Farr 30 Explained

Farr 30
Insignia:File:Farr 30 sail badge.png
Line Drawing:File:Farr 30 drawing.svg
Designer:Bruce Farr
Year:1995
No Built:Approx. 200
Builder:Beneteau
Carroll Marine
dk Yachts
McDell Marine
Ovington Boats
Waterline Systems
Role:One design racer
Draft:6.75feet
Displacement:45610NaN0
Hull Type:monohull
Construction:glassfibre
Loa:30.9feet
Lwl:27.6feet
Beam:10.1feet
Engine:Yanmar 1GM10 100NaN0 diesel engine
Keel Type:Fin keel
Ballast:19970NaN0
Rudder Type:Spade-type rudder
Rig Type:Bermuda rig
I:38.29feet
J:10.89feet
P:40.55feet
E:14.57feet
Rig Other:Carbon Spars
Sailplan:9/10 Fractional rigged sloop
Sailarea Main:377square feet
Sailarea Headsail:226square feet
Sailarea Spin:1055square feet
Sailarea Upwind:603square feet
Sailarea Downwind:1432square feet
Phrf:51-156

The Farr 30, originally called the Mumm 30, is a sailboat that was designed by Bruce Farr as a one design racer and first built in 1995.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

The boat was the one design class for the Tour de France à la voile from 1999 to 2010, until it was replaced by the M34 in 2011.[9] [10] [11]

The design was originally named for its sponsor, champagne producer G. H. Mumm. When the sponsorship ended in 2007, the class was renamed after the designer instead.[12]

At one time a World Sailing international class, it gave up its status in 2018 and the class club ceased operations in 2020.[12] [13]

Production

The design was built by Beneteau in France, dk Yachts in Malaysia, McDell Marine in New Zealand, Ovington Boats in the United Kingdom, Carroll Marine and Waterline 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]

Design

The Farr 30 is a lightweight racing keelboat, with both the hull and deck built predominantly of an E-glass and balsa sandwich. It has a 9/10 fractional sloop rig, with a keel-stepped mast, two sets of swept spreaders, a carbon fibre mast, with an aluminium boom, with stainless steel rod standing rigging. The hull has a nearly plumb stem, an open reverse transom, an internally mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed fin keel wkith a swept, weighted bulb. It displaces 45610NaN0 and carries 19970NaN0 of lead ballast.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

The boat has a draft of 6.75feet with the standard keel.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

The boat is fitted with a Japanese Yanmar 1GM10 diesel engine of 100NaN0 for docking and manoeuvring. The fuel tank holds and the fresh water tank has a capacity of .[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

The design has a lightweight and minimal interior, with sleeping accommodation for two people. Cabin maximum headroom is 440NaN0.[4] [5]

For sailing downwind the design may be equipped with a symmetrical spinnaker of 1055square feet.[4] [5]

The design has a hull speed of 7.03kn and a PHRF handicap of 51 to 156.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [30]

Operational history

The boat was at one time supported by an active class club that organized racing events, the Farr 30 International Class Association.[31] [32]

The boat became a World Sailing recognized international class in 1997 and held its first World Championship that year in Marseille, 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 in Yachting 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]

Events

See main article: Farr 30 World Championship.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Farr 30 (Mumm 30). 2 September 2023. McArthur. Bruce. sailboatdata.com. 2023. https://archive.today/20230902141109/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/farr-30-mumm-30/. 2 September 2023. live.
  2. Web site: Farr 30 (Mumm 30). 2 September 2023. Sea Time Tech, LLC. sailboat.guide. 2023. https://archive.today/20230902141112/https://sailboat.guide/farr-30-mumm-30. 2 September 2023. live.
  3. Web site: Mumm 30 farr 30. 2 September 2023. Ulladulla. Sailboat Lab. https://archive.today/20230902141122/https://sailboatlab.com/data_sheet/4922/0/. 2 September 2023. live.
  4. Web site: Farr 30 Sailboat specifications. 2 September 2023. Boat-Specs.com. 2023. https://archive.today/20230902141127/https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/sailboats/carroll-marine-ovington-boats/farr-30. 2 September 2023. live.
  5. Web site: Mumm 30 Sailboat specifications. 2 September 2023. Boat-Specs.com. 2023. https://archive.today/20230902152943/https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/sailboats/carroll-marine-ovington-boats-mcdell-marine/mumm-30. 2 September 2023. live.
  6. Web site: Bruce Farr. 2 September 2023. McArthur. Bruce . sailboatdata.com. 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20190701124426/https://sailboatdata.com/designer/farr-bruce. 1 July 2019. live.
  7. Web site: Bruce Farr. 2 September 2023. Sea Time Tech, LLC. sailboat.guide. 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230201030348/https://sailboat.guide/bruce-farr. 1 February 2023. live.
  8. Web site: Farr Yacht Design Sailboat designer. 2 September 2023. Boat-Specs.com. 2023. https://archive.today/20230720171639/https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/designers/farr-yacht-design. 20 July 2023. live.
  9. Web site: Tour de France à la voile. 2 September 2023. McArthur. Bruce . sailboatdata.com. 2022. https://archive.today/20201222182441/https://sailboatdata.com/association/tour-de-france-a-la-voile. 22 December 2020. live.
  10. Web site: Tour de France à la voile. 2 September 2023. Sea Time Tech, LLC. sailboat.guide. 2022. https://archive.today/20220909133324/https://sailboat.guide/tour-de-france-a-la-voile-class-association. 9 September 2022. live.
  11. Web site: Tour de France à la Voile Sailboat collection. 2 September 2023. Boat-Specs.com. 2022. https://archive.today/20221027155804/https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/collections/tour-de-france-a-la-voile. 27 October 2022. live.
  12. Web site: Farr 30: End of an era. 2 September 2023. Scuttlebutt Sailing News. 8 March 2018. https://archive.today/20230902141240/https://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/2018/03/05/farr-30-end-era/. 2 September 2023. live.
  13. Web site: Farr 30 Class Closing. 2 September 2023. Burns. Darren. Hamilton. Andrew. farr30.org. https://web.archive.org/web/20201001124212/https://farr30.org/. 1 October 2020. dead.
  14. Web site: Beneteau. 2 September 2023. McArthur. Bruce . sailboatdata.com. 2023. https://archive.today/20200930161135/https://sailboatdata.com/builder/beneteau. 30 September 2020. live.
  15. Web site: Beneteau. 2 September 2023. Sea Time Tech, LLC. sailboat.guide. 2023. https://archive.today/20230501195543/https://sailboat.guide/beneteau. 1 May 2023. live.
  16. Web site: Carroll Marine. 2 September 2023. McArthur. Bruce . sailboatdata.com. 2023. https://archive.today/20230902144824/https://sailboatdata.com/builder/carroll-marine/. 2 September 2023. live.
  17. Web site: Carroll Marine. 2 September 2023. Sea Time Tech, LLC. sailboat.guide. 2023. https://archive.today/20230902144936/https://sailboat.guide/carroll. 2 September 2023. live.
  18. Web site: Carroll Marine Sailboat builder. 2 September 2023. Boat-Specs.com. 2023. https://archive.today/20230902145730/https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/builders/carroll-marine. 2 September 2023. live.
  19. Web site: dk Yachts. 2 September 2023. McArthur. Bruce . sailboatdata.com. 2023. https://archive.today/20230902144826/https://sailboatdata.com/builder/dk-yachts/. 2 September 2023. live.
  20. Web site: dk Yachts. 2 September 2023. Sea Time Tech, LLC. sailboat.guide. 2023. https://archive.today/20230902144929/https://sailboat.guide/dk. 2 September 2023. live.
  21. Web site: McDel Marine (NZ). 2 September 2023. McArthur. Bruce . sailboatdata.com. 2023. https://archive.today/20230902144831/https://sailboatdata.com/builder/mcdell-marine-nz/. 2 September 2023. live.
  22. Web site: McDell Marine. 2 September 2023. Sea Time Tech, LLC. sailboat.guide. 2023. https://archive.today/20230902144927/https://sailboat.guide/mcdell. 2 September 2023. live.
  23. Web site: Ovington Boats Ltd. 2 September 2023. McArthur. Bruce . sailboatdata.com. 2023. https://archive.today/20230902144837/https://sailboatdata.com/builder/ovington-boats-ltd/. 2 September 2023. live.
  24. Web site: Ovington Boats Ltd.. 2 September 2023. Sea Time Tech, LLC. sailboat.guide. 2023. https://archive.today/20220824231147/https://sailboat.guide/ovington. 24 August 2022. live.
  25. Web site: Ovington Boats Sailboat builder. 2 September 2023. Boat-Specs.com. 2023. https://archive.today/20230902153103/https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/builders/ovington-boats. 2 September 2023. live.
  26. Web site: Waterline Systems LLC. 2 September 2023. McArthur. Bruce . sailboatdata.com. 2023. https://archive.today/20230902144841/https://sailboatdata.com/builder/waterline-systems-llc/. 2 September 2023. live.
  27. Web site: Waterline Systems, LLC. 2 September 2023. Sea Time Tech, LLC. sailboat.guide. 2023. https://archive.today/20220814155117/https://sailboat.guide/waterline-systems. 14 August 2022. live.
  28. Web site: FARR 30 (MUMM 30) Detailed Review. 13 September 2023. Harbor Moor. https://web.archive.org/web/20230913001215/https://harbormoor.com/boats/boat-models/farr-30-mumm-30. 13 September 2023. live.
  29. Web site: Look Mumm I'm Flying. 13 September 2023. Farr. Bruce. Bruce Farr. farrdesign.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20211222215234/http://www.farrdesign.com/pdfs/338brochure.pdf. 22 December 2021. live.
  30. Web site: PHRF Handicaps. 2 September 2023. US Sailing. US Sailing. ussailing.org. 2023.
  31. Web site: Farr 30 Class Association. 2 September 2023. McArthur. Bruce . sailboatdata.com. 2023. https://archive.today/20230902145009/https://sailboatdata.com/association/farr-30-class-association/. 2 September 2023. live.
  32. Web site: Farr 30 Class Association. 2 September 2023. Sea Time Tech, LLC. sailboat.guide. 2023. https://archive.today/20230902145001/https://sailboat.guide/farr-30-class-association. 2 September 2023. live.
  33. Web site: World's coolest yachts: Mumm 30. 2 September 2023. Yachting World. 15 June 2021. https://archive.today/20230902141244/https://www.yachtingworld.com/yachts-and-gear/worlds-coolest-yachts-mumm-30-132324. 2 September 2023. live.

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