Annie 30

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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 33 — a sea-kindly motion in a seaway.

Comfort ratio 33

CoastalBluewater

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

Capsize screening 1.70

LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 335

EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 14.6

TenderStiff

40% of her weight is ballast — moderately stiff, a middle-of-the-road stability.

Ballast 40%

Built heavy and sea-kindly — a boat made to cross oceans and forgive a rough night.

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions

Weights

Ballast / displacement

39.9%

Rig & sail area

Rig

Masthead Sloop

Ratios

SA / displacement

14.6

Displacement / length

334.7

Comfort ratio

33.1

Capsize screening

1.70

Hull speed

6.6 kn

Pounds / inch immersion

825

Hull

Hull type

Long keel w/trans. hung rudder

Construction

Fiberglass

Ballast type

Lead

Production

Years built

First built 1980

Units built

16

Designer

C. W. (Chuck) Paine

Builder

Morris Yachts

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The family

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Nearby designs by size, type, and era — worth a look alongside her.

Annapolis 35A cutter-rigged cruiser with a 37.66 comfort ratio, built for stability and heavy-weather capability since 1980 Morris Yachts 32A masthead sloop with a 41% ballast ratio and a skeg-hung rudder, built for a stable motion in a 32-foot hull Andrews 39A competitive fractional sloop that debuted with a 1st in class at the 1984 SORC, though only two were ever built

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