1971 YANKEE 30

A Fantastic example of this achingly pretty S&S design. Extensively refitted in recent years, she is the perfect pocket cruiser with broad abilities for off-shore or racing. A huge amount of well-built yacht for not very much money.

The Yankee 30 is a beautiful sailboat, designed by Sparkman & Stephens (S&S design No. 1999) and originally built by Yankee Yachts in Santa Ana, California.  The yacht is well suited to both racing and cruising, with a tall keel-stepped mast and high aspect sail plan to improve light airs performance, high ballast to displacement ratio to make them stiff and dry to weather, and a bustle and skeg-mounted rudder for ideal handling off the wind. Unlike highly engineered racing boats, the Yankee 30 is somewhat overbuilt.  As a result she’s a very sturdy boat.  Stability and an easy motion, whether sailing short-handed or with a crew make the Yankee 30 an ideal boat off-shore passages.

The Yankee 30 was produced from 1971-1975 by Yankee Yachts, during which time 132 of these boats were constructed. As a consequence of the oil crisis and rising cost of fiberglass resins in the mid-1970s and John Shumaker’s refusal to reduce the quality of his boats, Yankee Yachts ceased production in 1975.

CONSTRUCTION

RCD Status:

• Our understanding is that the boat is exempt from the EU’s Recreational Craft Directive as she was first placed into use within the EEA prior June 1998.

Hull, Deck & Superstructure Construction:

• The hull is one-piece, 100% hand layup fiberglass construction with a moulded in contrasting boot top and cove stripe
• The deck 100% hand layup construction with a 1/2″ balsa core and reinforced fastening areas for winches, stanchions, and other hardware sandwiched between fiberglass laminations.
• The deck is bolted and bonded to the hull by Yankee’s positive lip-over method.

Keel & Rudder:

• External cast lead ballast fin keel
• Keel refaired with WEST system - 2011
• Fully-skegged rudder

MACHINERY

Engine & gearbox:

• Westerbeke 20B 20hp diesel engine - 1995

Maintenance & Performance:

• Engine hours: approx. 1,400 as of February 2016
• Cruising speed – approx. 5 knots

ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS

Voltage systems:

• 12vDC domestic system

Battery Banks:

• 1x 12vDC engine start battery
• 12vDC service battery

Alternator:

• Charging of batteries is by alternator from engine

PLUMBING & GAS SYSTEMS

Fresh Water:

• The Manual fresh water supply

Bilge Pumps:

• Manual bilge pump – replacement diaphragm 2011

Other Plumbing:

• Seacocks replaced 2011

TANKAGE

Fuel:

• Fuel tank

Fresh Water:

• Fresh water capacity is approximately 83 litres

NAVIGATION & COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT

• Steering compass

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Communications Equipment:

• VHF

DOMESTIC EQUIPMENT

Galley:

• 2-burner gas cooker with oven
• Sink

Heads:

• Marine heads - 2010
• Manual fresh water supplies in heads

Lighting:

• Mainly LED lighting is used and is located in all the important positions - 2011

ACCOMMODATION

Summary of Accommodation:

• Four berths in one cabin plus saloon.
• Twin berth in forward cabin.
• Heads aft to port
• Saloon with u-shaped seating to port and bench settee to starboard
• Chart area aft end of saloon to port
• Galley aft to port

Accommodation Finish:

• Interior extensively renovated and refitted 2010-12
• All interior woodwork in varnished teak
• Blue cloth upholstery

DECK EQUIPMENT

Rig:

• Sloop rig with single set of spreaders
• Deck stepped mast
• Mast and boom repainted – 2011
• Standing rigging replaced - 2011
• Dyneema main halyard – 2011
• Running rigging replaced – 2011
• Genoa furling
• Block & tackle vang
• Backstay
• Adjustable mainsheet track on coachroof
• LED masthead light - 2011

Winches:

• Winches

Sails:

• 2x mainsails
• North Sails 130% genoa -2010
• North Sails 110% jib – 2010
• Spinnaker with snuffer

General:

• Pulpit and pushpit
• Double stainless lifelines.

Anchoring & Mooring:

• Anchor with chain
• Fenders & warps

Covers, Cushions & Canvas:

• Blue canvas sprayhood
• Blue canvas bimini
• Side enclosures for bimini and sprayhood to create cockpit tent - 2010