Triton 30
{{Short description|Sailboat class}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Use American English|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox sailboat specifications
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|designer = Doug Peterson
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|location = United States
|year = 1985
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|builder = Pearson Yachts
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|draft = {{convert|5.58|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|displacement = {{convert|6800|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}
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|hull type = monohull
|construction = fiberglass
|loa = {{convert|29.25|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|lwl = {{convert|24.50|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|beam = {{convert|12.25|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|keel type = fin keel
|ballast = {{convert|2850|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}
|rudder type = internally-mounted spade-type rudder
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|rig type = Bermuda rig
|I = {{convert|38.00|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|J = {{convert|12.00|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|P = {{convert|34.00|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|E = {{convert|9.00|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|sailplan = masthead sloop
|sailarea main = {{convert|153.00|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
|sailarea headsail = {{convert|228.00|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
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The Triton 30 is a Canadian an American trailerable sailboat that was designed by Doug Peterson as a racer-cruiser and first built in 1985.{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/triton-30|title= Triton 30 sailboat |access-date= 9 April 2022|last= McArthur|first= Bruce|work= sailboatdata.com|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220412170639/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/triton-30|archive-date= 12 April 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/pearson/triton-30|title= Triton 30|access-date= 9 April 2022|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220418223245/https://sailboat.guide/pearson/triton-30|archive-date= 18 April 2022|url-status= live}}
The design is a unauthorized development of Peterson's International Offshore Rule Half Ton class Chaser 29 racer, using the same hull design. The molds had been owned by US Yachts, a division of Bayliner to make the US Yachts US 29 and were sold to Pearson Yachts.
Production
The design was built by Pearson Yachts in the United States, starting in 1985, but it is now out of production.{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/builder/pearson-yachts|title = Pearson Yachts 1958 - 1990|access-date = 18 April 2022|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20201128162128/https://sailboatdata.com/builder/pearson-yachts|archive-date= 28 November 2020|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/pearson|title= Pearson Yachts|access-date= 18 April 2022|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220417184858/https://sailboat.guide/pearson|archive-date= 17 April 2022|url-status= live}}
Design
The Triton 30 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig, a raked stem, a reverse transom, an internally mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a wheel and a fixed fin keel. It displaces {{convert|6800|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} and carries {{convert|2850|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} of ballast.
The boat has a draft of {{convert|5.58|ft|m|abbr=on}} with the standard keel.
The design has a hull speed of {{convert|6.63|kn|km/h|abbr=on}}.