Seller's Description
Blind Squirrel is a 1984 Nelson Marek designed Santana 3030 Grand Prix. She has been raced and cruised for the last 7 years in San Diego and is fully optimized.
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+ days. She is particularly fast in less than 9.
Her hull shape trades off big wave speed for flat water performance, ideal for SD Bay, and ocean racing. Compared to the boats she races against in San Diego, this always plays to our favor.
The cockpit is massive for a 30′ boat, and fantastic for race teams or 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, and the open design concept makes her feel much larger than most 30 boats. All interior wood is Teak and the recently redone Teak and Holly floor add warmth to the interior. 2 double sized settees with moveable backrests are in the main cabin. Aft, 2 more wide doubles are port and starboard. Galley and storage is ample with a built in ice box and multiple reach in areas. Forward there is a hanging locker and brand new fully plumbed Jabsco Head.
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
Engine Maintenance: Yanmar 2GM20F -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, much is high tech line. -2024 New carbon Spinnaker pole Forespar -2024 Revarnish on Tiller -2022 Cascading backstay with rough/fine tune -2020 Harken Self Sheeting Windward Car traveler -2025 new Mainsheet -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.
- Associations
- ?
- # 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
- 10′ 2″ / 3.1 m
- Draft
- 5′ 6″ / 1.7 m
- Displacement
- 6,000 lb / 2,722 kg
- Ballast
- 2,430 lb / 1,104 kg
Rig and Sails
- Type
- Sloop
- Reported Sail Area
- 340′² / 31.6 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
- ?
Calculations
- Hull Speed
-
8.5 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
-
16.5
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
-
40.6
>40: stiffer, more 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
-
163.0
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
-
15.5
<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
-
2.3
>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 rate favorably under the MORC rule.
This version, the SANTANA 30-30GP, had a new, and apparently lighter deck than the SANTANA 30-30PC. All versions built after 1985 have elliptical keels and rudders. All versions were delivered with the same rig.
Thanks to Jane Schock for providing drawing and updated information.
See SANTANA 30-30PC for more details.
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