C&C Mega 30 One Design
{{Short description|Sailboat class}}
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{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2022}}
{{Infobox sailboat specifications
|name = Mega 30 One Design
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|image boat = File:C&C Mega 30 One Design sailboat Eau Mega 3019.jpg
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|designer = Peter Barrett
|location = Canada
|year = 1977
|no built = 115 (plus 27 fixed keel)
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|builder = C&C Yachts
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|displacement = {{convert|4500|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}
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|hull type = Monohull
|construction = Fiberglass
|loa = {{convert|29.92|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|lwl = {{convert|27.33|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|beam = {{convert|7.92|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|hull draft = {{convert|5.00|ft|m|abbr=on}} with keel down
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|engine = Outboard motor
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|keel type = lifting keel with weighted bulb
|ballast = {{convert|2250|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}
|rudder type = transom-mounted rudder
|rigs = Fractional rigged sloop
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|I = {{convert|33.30|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|J = {{convert|11.00|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|P = {{convert|35.70|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|E = {{convert|13.70|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|sailarea main = {{convert|244.55|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
|sailarea headsail = {{convert|183.15|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
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|sailarea total = {{convert|427.70|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
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|phrf = 147 (average)
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The C&C Mega 30 One Design is a Canadian sailboat, that was designed by American Peter Barrett as a one design racer and first built in 1977.{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/mega-30-od-cc|title = Mega 30 OD (C&C) sailboat specifications and details|accessdate = 5 December 2017|last= Browning| first = Randy |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2017|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220320135023/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/mega-30-od-cc|archive-date= 20 March 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url = http://www.sailingjoy.com/sailboat_specs/sailboat_specs/view/642/mega-30-od-c-c|title = Sailboat Specifications for C&C - Mega 30 OD|accessdate = 5 December 2017|work = Sailing Joy|author = InterVisionSoft LLC|year = 2017|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171206140001/http://www.sailingjoy.com/sailboat_specs/sailboat_specs/view/642/mega-30-od-c-c|archive-date = 6 December 2017|url-status = dead}}{{cite web|url =https://sailboatdata.com/designer/barrett-peter|title = Peter Barrett 1935-2000|accessdate = 5 December 2017|last= Browning| first = Randy |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2017|archive-url= https://archive.today/20210105170538/https://sailboatdata.com/designer/barrett-peter|archive-date= 5 January 2021|url-status= live}}
Production
The boat was built by C&C Yachts in Canada and also in the United States and Kiel, Germany, but it is now out of production.{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/builder/cc-yachts|title= C&C Yachts|access-date = 20 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}}
Design
File:C&C Mega 30 One Design sailboat Eau! Mega 1730.jpg
The Mega 30 is a small recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass. It has a fractional sloop rig, a transom-hung rudder and a lifting or fixed fin keel.
The boat is normally fitted with a small outboard motor for docking and maneuvering.
The boat has a PHRF racing average handicap of 147 with a high of 171 and low of 132. It has a hull speed of {{convert|7.01|kn|km/h|2|abbr=on}}.
Variants
;Mega 30 One Design
:The initial model was designated as the Mega 30 One Design and features a lifting keel with a weighted bulb. It has a draft of {{convert|5.00|ft|m|abbr=on}} with the keel extended and {{convert|1.75|ft|m|abbr=on}} with it retracted, allowing ground transportation on a trailer. It displaces {{convert|4500|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} and carries {{convert|2250|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} of ballast. A total of 115 of this model were built in Canada, the US and Germany. It was marketed in a number of countries under several names. In Sweden it was sold as the Runn Racer 912.
;Mega 30 FK
:The second model was designated as the Mega 30 FK and features a fixed keel with a draft of {{convert|5.20|ft|m|abbr=on}}. All 27 examples of this type were built in the US and were last of the series built. It displaces {{convert|6589|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} and carries {{convert|2860|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} of ballast.{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/mega-30-cc-fk|title = MEGA 30 (C&C) FK sailboat specifications and details|accessdate = 5 December 2017|last= Browning| first = Randy |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2017|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220320135008/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/mega-30-cc-fk|archive-date= 20 March 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url = http://www.sailingjoy.com/sailboat_specs/sailboat_specs/view/643/mega-30-c-c-fixed-keel|title = Sailboat Specifications for C&C - MEGA 30 Fixed Keel|accessdate = 5 December 2017|work = Sailing Joy|author = InterVisionSoft LLC|year = 2017}}{{Dead link|date=July 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
See also
References
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External links
- {{Commonscat inline|C&C Mega 30}}
{{C&C Yachts}}
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Category:1970s sailboat type designs