Farr 30 (Mumm 30)

BoatsFarr 30 (Mumm 30)

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The Farr 30 (Mumm 30), on the water

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Is it for you?

Character

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

LivelySea-kindly

Her light displacement on a moderate beam gives 11 — a quick, lively motion that feels every wave.

Comfort ratio 11

CoastalBluewater

At 2.44 she sits above the 2.0 line — beamy for her weight, and happiest coastal.

Capsize screening 2.44

LightHeavy

97 — light for her waterline, so she is easily driven and quick to accelerate.

Displacement / length 97

EasygoingPowered-up

29.4 — a lot of sail for her weight; powered-up and eager, a real performer.

Sail area / displacement 29.4

TenderStiff

44% of her weight is ballast — stiff, standing up well to her sails.

Ballast 44%

Light and lively — happiest day-sailing and coastal-hopping in settled weather.

Lighter than ~85% of boats her size on file
Draws more than ~95% of boats her size on file

Compared with 2612 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Farr 30 (Mumm 30), as the fleet has seen it

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The Farr 30, originally known as the Mumm 30, is a Bruce Farr-designed fractional sloop with a fin-and-bulb keel and spade rudder, built from 1995 to the present. It measures 9.42 meters LOA, with a 3.08-meter beam, 2.06-meter draft, and 2069 kg displacement. The boat's design prioritizes performance, reflected in its SA/disp of 29.4 and a comfort ratio of 11.3.12:40 Builders have included Carrol Marine, McDell Marine, and Ovington Boats.12:33 The Farr 30 is a racing sailboat, and its rigging, like that of any performance vessel, requires careful maintenance; professional riggers fabricating new standing rigging for boats like the Farr 30 ensure proper swaging of 3/16-inch stainless steel cable to aircraft-style fork fittings, aiming for a 10% reduction in fitting diameter to prevent failure.6:16

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

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The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions

Weights

Ballast / displacement

43.8%

Rig & sail area

Rig

Fractional Sloop

Ratios

SA / displacement

29.4

Displacement / length

96.8

Comfort ratio

11.3

Capsize screening

2.44

Hull speed

7.0 kn

Pounds / inch immersion

996

Hull

Hull type

Fin w/bulb & spade rudder

Construction

Fiberglass

Ballast type

Lead

Production

Years built

First built 1995

Designer

Bruce Farr

Builder

Carrol Marine, McDell Marine (Asia, Pacific), Ovington Boats, Carroll Marine

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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.

Mumm 36A high-performance Bruce Farr design with a high sail-area-to-displacement ratio, built for competitive one-design racing Farr 40 One-DesignA Bruce Farr-designed fractional sloop built for pure one-design racing with a high sail-area-to-displacement ratio Frers 30A performance-oriented masthead sloop by German Frers featuring a high sail area-to-displacement ratio for spirited sailing Farr 1020A Bruce Farr design #121 fractional sloop built for performance with a high sail area-to-displacement ratio

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