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Are you new to sailing and looking for something reasonably priced and easy to learn on or are you an old salt that knows the pedigree of this classic Canadian build? Well look no further!
‘Daydream Believer’ this Nonsuch 30 Ultra is the perfect boat for island hopping the Virgin Islands and beyond… With her generous cockpit, manageable length, shallow draft and accommodating interior make it an ideal live aboard cruiser. Cockpit benches are living-room chair depth, with high coamings for safe, comfortable seating under sail. Both the cockpit and saloon have large folding tables. The interior is spacious with plenty of ventilation. And a NEW Engine & transmission installed in 2019!
Her most prominent feature is the tall, tapered, unstayed mast with a wishbone boom. The rig is very simple, and there are few things to break. With one sail, one halyard, and one sheet, it’s one easy boat to sail! Especially for a shorthanded crew or even a single hander.
Due to the world wide pandemic the owners’ situation has changed and they have to sell their beloved Nonsuch. This is a true classic that turns heads everywhere she goes. Don’t miss your chance to own a piece of sailing history!
Equipment: Interior Walkthrough The interior of ‘Daydream Believer has a large permanent double pullman berth located forward in the cabin, with a large hanging locker and a vanity on the opposite side. Aft lies a large head with a separate shower stall. A bi-fold, teak door separates the forward cabin from the main salon. The head is almost bathroom-sized, and lies opposite a large galley. Just inside the companionway lies an L-shaped dinette, with an opposing settee and a hanging locker aft. The permanent sleeping area is comfortable, private and out of traffic.
Under Sail With no chain plates, shrouds or stays, Genoa track or cars, mainsheet traveler, or primary winches, on the cockpit coamings (there is one mainsheet winch well aft on the starboard coaming), there is an amazing amount of space above deck on this 30 footer. The sail is handled from the safety of the large cockpit. Once the sail is up, it is simply sheeted to the winch beside the helm station, as it is self-tacking and self-vanging. Running rigging consists of a main halyard, a mainsheet, and a choker line, which controls the fullness or flatness of the sail by adjusting the fore-and-aft position of the wishbone boom. The top of the mast flexes to leeward to spill wind from the upper part of the sail when the wind pipes up and keeps the boat from being overpowered. Thus, it is common to see Nonsuch’s out on a gusty day, under full sail, and still relatively upright.
This type of stability is also achieved through a good combination of 39-percent ballast-to-displacement ratio, and hull form stability along with the wide beam makes for a comfortable, stable and forgiving boat under sail. It is a quality which is pleasantly reassuring to guests, ‘Greenhorn’ sailors and, of course, nervous spouses.
Recent Maintenance & Upgrades NEW Engine: Yanmar 3YM30AE 35hp installed 2019. Total hours: 331 hours @ March 24,2020 NEW Transmission: Yanmar/Kanzaki installed at 183 hours in February 2020 Zinc: installed on prop shaft 2020 New Mast: installed 2003 100 Watt power inverter -installed in 2016 Two USB charging ports - installed in 2020 Battery charger -2020 New dodger with Stratoglass - 2020 5 of the 8 stanchion bases were replaced - 2020 New 4mm Dacron lazy jack lines to support sail cover - 2020 Seams on bimini and sail cover re-sown - 2020 New gaskets installed on all 4 hatches and all 7 portlights in 2020 Used Lofrans Windlass: installed on foredeck in 2019; needs to be wired to become operational. 14. 3 new LED light fixtures installed in 2020 - one above the dining table, one in the galley, and one in the head Refrigeration added in 2017 New Jabsco marine toilet installed in 2016 Installed in 2020 – new plastic 12-gallon fuel tank that bypasses the 33-year-old aluminum tank. This eliminates potential dirty fuel problems going forward as well as potential leaks. Please see the December 2019 issue of Practical Sailor for its findings (a) that the average life expectancy of an aluminum fuel tank in salt water is 20 years, and (b) a review of the benefits of plastic tanks. With the adjacent 6-gallon auxiliary diesel fuel container, this new system has a capacity of 18 gallons. With fuel consumption rates of about .5 gallons per hour, this provides approximately 36 hours of engine time.
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)
Shallow draft: 3.96’.
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