Buzzards Bay 30
Gaff Head Cutter · Keel/centreboard · 1901–1902
A 1901 keel-centerboard cutter with a high sail-area-to-displacement ratio, built for rapid, spirited performance
Designed by Nathaniel Herreshoff & Nathanael G. Herreshoff, built by Herreshoff Manufacturing Co.
- LOA
- Beam
- Draft (max)
- Displacement
- Hull type
- Keel/Cbrd.
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 37 — a sea-kindly motion in a seaway.
At 1.60 she sits well under the 2.0 line — a solidly ocean-capable hull for her size.
333 — heavy for her waterline, built to carry stores and ride steadily.
30.4 — a lot of sail for her weight; powered-up and eager, a real performer.
Built heavy and sea-kindly — a boat made to cross oceans and forgive a rough night.
- Narrower than ~91% of boats her size on file
Compared with 216 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.
The record
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Boats like this, on the water
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The family
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Nearby designs by size, type, and era — worth a look alongside her.
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