C&C 30

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|designer = Cuthbertson & Cassian

|location = Canada

|year = 1973

|no built = 800 (Mark 1s)

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The C&C 30 is a series of Canadian and American sailboats, that was first built in 1973.{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/cc-30-1-1-506|title= C&C 30-1 (1-506)|access-date = 30 June 2021|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2020|archive-url= https://archive.today/20210630193733/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/cc-30-1-1-506|archive-date= 30 June 2021|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url = http://www.sailingjoy.com/sailboat_specs/sailboat_specs/view/1153/c-c-30-1-1-506|title = Sailboat Specifications for C&C 30-1|accessdate = 17 January 2017|work = Sailing Joy|author = InterVisionSoft LLC|year = 2017}}{{Dead link|date=July 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/designer/cc-design|title = C&C Design |accessdate = 11 January 2017|last= Browning| first = Randy |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2016|archive-url= https://archive.today/20210301170340/https://sailboatdata.com/designer/cc-design|archive-date= 1 March 2021|url-status= live}}

The C&C 30 molds are thought to have been used to create the Lancer 29 Mark III and the Lancer 30 Mark II in 1977.{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/lancer-29-3|title= Lancer 29-3 sailboat |access-date= 30 June 2021|last= McArthur| first= Bruce |work= sailboatdata.com|year= 2020|archive-url= https://archive.today/20210630144203/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/lancer-29-3|archive-date= 30 June 2021|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/lancer-30-2|title= Lancer 30-2 sailboat |access-date= 1 July 2021|last= McArthur| first= Bruce |work= sailboatdata.com|year= 2020|archive-url= https://archive.today/20210701135603/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/lancer-30-2|archive-date= 1 July 2021|url-status= live}}

Production

The initial models were built by C&C Yachts of Niagara on the Lake, Ontario, in Canada.{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/builder/cc-yachts|title = C&C Yachts|access-date = 7 March 2022|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20201015222748/https://sailboatdata.com/builder/cc-yachts|archive-date= 15 October 2020|url-status= live}} The newest model, the C&C 30 One Design, was built by USWatercraft, LLC under the C&C brand, in Newport, Rhode Island until their entry into receivership in July 2017.{{cite web|url = http://c-cyachts.com/cc-30-one-design/|title = C&C 30 One Design |accessdate = 17 January 2017|work = c-cyachts.com|author= C&C Yachts|year = 2014|archiveurl =https://web.archive.org/web/20160304070451/http://c-cyachts.com/cc-30-one-design/ |archivedate =4 March 2016}}{{cite web|url = http://www.uswatercraft.com/|title = The Receiver is seeking offers to purchase the True North, C&C, PDQ, North Rip and J/Boat lines.|access-date = 11 September 2018|author=USWatercraft|work = www.uswatercraft.com|year=2018|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20180823182618/http://www.uswatercraft.com/|archivedate =23 August 2018 }}

Design

The C&C 30 series are all recreational and racing keelboats, built predominantly of fibreglass, with wood trim. There have been four boats to carry the C&C 30 designation, each a completely different design.

Variants

;C&C 30-1 (Mark 1)

:This model was designed by Cuthbertson & Cassian, introduced in 1973 and over 800 were built.{{cite web|url = https://www.canadianyachting.ca/boat-reviews/sail/1034-cac-30-mark-i-sail-boat-review|title = C&C 30 Mark I|access-date = 16 December 2018|last = Boros |first = John|work =Canadian Yachting |date = July 1988|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220307183803/https://www.canadianyachting.ca/boat-reviews/sail/1034-cac-30-mark-i-sail-boat-review|archive-date= 7 March 2022|url-status= live}} It has a length overall of {{convert|30.00|ft|m|1|abbr=on}}, a waterline length of {{convert|24.92|ft|m|1|abbr=on}}, displaces {{convert|8000|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}, carries {{convert|3450|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} of lead ballast and has a masthead sloop rig. The boat has a draft of {{convert|5.00|ft|m|abbr=on}} with the standard keel and {{convert|4.2|ft|m|abbr=on}} with the optional shoal draft keel. The boat was initially fitted with a Universal Atomic 4 gasoline engine. This was replaced with a Japanese Yanmar QM15 diesel engine and later a Yanmar 2GM diesel. It has a hull speed of {{convert|6.69|kn|km/h|2|abbr=on}}. Later boats built had a large number of small changes to the design, including new windows and rudder mounts{{cite web|url = http://www.sailingjoy.com/sailboat_specs/sailboat_specs/view/1154/c-c-30-1-sd|title = Sailboat Specifications for C&C 30-1 SD|accessdate = 17 January 2017|work = Sailing Joy|author = InterVisionSoft LLC|year = 2017|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170118214215/http://www.sailingjoy.com/sailboat_specs/sailboat_specs/view/1154/c-c-30-1-sd|archive-date = 18 January 2017|url-status = dead}}

Robert Ball commented on the C&C 30 Mk.1, noting George Harding Cuthbertson's guidance:

The C&C 30 was my first Lines Drawing, but it was Big George telling me what to do.

The design was very much a development of the 27.

Once we started being able to actual 'compare' the stability of different designs- it turns out the 30 is the most stable boat we ever did.

Listening to owners over the years, the boat is stable and tough (indestructible) and will last forever

In a review for Canadian Yachting John Boros wrote, "Production began in 1973 and ceased in 1985 -- a 12-year period that represents the longest production run of any single design version in the history of C&C Yachts.

Although more 27s were built, in excess of 1,000, over a similar 12-year production period, with four distinct design phases, the 27 underwent comparatively continual change in relation to the 30, having only the one design version.

According to Steve Kiemele, of South Shore Yachts, "The 30 didn't need any changes, it held its appeal. This makes it 'The Classic'."

File:C&C 30 Mark II sailboat L'Espoir 2750.jpg

;C&C 30-2 (Mark 2)

:This later model was designed by Robert W. Ball and introduced in 1988. It has a length overall of {{convert|29.92|ft|m|1|abbr=on}}, a waterline length of {{convert|25.75|ft|m|1|abbr=on}}, displaces {{convert|8275|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} ({{convert|8500|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} with the winged keel), carries {{convert|3100|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} of lead ballast and has a masthead sloop rig. The boat has a draft of {{convert|5.83|ft|m|abbr=on}} with the standard keel and {{convert|4.50|ft|m|abbr=on}} with the optional wing keel. The boat is fitted with a Japanese Yanmar 2GM diesel engine. The fuel tank holds {{convert|33|u.s.gal}} and the fresh water tank has a capacity of {{convert|53|u.s.gal}}. The boat has a PHRF racing average handicap of 144 with a high of 144 and low of 147. It has a hull speed of {{convert|6.8|kn|km/h|2|abbr=on}}.{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/cc-30-2|title= C&C 30-2|access-date = 30 June 2021|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2020|archive-url= https://archive.today/20210630193551/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/cc-30-2|archive-date= 30 June 2021|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url = http://www.sailingjoy.com/sailboat_specs/sailboat_specs/view/1395/c-c-30-2|title = Sailboat Specifications for C&C 30-2|accessdate = 17 January 2017|work = Sailing Joy|author = InterVisionSoft LLC|year = 2017|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170118214210/http://www.sailingjoy.com/sailboat_specs/sailboat_specs/view/1395/c-c-30-2|archive-date = 18 January 2017|url-status = dead}}{{cite web|url = http://www.sailingjoy.com/sailboat_specs/sailboat_specs/view/1392/c-c-30-2-sd|title = Sailboat Specifications for C&C 30-2 SD|accessdate = 17 January 2017|work = Sailing Joy|author = InterVisionSoft LLC|year = 2017|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170118214212/http://www.sailingjoy.com/sailboat_specs/sailboat_specs/view/1392/c-c-30-2-sd|archive-date = 18 January 2017|url-status = dead}}{{cite web|url = http://www.sailingjoy.com/sailboat_specs/sailboat_specs/view/1400/c-c-30-2-wk|title = Sailboat Specifications for C&C 30-2 WK|accessdate = 17 January 2017|work = Sailing Joy|author = InterVisionSoft LLC|year = 2017|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170118214207/http://www.sailingjoy.com/sailboat_specs/sailboat_specs/view/1400/c-c-30-2-wk|archive-date = 18 January 2017|url-status = dead}}

;C&C 30 One Design

:This model was introduced as a one design racer, designed by Mark Mills and was in production in 2017. The hull is made from Vinylester, E-glass with foam core, resin-infused carbon reinforced structure and features a retractable bowsprit. It has a length overall of {{convert|30.01|ft|m|1|abbr=on}}, a waterline length of {{convert|28.70|ft|m|1|abbr=on}}, displaces {{convert|3995|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} and carries {{convert|1579|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} of ballast. The boat has a carbon fibre lead bulb daggerboard and is fitted with a Swedish Volvo saildrive diesel engine of {{convert|12|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}}. The fuel tank holds {{convert|6.5|u.s.gal}}. It has carbon fibre spars, a fractional rig and {{convert|640.6|sqft|m2|abbr=on}} of sail for upwind sailing and {{convert|1,643.2|sqft|m2|abbr=on}} for downwind sailing.

Operational history

In a review Michael McGoldrick wrote, "The C&C 30 probably did more than any other boat to establish the 30 foot size range in the minds of many Canadian sailors. Like the C&C 27, it also has to be considered a classic among the production fiberglass boats built in the country. In fact, its appearance and layout is very similar to the C&C 27, just more of everything, including some extra elbow room down below. This is a well built boat with good performance, and it did much to elevate C&C to the status of one of North America's premier sailboat manufacturers during the 1970s and 1980s."{{cite web|url = http://sailquest.com/market/models/cc30.htm|title =C&C 30 |accessdate = 24 July 2018|last=McGoldrick |first=Michael |work = Sail Quest|year = 2018|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220307183929/http://sailquest.com/market/models/cc30.htm|archive-date= 7 March 2022|url-status= live}}