Seidelmann 30-T
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|designer = Bob Seidelmann
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|location = United States
|year = 1977
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|builder = Seidelmann Yachts
|role = Cruiser
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|draft = {{convert|5.42|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|displacement = {{convert|8800|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|24.00|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|beam = {{convert|11.00|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|engine = Yanmar {{convert|15|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} diesel engine
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|keel type = fin keel
|ballast = {{convert|3600|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}
|rudder type = internally-mounted spade-type rudder
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|rig type = Bermuda rig
|I = {{convert|39.00|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|J = {{convert|12.00|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|P = {{convert|33.00|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|E = {{convert|11.50|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|sailplan = masthead sloop
|sailarea main = {{convert|189.75|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
|sailarea headsail = {{convert|234.00|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
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|sailarea total = {{convert|423.75|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
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The Seidelmann 30-T is an American sailboat that was designed by Bob Seidelmann as a cruiser and first built in 1977.{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/seidelmann-30-t|title= Seidelmann 30-T sailboat |access-date= 10 February 2022|last= McArthur| first= Bruce |work= sailboatdata.com|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220210232931/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/seidelmann-30-t|archive-date= 10 February 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/seidelmann/30-t|title= Seidelmann 30-T|access-date= 10 February 2022|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220210233019/https://sailboat.guide/seidelmann/30-t|archive-date= 10 February 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/designer/seidelmann-j-robert|title= J. Robert Seidelmann|access-date = 10 February 2022|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20200730191122/https://sailboatdata.com/designer/seidelmann-j-robert|archive-date= 30 July 2020|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/j-robert-seidelmann|title= J. Robert Seidelmann|access-date= 10 February 2022|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220210192553/https://sailboat.guide/j-robert-seidelmann|archive-date= 10 February 2022|url-status= live}}
The Seidelmann 30-T is a development of the Seidelmann 30, with a T-shaped cockpit.{{cite web|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=uMC_kUIYSg8C&pg=RA1-PA115|title= Family Cruising|access-date= 10 February 2022|author= Seidelmann Yachts|author-link= Seidelmann Yachts|work= Cruising World|date= February 1980}}
Production
The design was built by Seidelmann Yachts in the United States, starting in 1977, but it is now out of production.{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/builder/seidelmann-yachts|title = Seidelmann Yachts|access-date = 10 February 2022|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20201119005933/https://sailboatdata.com/builder/seidelmann-yachts|archive-date= 19 November 2020|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/seidelmann|title= Seidelmann Yachts|access-date= 10 February 2022|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220210191315/https://sailboat.guide/seidelmann|archive-date= 10 February 2022|url-status= live}}
Design
The Seidelmann 30-T is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig; a raked stem; a raised counter, reverse transom; an internally mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a wheel and a fixed fin keel or optional shoal draft keel. It displaces {{convert|8800|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} and carries {{convert|3600|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} of ballast.
The boat has a draft of {{convert|5.42|ft|m|abbr=on}} with the standard keel and {{convert|4.17|ft|m|abbr=on}} with the optional shoal draft keel.
The boat is fitted with a Japanese Yanmar diesel engine of {{convert|15|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} for docking and maneuvering. The fuel tank holds {{convert|12|u.s.gal}} and the fresh water tank has a capacity of {{convert|30|u.s.gal}}.
The design has sleeping accommodation for five people, with a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin, a double fold-out straight settee berth in the main cabin and an aft cabin with a quarter berth on the port side. The galley is located on the starboard side just forward of the companionway ladder. The galley is equipped with a two-burner stove, an icebox and a sink. The head is located just aft of the bow cabin on the both sides and includes a sink. Cabin headroom is {{convert|77|in|cm|0|abbr=on}}.
The design has a hull speed of {{convert|6.57|kn|km/h|abbr=on}}.