Great choice! Your favorites are temporarily saved for this session. Sign in to save them permanently, access them on any device, and receive relevant alerts.
1976 Pearson 30, Turnkey and ready to go
Hull number 843 is a well maintained boat that is likely one of the best examples of its type on the mid-Atlantic coast. I have owned, cruised, raced, and restored her for the last 10 years. Growing family commitments (grandchildren) make it increasingly difficult to use her as much as she deserves.
The Pearson 30 is a solidly built coastal cruiser with a molded-in fin keel (no keel bolts to fail!) and 5’ draft. Her size makes her easy to sail and easy to maintain. She nominally sleeps 6, but comfortably sleeps 4. A couple can easily handle her, and she can be single-handed by an experienced skipper, especially when assisted by the tillerpilot. She is surprisingly fast, and readily sails to her PHRF rating of 183 (she won her class in the 2022 Stingray Point Regatta with a 1-2-1-1-1 record and regularly wins in club races).
I am selling her fully equipped with gear, electronics, tools, and spares. Race-ready sails made by Latell & Ailsworth Sailmakers are: 155% Dacron star-cut roller reefing Genoa with foam luff (2020), Dacron mainsail with 2 full battens and 2 reef points (2020), and tri-radial spinnaker (2022). Cruising sails in decent condition are: 150% Dacron Genoa, Dacron working jib, Dacron main with 4 full battens and 2 reef points, and a radial head spinnaker and ATN spinnaker sock.
Having been converted to diesel power and an efficient folding propeller, she cruises easily at 6 kts burning less than 0.5 gph from a 20 gallon tank.
She is worth much more than her asking price, though I am offering a discount (and ongoing support) to any buyer planning to keep her in the fleet at Fishing Bay Yacht Club in Deltaville, VA.
Equipment: Upgrades from factory stock include: - Fresh water cooled Yanmar 2GM20F diesel (completely overhauled in 2014) - Flexofold folding propeller - B&G wind, depth, speed, GPS, and compass instrumentation feeding 3 Triton 41 displays and 10” OpenCPN Chartplotter - Simrad tillerpilot with compass, wind, and navigation modes - Harken Mark IV Reefing & Furling system (2020) - New halyard sheaves and halyards (run internally) (2016) - Lewmar Ocean 40 CST self-tailing primary winches - Lewmar Ocean 16 CST self-tailing secondary winches on cabin top - 32:1 Dyneema adjustable backstay - 4:1 mainsheet system with 16:1 trimmer - Mainsheet traveler - Rigid boom vang - Boom height adjustment to allow 10” extra clearance for bimini and dodger panel when cruising - Mid-boom sheeting option for use with bimini when cruising - Lewmar low-profile forward hatch (2016) - Improved fairing of rudder, propeller shaft, and thru-hull fittings - Enlarged, opening side ports forward (new lenses, gaskets, and screens in 2014) - Screens for all cabin openings - Extra fold-up counter for galley
Additional long-term maintenance items that have been addressed since 2014 include: - Replaced shaft, cutlass bearing, shaft log, and stuffing box - Replaced lower compression post with G10 fiberglass base - Replaced standing rigging (2020) - Rewired mast (wind instruments, VHF antenna and feed, lights) - Replaced all navigation lights, anchor light, steaming light, and foredeck light with LED units - Re-cored and re-glassed aft cockpit sole around rudder post (urethane foam core) - Replaced rudder bearings - Removed all deck hardware, over-drilled, epoxy filled, and reinstalled with butyl tape - Removed chainplates, sealed deck core, inspected, polished, and refastened - Eliminated head thru-hull fittings and replaced holding tank with Thetford Porta Potti
A more detailed list of year-by-year maintenance and upgrades performed during my ownership is available on request.
The theoretical maximum speed that a displacement hull can move efficiently through the water is determined by it's waterline length and displacement. It may be unable to reach this speed if the boat is underpowered or heavily loaded, though it may exceed this speed given enough power. Read more.
Classic hull speed formula:
Hull Speed = 1.34 x √LWL
A more accurate formula devised by Dave Gerr in The Propeller Handbook replaces the Speed/Length ratio constant of 1.34 with a calculation based on the Displacement/Length ratio.
Max Speed/Length ratio = 8.26 ÷ Displacement/Length ratio.311
Hull Speed = Max Speed/Length ratio x √LWL
A measure of the power of the sails relative to the weight of the boat. The higher the number, the higher the performance, but the harder the boat will be to handle. This ratio is a "non-dimensional" value that facilitates comparisons between boats of different types and sizes. Read more.
SA/D = SA ÷ (D ÷ 64)2/3
A measure of the stability of a boat's hull that suggests how well a monohull will stand up to its sails. The ballast displacement ratio indicates how much of the weight of a boat is placed for maximum stability against capsizing and is an indicator of stiffness and resistance to capsize.
Ballast / Displacement * 100
A measure of the weight of the boat relative to it's length at the waterline. The higher a boat’s D/L ratio, the more easily it will carry a load and the more comfortable its motion will be. The lower a boat's ratio is, the less power it takes to drive the boat to its nominal hull speed or beyond. Read more.
D/L = (D ÷ 2240) ÷ (0.01 x LWL)³
This ratio assess how quickly and abruptly a boat’s hull reacts to waves in a significant seaway, these being the elements of a boat’s motion most likely to cause seasickness. Read more.
Comfort ratio = D ÷ (.65 x (.7 LWL + .3 LOA) x Beam1.33)
This formula attempts to indicate whether a given boat might be too wide and light to readily right itself after being overturned in extreme conditions. Read more.
CSV = Beam ÷ ³√(D / 64)
In production for nearly 10 years, with more than 1000 built, this was one of Pearson’s most successful models. The designer, Bill Shaw, owned a Pearson 30 for a number of years.
Early models had Palmer inboards.
This listing is presented by SailboatListings.com. Visit their website for more information or to contact the seller.
Great choice! Your favorites are temporarily saved for this session. Sign in to save them permanently, access them on any device, and receive relevant alerts.
©2024 Sea Time Tech, LLC
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.