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| Development | |
|---|---|
| Designer | Bruce Farr |
| Year | 1995 |
| No. built | Approx. 200 |
| Builder(s) | Beneteau Carroll Marine dk Yachts McDell Marine Ovington Boats Waterline Systems |
| Role | One designracer |
| Name | Farr 30 |
| Boat | |
| Displacement | 4,561 lb (2,069 kg) |
| Draft | 6.75 ft (2.06 m) |
| Hull | |
| Type | monohull |
| Construction | glassfibre |
| LOA | 30.90 ft (9.42 m) |
| LWL | 27.60 ft (8.41 m) |
| Beam | 10.10 ft (3.08 m) |
| Engine type | Yanmar 1GM10 10 hp (7 kW)diesel engine |
| Hull appendages | |
| Keel/board type | Fin keel |
| Ballast | 1,997 lb (906 kg) |
| Rudder(s) | Spade-typerudder |
| Rig | |
| Rig type | Bermuda rig |
| I foretriangle height | 38.29 ft (11.67 m) |
| J foretriangle base | 10.89 ft (3.32 m) |
| P mainsail luff | 40.55 ft (12.36 m) |
| E mainsail foot | 14.57 ft (4.44 m) |
| Rig other | Carbon Spars |
| Sails | |
| Sailplan | 9/10Fractional riggedsloop |
| Mainsail area | 377 sq ft (35.0 m2) |
| Jib/genoa area | 226 sq ft (21.0 m2) |
| Spinnaker area | 1,055 sq ft (98.0 m2) |
| Upwind sail area | 603 sq ft (56.0 m2) |
| Downwind sail area | 1,432 sq ft (133.0 m2) |
| Racing | |
| PHRF | 51-156 |
TheFarr 30, originally called theMumm 30, is asailboat that was designed byBruce Farr as aone designracer and first built in 1995.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
The boat was the one design class for theTour de France à la voile from 1999 to 2010, until it was replaced by theM34 in 2011.[9][10][11]
The design was originally named for its sponsor,champagne producerG. H. Mumm. When the sponsorship ended in 2007, the class was renamed after the designer instead.[12]
At one time aWorld Sailing international class, it gave up its status in 2018 and the class club ceased operations in 2020.[12][13]
The design was built byBeneteau in France,dk Yachts in Malaysia,McDell Marine in New Zealand,Ovington Boats in the United Kingdom,Carroll Marine andWaterline Systems, both in the United States. Production started in 1995, but is now complete, with a total of 200 boats built.[1][2][3][4][5][12][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29]
The Farr 30 is a lightweight racingkeelboat, with both the hull and deck built predominantly of anE-glass andbalsa sandwich. It has a 9/10fractionalsloop rig, with a keel-stepped mast, two sets of sweptspreaders, acarbon fibre mast, with analuminium boom, withstainless steel rodstanding rigging. The hull has a nearlyplumb stem, an openreverse transom, an internally mounted spade-typerudder controlled by atiller and a fixed finkeel wkith a swept, weighted bulb. It displaces 4,561 lb (2,069 kg) and carries 1,997 lb (906 kg) of lead ballast.[1][2][3][4][5]
The boat has a draft of 6.75 ft (2.06 m) with the standard keel.[1][2][3][4][5]
The boat is fitted with a JapaneseYanmar 1GM10diesel engine of 10 hp (7 kW) for docking and manoeuvring. The fuel tank holds 9.2 U.S. gallons (35 L; 7.7 imp gal) and thefresh water tank has a capacity of 14.5 U.S. gallons (55 L; 12.1 imp gal).[1][2][3][4][5]
The design has a lightweight and minimal interior, with sleeping accommodation for two people. Cabin maximum headroom is 44 in (112 cm).[4][5]
For sailing downwind the design may be equipped with a symmetricalspinnaker of 1,055 sq ft (98.0 m2).[4][5]
The design has ahull speed of 7.03 kn (13.02 km/h) and aPHRF handicap of 51 to 156.[1][2][3][4][5][30]
The boat was at one time supported by an active class club that organized racing events, theFarr 30 International Class Association.[31][32]
The boat became aWorld Sailing recognized international class in 1997 and held its first World Championship that year inMarseille, France.[12]
Due to the lack of entries, the 2009 championship was cancelled. Attendance was low from 2010 to 2016 and the championship was again cancelled in 2017. In 2018 the club decided it could no longer afford to maintain its international class status or hold the required world championships and so it gave up its World Sailing class status.[12]
In 2020, the club announced it was closing, citing "the lack of funds available" and the club's website has since been taken down.[13]
In a 2018 article,Scuttlebutt Sailing News noted, "considered a lovely boat to sail, this state-of-the-art offshore one design quickly became an international attraction."[12]
In a 2021 article inYachting World yacht designer Mark Mills named the design his choice for the "world's coolest yacht". He wrote "the Mumm 30 for me is the most distilled essence of the clean, light, simple philosophy. The first production one-design to bring non-overlapping jibs on swept spreader rigs to the mainstream, it was drawn to be fast, easy to build, and straightforward to sail. It went well in all conditions but perhaps its finest achievement was 11 years of the Tour de France à la Voile, where the variety of conditions and distances challenged many of the world’s best sailors in one of its best boats."[33]
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