Alberg Odyssey 30
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{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}}
{{Use American English|date=January 2022}}
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|designer = Carl Alberg
|location = United States
|year = 1960
|no built = 15
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|displacement = {{convert|11000|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}
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|hull type = Monohull
|construction = Fiberglass
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|beam = {{convert|8.75|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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The Odyssey 30 is an American sailboat, that was designed by Carl Alberg and first built in 1960 in the San Francisco bay area. A total of 15 examples were completed.{{cite web|url =https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/odyssey-30-alberg |title = Odyssey 30 (Alberg) sailboat specifications and details|accessdate = 15 December 2017|last= Browning| first = Randy |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2017|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220320185627/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/odyssey-30-alberg|archive-date= 20 March 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url = http://www.sailingjoy.com/sailboat_specs/sailboat_specs/view/4350/odyssey-30-alberg|title = Sailboat Specifications for Odyssey 30 (Alberg)|accessdate = 15 December 2017|work = Sailing Joy|author = InterVisionSoft LLC|year = 2017|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180106231647/http://www.sailingjoy.com/sailboat_specs/sailboat_specs/view/4350/odyssey-30-alberg|archive-date = 6 January 2018|url-status = dead}}{{cite web|url =https://sailboatdata.com/designer/alberg-carl|title = Carl Alberg 1900-1986 |accessdate = 15 December 2017|last= Browning| first = Randy |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2017|archive-url= https://archive.today/20201021182142/https://sailboatdata.com/designer/alberg-carl|archive-date= 21 October 2020|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/odyssey-30-alberg|title= Odyssey 30 (Alberg)|access-date= 20 March 2022|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220320191418/https://sailboat.guide/odyssey-30-alberg|archive-date= 20 March 2022|url-status= live}}
Many of the design elements of the Odyssey 30 were used in the Alberg 30 of 1962.
The design is often confused with a different boat with the same name, the George Cuthbertson-designed 1987 Odyssey 30.{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/odyssey-30|title = Odyssey 30 (Aloha) sailboat specifications and details|accessdate = 11 December 2017|last= Browning| first = Randy |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2017|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220320184656/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/odyssey-30|archive-date= 20 March 2022|url-status= live}}
Design
The Odyssey 30 is a small recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a fractional sloop and a fixed fin keel. It displaces {{convert|11000|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} and carries {{convert|3600|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} of ballast.
The boat has a draft of {{convert|4.50|ft|m|abbr=on}} with the standard keel and a hull speed of {{convert|6.14|kn|km/h|2|abbr=on}}.