Fortune 30

{{Short description|Sailboat class}}

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|designer = Stan Huntingford

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|location = Canada

|year = 1974

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|builder = Cooper Enterprises

|role = Cruiser

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|construction = fibreglass

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|engine = Volvo diesel engine

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|keel type = fin keel

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|rudder type = skeg-mounted rudder

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The Fortune 30 is a Canadian sailboat that was conceived by Canadian TV weather presenter, Bob Fortune and designed by Stan Huntingford as a cruiser, first built in 1974.{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/fortune-30|title= Fortune 30 sailboat |access-date= 8 June 2022|last= McArthur|first= Bruce|work= sailboatdata.com|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220608115314/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/fortune-30|archive-date= 8 June 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/fortune-30|title= Fortune 30|access-date= 8 June 2022|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220608115315/https://sailboat.guide/fortune-30|archive-date= 8 June 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/designer/huntingford-stan|title= Stan Huntingford|access-date = 8 June 2022|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220509124953/https://sailboatdata.com/designer/huntingford-stan|archive-date= 9 May 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/stan-huntingford|title= Stan Huntingford|access-date= 8 June 2022|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220509125035/https://sailboat.guide/stan-huntingford|archive-date= 9 May 2022|url-status= live}}

Production

The design's hull was built by Cooper Enterprises in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia and then finished by a number of local boatyards, including Philbrook's Boatyard in Sidney, British Columbia.{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/builder/cooper-enterprises-inc-can|title = Cooper Enterprises Inc. (CAN) 1970 - 1990|access-date = 8 June 2022|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220511162445/https://sailboatdata.com/builder/cooper-enterprises-inc-can|archive-date= 11 May 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/cooper|title= Cooper Enterprises Inc.|access-date= 8 June 2022|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220511162504/https://sailboat.guide/cooper|archive-date= 11 May 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/builder/philbrooks-boatyard-can|title= Philbrook's Boatyard|access-date = 8 June 2022|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220608115311/https://sailboatdata.com/builder/philbrooks-boatyard-can|archive-date= 8 June 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/philbrooks|title= Philbrook's Boatyard|access-date= 8 June 2022|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220608115318/https://sailboat.guide/philbrooks|archive-date= 8 June 2022|url-status= live}}

Design

The Fortune 30 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fibreglass, with wood trim. It has a cutter rig, a clipper bow, an angled transom, a skeg-mounted rudder controlled by a wheel and a fixed fin keel. It displaces {{convert|10300|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} and carries {{convert|3000|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} of ballast.

The boat has a draft of {{convert|4.00|ft|m|abbr=on}} with the standard keel.

The boat is fitted with a Swedish Volvo diesel engine for docking and maneuvering. The fuel tank holds {{convert|40|u.s.gal}} and the fresh water tank has a capacity of {{convert|50|u.s.gal}}.

The design has a hull speed of {{convert|6.38|kn|km/h|abbr=on}}.

See also

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