical lengthA raised-deck masthead sloop with a shallow 1.12-metre draft, produced briefly as a distinct variant of the Islander 29
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