New York Yacht Club 30
Gaffhead Sloop · Fin Keel · 1904–1905
The smallest of the Universal Rule-influenced one-design classes, built for the New York Yacht Club in 1904
Designed by Nathanael G. Herreshoff, built by Herreshoff Mfg. Co.
- LOA
- Beam
- Draft (max)
- Displacement
- Ballast
- Hull type
- Fin Keel
Is it for you?
Character
Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.
Her heavy displacement on a narrow beam gives 45 — a heavy, notably soft motion offshore.
At 1.34 she sits well under the 2.0 line — a solidly ocean-capable hull for her size.
298 — heavy for her waterline, built to carry stores and ride steadily.
23.4 — a lot of sail for her weight; powered-up and eager, a real performer.
49% of her weight is ballast — stiff, standing up well to her sails.
Built heavy and sea-kindly — a boat made to cross oceans and forgive a rough night.
- Narrower than ~99% of boats her size on file
Compared with 2461 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.
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