Seller's Description
Blind Squirrel is a 1984 Nelson Marek designed Santana 3030 Grand Prix. She has been raced for last 7 years in San Diego and is fully optimized. Her racing accomplishments are consistent and will be listed below.
Her hull shape, sail design, and balance are ideally suited for SoCal conditions, and her ORC rating will suit her well for upcoming racing. Upwind, she will outpoint most boats in her class, and downwind she runs exceptionally well. She is lightweight and well balanced, helping her to outsail her PHRF/ORC rating in light/medium air. Because of this tenderness, she does struggle in the 18 plus days. She is particularly fast in less than 9.
Her hull shape trades off big wave speed for flat water performance.
The cockpit is massive for a 30′ boat, and fantastic for race teams and cruising with friends. She resembles the design of newer boats with a wide footwell and narrow seating on the deck edges. This allows for excellent visibility and control. You can easily fit 8 people comfortably for day sailing, all in the cockpit. This open cockpit design does not compromise on optimal comfort and control while sailing. Her cockpit floor is finished in custom raptor deck.
The toe rail is formed with a ramp to allow crew to have their legs maintain full circulation while hiking. The ramp is conveniently located where weight should be, making weight management for/aft more straightforward. She is particular about weight forward in light air.
Her interior is wide and comfortable with 2 double sized settes with moveable backrests to act as lee boards offshore. Aft, 2 more wide doubles are port and starboard and useful for stacking weight offshore in a breeze.
Racing Results Overall -2024 CRA High Point Champion 2nd overall -2024 Beer Cans 1st in class with no throwouts -2023 PHRF Inshore 3rd -2023 PHRF Offshore 3rd -2022 PHRF Inshore 1st -2022 PHRF Offshore 1st -2022 CRA High Point Champion: 1st overall -2021 CRA High Point Champion: 1st overall
Equipment: Engine Maintenance -Annual performed routinely last 5 years -2023 New Prop, Shaft, and stuffing box -2022 New exhaust manifold Mixing Elbow -2022 New Facet Fuel pump -2022 New Coolant Side Pump/thermostat -2022 New all cooling hoses -2022 New Racor Fuel/Water Separator -2022 All New Fuel Hoses -2022 New Thermometer Gauge added in dash -2022 Fuel Tank cleaned
General Maintenance
-2024 New B&G windex masthead unit installed -2024 Chainplates resealed, annual maintenance -2024 Bulkheads re-oiled with 100% Tung Oil -2024 Refurbished port/starboard compasses -2023 Floor stripped/finished 6 coats Varnish -2022 New Jabsco head all new sanitary hoses -2022 Racing Bottom Koehler Kraft 40% left -2020 Kiwi Grip Deck applied. -2021 Custom Raptor Deck
Sailing Gear -All running Rigging is in excellent shape and is high tech racing line. -2024 New carbon Spinnaker pole Forespar -2024 Revarnish on Tiller -2022 Cascading backstay with rough/fine tune -2022 All Halyards stripped and chafe guard add -2020 Harken Self Sheeting traveller -2020 6:1 rough mainsheet with 12:1 Finetune -2016 New primary self tailing Harken winches -2016 New secondary self tailing Harken winches -Instruments are B&G Triton, with 2 displays -Spare eliptical rudder included: Factory upgrade, install when you next pull the boat
Sail Inventory Racing Suite -2024 Carbon/Technora String #1 with LiteSkin 155% LG Sails: Brand new -2022 .5oz Light Air runner Quantum: never up in more than 8 Knots -2022 .6oz Light/Medium Runner LG Sails: excellent shape -2022 A1.5/A2 designed specifically for offshore by Eric Heim/Quantum: used 5x-10x times -offshore only (has small repaired rip) -2021 A3 Reaching Kite Quantum used less than 10x only offhosre -2020 Carbon/Technora Main with LiteSkin: never flaked, always rolled, shows little wear -2016 Dacron #3 100%, used very seldomly: great bulletproof sail -2016 Kevlar #2 135%, in fine shape, rarely used as boat prefers #1 or #3
Practice Suite -2020 .5oz Light Air Runner LG Sails: Practice Sail or Club Race kite -2020 Carbon/Technora String #1 with LiteSkin 155% LG Sails: Practice Sail or Club Race Sail -2016 .50z Light Air Runner LG Sails: Practice Sail or Club race Kite -2016 Carbon paneled mainsail: Practice use -Many additional bags of practice sails
Additional Needs -Bottom is 60% used, still holding up well -JIb Halyard Mast Sheave is broken, we have been fine running with other halyards -Rod Rigging is holding up great, but may be due for inspection in the next few years and replacement -Raptor Deck has some peeling. I have spare pieces and would happily assist in reapplying where needed if desired. This is mostly cosmetic. -Compass Backlights are faulty, need to be rewired
Specs
- Designer
- Nelson Marek
- Builder
- Schock W.D.
- Association
- Santana 30/30 Class Association
- # Built
- 40
- Hull
- Monohull
- Keel
- Fin
- Rudder
- Spade
- Construction
- FG
Dimensions
- Length Overall
- 29′ 11″ / 9.1 m
- Waterline Length
- 25′ 5″ / 7.8 m
- Beam
- 11′ 8″ / 3.6 m
- Draft
- 5′ 6″ / 1.7 m
- Displacement
- 6,500 lb / 2,948 kg
- Ballast
- 2,310 lb / 1,048 kg (Lead)
Rig and Sails
- Type
- Sloop
- Reported Sail Area
- 440′² / 40.9 m²
- Total Sail Area
- 440′² / 40.8 m²
Mainsail
- Sail Area
- 201′² / 18.7 m²
- P
- 36′ 2″ / 11 m
- E
- 11′ 1″ / 3.4 m
- Air Draft
- ?
Foresail
- Sail Area
- 239′² / 22.2 m²
- I
- 40′ 9″ / 12.4 m
- J
- 11′ 8″ / 3.6 m
- Forestay Length
- 42′ 5″ / 12.9 m
Auxilary Power
- Make
- ?
- Model
- ?
- HP
- ?
- Fuel Type
- ?
- Fuel Capacity
- ?
- Engine Hours
- ?
Accomodations
- Water Capacity
- ?
- Holding Tank Capacity
- ?
- Headroom
- ?
- Cabins
- 1
Calculations
- Hull Speed
-
8.3 kn
Classic: 6.76 kn
Hull Speed
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.
Formula
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
- Sail Area/Displacement
-
20.2
>20: high performance
Sail Area / Displacement Ratio
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.
Formula
SA/D = SA ÷ (D ÷ 64)2/3
- SA: Sail area in square feet, derived by adding the mainsail area to 100% of the foretriangle area (the lateral area above the deck between the mast and the forestay).
- D: Displacement in pounds.
- Ballast/Displacement
-
35.6
<40: less stiff, less powerful
Ballast / Displacement Ratio
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.
Formula
Ballast / Displacement * 100
- Displacement/Length
-
176.5
100-200: light
Displacement / Length Ratio
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.
Formula
D/L = (D ÷ 2240) ÷ (0.01 x LWL)³
- D: Displacement of the boat in pounds.
- LWL: Waterline length in feet
- Comfort Ratio
-
16.8
<20: lightweight racing boat
Comfort Ratio
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.
Formula
Comfort ratio = D ÷ (.65 x (.7 LWL + .3 LOA) x Beam1.33)
- D: Displacement of the boat in pounds
- LWL: Waterline length in feet
- LOA: Length overall in feet
- Beam: Width of boat at the widest point in feet
- Capsize Screening
-
2.2
>2.0: better suited for coastal cruising
Capsize Screening Formula
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.
Formula
CSV = Beam ÷ ³√(D / 64)
- Beam: Width of boat at the widest point in feet
- D: Displacement of the boat in pounds
Notes
The Santana 30-30 was designed to the MORC rule.
This version, the SANTANA 30-30PC = (Performance Cruiser). About 40 produced.
An updated PCII version featured the following:
Yanmar Diesel Engine.
Chainplates were moved outboard to allow the #3 jib to be sheeted inside the shrouds.
Interior has lower settee to allow for better headroom.
Angle brackets were added to reinforce the bulkheads.
The Grand Prix Racing edition referred to as the GP was introduced in 1983.
(See: SANTANA 30-30GP)
This model had a lighter deck. Ballast 2435 lbs., displacement 6000 lbs.
40 of these were built.
All boats built after 1985 have elliptical keels and rudders.
All versions were delivered with the same rig.
Other variations:
Some boats were delivered with an open transom.
Thanks to Jane Schock for providing drawing and updated information.
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