BoatsFortune 30

Fortune 30

Cutter · Fin With Rudder On Skeg · First built 1974

A Stan Huntingford-designed cutter with a skeg-hung rudder, conceived by Bob Fortune for stable, versatile coastal cruising

Designed by Stan Huntingford, built by Cooper Enterprises.

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 heavy displacement on a beamy beam gives 28 — a moderate, middle-of-the-road motion.

Comfort ratio 28
CoastalBluewater

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

Capsize screening 1.93
LightHeavy

395 — very heavy for her waterline, a serious load-carrying cruiser.

Displacement / length 395
EasygoingPowered-up

15.9 — moderate power for her weight; steady, all-round performance.

Sail area / displacement 15.9
TenderStiff

29% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.

Ballast 29%

A capable cruiser that sits just inside the offshore line — coastal work with real passages in her.

  • Draws less than ~87% of boats her size on file

Compared with 2507 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
29.1%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Cutter
Ratios
SA / displacement
15.9
Displacement / length
394.7
Comfort ratio
27.9
Capsize screening
1.93
Hull speed
6.4 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
851
Hull
Hull type
Fin with rudder on skeg
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
First built 1974
Designer
Stan Huntingford
Builder
Cooper Enterprises, Philbrook's Shipyard

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