| US Yachts US 305 | |
| Designer: | William Garden |
| Location: | United States |
| Year: | 1978 |
| Builder: | US Yachts |
| Role: | Cruiser |
| Draft: | 4feet |
| Displacement: | 100000NaN0 |
| Hull Type: | monohull |
| Construction: | fiberglass |
| Loa: | 30feet |
| Lwl: | 26.25feet |
| Beam: | 10.17feet |
| Engine: | Optional Volvo MD11C diesel engine |
| Keel Type: | fin keel |
| Ballast: | 35000NaN0 |
| Rudder Type: | internally-mounted spade-type rudder |
| Rig Type: | Bermuda rig |
| I: | 40feet |
| J: | 14feet |
| P: | 32.5feet |
| E: | 11feet |
| Sailplan: | masthead sloop |
| Sailarea Main: | 178.75square feet |
| Sailarea Headsail: | 280square feet |
| Sailarea Total: | 458.75square feet |
The US Yachts US 305 is an American sailboat that was designed by William Garden as a cruiser and first built in 1978.[1] [2] [3] [4]
The US 305 is a development of the 1977 Buccaneer 305, which was built by Buccaneer Yachts, also a division of Bayliner.[1] [2] [5]
The design was built by US Yachts, a division of Bayliner, in the United States, starting in 1978, but it is now out of production.[1] [2] [6] [7]
The US 305 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig, a raked stem, a nearly plumb transom, an internally mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a wheel and a fixed fin keel. It displaces 100000NaN0 and carries 35000NaN0 of ballast.[1] [2]
The boat has a draft of 4feet with the standard keel.[1] [2]
A Swedish Volvo MD11C diesel engine was a factory option. The fuel tank holds and the fresh water tank has a capacity of .[1] [2]
The design has sleeping accommodation for six people, with a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin, an L-shaped settee and a straight settee in the main cabin and an aft cabin with a double berth on the starboard side. The galley is located on the port side just forward of the companionway ladder. The galley is L-shaped and is equipped with a three-burner stove and a sink. A navigation station is opposite the galley, on the starboard side. The head is located just aft of the bow cabin on the port side. Cabin headroom is 740NaN0.[1] [2]
For sailing the design may be equipped with one of a number of jibs, genoas or a storm jib.[2]
The design has a hull speed of 6.87kn.[2]