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Nimble Boats 30

Masthead Yawl · Fin With Rudder On Skeg · First built 1985

A Ted Brewer-designed masthead yawl with a balanced fin keel, offering a spirited sail plan for coastal cruising

Designed by Ted Brewer & Edward S. Brewer.

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 light displacement on a moderate beam gives 19 — a quick, lively motion that feels every wave.

Comfort ratio 19
CoastalBluewater

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

Capsize screening 2.00
LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 172
EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 20.7
TenderStiff

38% of her weight is ballast — moderately stiff, a middle-of-the-road stability.

Ballast 38%

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

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
37.7%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Masthead Yawl
Ratios
SA / displacement
20.7
Displacement / length
171.6
Comfort ratio
19.0
Capsize screening
2.00
Hull speed
6.8 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
856
Hull
Hull type
Fin with rudder on skeg
Construction
Fiberglass
Ballast type
Lead
Production
Years built
First built 1985
Designer
Ted Brewer, Edward S. Brewer
Builder
Nimble Boats

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