BoatsC&C Yachts 30-1 (1-506)

C&C Yachts 30-1 (1-506)

Masthead Sloop · Fin keel, spade rudder · 1973–1985

With a 12-year production run, this masthead sloop stands as the longest-built model in the C&C lineup.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Fin w/spade Rudder

See her sail

The C&C Yachts 30-1 (1-506), on the water

The fleet's own footage — the truest look at how she really moves.

Footage from American Sailing

Is it for you?

Character

Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.

LivelySea-kindly

Her moderate displacement on a moderate beam gives 22 — a moderate, middle-of-the-road motion.

Comfort ratio 22
CoastalBluewater

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

Capsize screening 2.00
LightHeavy

231 — moderately heavy for her waterline, a balanced cruising weight.

Displacement / length 231
EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 18.4
TenderStiff

43% of her weight is ballast — stiff, standing up well to her sails.

Ballast 43%

A balanced, easily-driven cruiser — comfortable and forgiving for coastal work.

What the fleet has seen

The C&C Yachts 30-1 (1-506), as the fleet has seen it

Derived from the videos the fleet has analysed of this model. ▶ marks open the moment aboard.

The C&C Yachts 30-1 (1-506) is a masthead sloop designed by C&C and built by C&C Yachts from 1973 to 1985, making it the longest-produced C&C model. It measures 9.1 meters LOA, with a 3.0-meter beam, 1.5-meter draft, and 3628 kg displacement. Early models featured a swept-back, shark fin keel/rudder configuration, which was updated in 1976 to a higher aspect spade rudder. The boom was raised a foot in 1978. Power options included the Universal Atomic 4 gas engine, a QM15 Yanmar Diesel, and later a Yanmar 2GM engine. Aboard *American Sailing*, Randy Stafford races his 1972 C&C 30 Mark 1 on the Chatfield Reservoir, using an asymmetrical spinnaker on a top-down furler.3:34 Stafford experienced a fouled spinnaker furling maneuver in 20-knot winds during a race, which he attributed to an incorrect sail-handling sequence.14:11

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

Seen once across one channel of the fleet.

Basemap © Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

The record

Full specifications

The complete reference set — tap any figure to switch between metric and imperial.

Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
43.1%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Masthead Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
18.4
Displacement / length
230.8
Comfort ratio
21.8
Capsize screening
2.00
Hull speed
6.7 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
890
Hull
Hull type
Fin w/spade rudder
Construction
Fiberglass
Ballast type
Lead
Production
Years built
1973–1985
Units built
800
Designer
C&C
Builder
C&C Yachts

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The family

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

C&C Yachts 30-2A performance-oriented masthead sloop with a fin keel and spade rudder, designed by C&C for balanced club racingC&C Yachts 29An IOR 1/2 ton masthead sloop built in Rhode Island, featuring a fin keel and spade rudder for club racingC&C Yachts 36-1A performance-oriented masthead sloop from 1977 featuring a fin keel and spade rudder for responsive handlingC&C Yachts 30 ODA Mark Mills-designed fractional sloop with an aggressive 33.37 SA/displacement ratio built for pure speedC&C Yachts 32A 1980 production masthead sloop powered by a standard Yanmar 2GM diesel, built for coastal cruising and club racingC&C Yachts 38-1A performance-oriented masthead sloop from the early C&C era, featuring a light displacement hull for her length

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