Cape Dory 30C
Cutter · Full Keel · 1976–1987
A cutter-rigged cruiser with a full keel and a 1.27-metre draft, built for steady performance between 1976 and 1987
Designed by Carl Alberg.
- LOA
- Beam
- Draft (max)
- Displacement
- Ballast
- Hull type
- Full Keel
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The Cape Dory 30C, on the water
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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 33 — a sea-kindly motion in a seaway.
At 1.67 she sits well under the 2.0 line — a solidly ocean-capable hull for her size.
375 — very heavy for her waterline, a serious load-carrying cruiser.
15.1 — moderate power for her weight; steady, all-round performance.
40% of her weight is ballast — moderately stiff, a middle-of-the-road stability.
Built heavy and sea-kindly — a boat made to cross oceans and forgive a rough night.
The living fleet
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Seen 5 times across one channel of the fleet.
On the water
The Cape Dory 30C on video
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