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Remembering Bill Tripp

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Thanks for this tribut to Bill Tripp as I own one of his last custom design boats. It is 1970 US-46 yawl GRYF II (previously Glen Eagle) and she still is in homeport of Bill Tripp Port Washington - for the past 20 years. I am trying to keep her as much original as it can be. I love this boat which is very seaworthy. I sailed her more then 50,000 miles over past 20 years and I did not have any major failures. Surpraisingly fiberglass is in perfect condition. She will "float" as long as one will neglect her and she is as save boat as the save boat can be. She is also very good long distans racer. Thanks to Bill Tripp and his new approch to designing boats. My regards, Chris Kaminski Port Washington  

I'm looking at purchasing a US 46 - any special areas I should pay attention to when inspecting this? Thanks, Ed  

Ondine II, Tripp 57' I was captain aboard the 57' Tripp yawl "Aquarius" ex-Ondine II in the late 70's. She was sold and I delivered her to a guy in Charleston in 1980. Then I heard she sank later in the 80's. Anyone have any news regarding this?? Thanks, Bruce  

goose1111 said: I was captain aboard the 57' Tripp yawl "Aquarius" ex-Ondine II in the late 70's. She was sold and I delivered her to a guy in Charleston in 1980. Then I heard she sank later in the 80's. Anyone have any news regarding this?? Thanks, Bruce Click to expand...

I used to own Invicta hull#14 and a dear friend owns Invicta hull#2 which was a 36 footer built by Palmer Johnson. She was started in 1959 and finished in August,1960. She was rigged but launched with no interior and then sailed to (presumably) the Pearson yard where she was finished. The original owner imported 200 gallons of epoxy resin (only available from Switzerland at the time) for her layup. This coincides with Pearson's expansion. Models went up to the Alberg 35 and I'm guessing that either Palmer Johnson wasn't interested in adding the model to their line or that Pearson showed interest in the design and made a deal directly with Bill Tripp (or with P-J). At any rate, they lengthened the mold to 37' 8" (probably to differentiate it from their 35 foot offering) and then produced the remaining Invictas in Rhode Island. I'm wondering if anyone has any details of how this boat actually transitioned from Palmer to Pearson. My understanding is that Palmer Johnson produced two invictas before Pearson took over. Thanks, Dave Bricker  

I own the US 41 pictured above. She is in the Philippines. Outstripp  

intoon- I'm a fan of Bill Tripp and the Pearson Invicta (Burgoo vintage). I was wondering if you, as a former Invicta owner, know of any user group for Invicta's (official or un-official)? I've tried to Google info on Invicta's and there is very little available other than some history. There weren't that many built (28 including the non-doghouse version?) and I'm interested in owning one of the doghouse/Burgoo models. Anything on Invicta's to watch out for other than the usual for an old boat?  

Respects to William Tripp and a request. I own (and am owned by) a 1971 Coronado 27 topmast sloop, marconi rig. What little time we've had together has been good. The current goal is to restore her as close to original as possible. Bruce Bingham told me she's a good one and that's good enough for me. What I am looking for is copies of the original hardware plans, where it all was when she came out of the yard. While I'm asking for the moon, can I learn her history from her numbers and where are they? Any suggestions?  

We just bought a Coronado 41 and got all of her plans and owners manual from http://www.boatbrochure.com the price was well worth it.  

Indygabo: I do not believe that Coronado ever made a 27 foot topmast sloop, although the term 'topmast' is a bit at odds with the term 'marconi'. Topmasts were usually associated with gaff and gunther rigs. The Coronado 27's were also later built by Aura/Hughes so you may be able to find literature on the updated version. One word of heads up, many years ago I worked on what I believe was a Coronado 27. This boat had a bolt on cast iron keel and the galvanized iron keel bolts were competely shot. If you have not checked your keelbolts, I strongly suggest that you do. (For what it is worth, I think the 41's were built the same way.) Good luck, Jeff  

Does anyone know what might have become of Bill Tripp's drawings for Seafarer? We own a Seafarer 31-1 (#241) and would love to get our hands on copies of the plans.  

I have a columbia 26 mk2. Too bad there was nothing about this boat. It does however have all the characteristics of a typical Tripp design. Looks like it sails like a pig and just glides through the water. A smart young rigger to be tweaked out this boat for racing because of the under rating on it, won a lot of races all the riggers in town know my boat well. He went on to work teaching out boats for americas cup so he definitely knew what he was doing in picking this boat as his first project.  

GoodOldBoat said: Remembering Bill Tripp His special knack made boats faster than their ratings by Ted Jones During the 1960s, William H. Tripp Jr. was one of America's most successful yacht designers, drawing custom ocean racers for a distinguished clientele and smaller boats for production builders like Seafarer and Columbia Yachts. His Bermuda 40 for the Henry R. Hinckley Co. is considered by many to be one of the prettiest boats of the fiberglass era. Yacht designer Bill Tripp -- 1920-1971 -- is perhaps best remembered by Good Old Boat readers for the several boats he did for Columbia Yachts during the 1960s, but he also designed numerous successful ocean racers. Sadly, he died suddenly, in a car crash at just 51 years of age. Beyond his inclusion in Bill Robinson's The Great American Yacht Designers (1974) and the more recent collection (2005) by Lucia del Sol Knight and Daniel MacNaughton, The Encyclopedia of Yacht Designers, not much has been written about Bill Tripp. I had the privilege of working with him for a number of years and counted him as a friend as well as a colleague. In 1958, while I was working for the yacht brokerage firm of John R. Lyon Inc. in Greenwich, Connecticut, I spotted an ad in Yachting magazine announcing the formation of the design/brokerage firm of Tripp & Campbell, with offices at 10 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City. I knew Bill Campbell but had never met Bill Tripp. I wrote a letter to Bill Campbell, congratulating him on his new venture. I received an immediate reply from Bill Tripp inviting me to visit their office. In very short order I began commuting to New York City to help Bill Campbell sell new and used boats. Georjabelle and Touché I knew Bill Tripp by reputation, of course. The 43-foot yawl he designed for Jasper H. Kane was skippered by my high-school classmate, Rod Oakes. Georjabelle was a lovely red-hulled centerboard yawl. But the boat that really got Bill noticed was Touché, a radical flush-decked 47-foot sloop designed for Jack Potter of Oyster Bay, Long Island. Touché had proven almost unbeatable in her early races on Long Island Sound. Because of his reputation for designing race-winning sailboats, prospective boatowners had begun beating a path to Bill's door. He also was one of the first yacht designers to make use of the then new boatbuilding material called fiberglass. Early fiberglass designs Bill's first fiberglass design was the 32-foot Galaxy for American Boatbuilding in East Greenwich, Rhode Island. But before the Galaxy could be built, a group of offshore sailors approached him to design a 40-foot fiberglass centerboard yawl, to be built by American Boatbuilding and known as the Block Island 40. Of that first batch of BI 40s, I remember Swamp Yankee (#1), built for Van Allen Clark; Seal (#2), for Frederick J. Lorenzen; and Rhubarb (#3 or #4), for Ben DuPont. There were others, as well: Scylla for Sailmaker Charlie Ulmer; Reindeer (sloop rigged) for E. Newbold Smith; and Wahini for Pat O'Gorman. All did extremely well in the 1958 racing season and several entered the Bermuda Race of that year. Seal became infamous for taking a hunk out of the concrete dock at Pearlman & Watlington's in Bermuda without so much as a scratch to her (or so the legend goes). I often sailed aboard Seal with Fred and Dottie Lorenzen after the 1958 Bermuda Race. Since fiberglass was a new and untried material, Bill Tripp specified a hull layup fit for a Sherman tank. The first BI 40s were reported to have 2-inch thick fiberglass in parts of the hull. The cost of production and other factors put American Boatbuilding out of business, but not before they returned to the original 32-footer to build several Tripp Galaxys. The Galaxy was unusual for its time with a flush deck except for a "gun turret" rounded doghouse, wide beam, and wide plumb transom that "just didn't look right" to most traditionalists. It also had a fin keel and spade rudder. I believe she was the first of this configuration -- in contemporary boats -- predating Bill Lapworth's wonderful Cal 40 by several years. In the right hands, the Galaxy sailed very well. The 32-foot Vineland sloop, left, was built in Norway and imported to the United States by Tripp & Campbell, but being built of wood, interest never amounted to much as the boat-buying public was turning to the maintenance-free promise of fiberglass. The 47-foot Touché, center, designed for Jack Potter, enjoyed an enviable race record on Long Island Sound, garnering attention for Bill Tripp's fast boats. Bill's legacy may well be as master of the centerboard yawl drawn for competition in the CCA rule. His first was Georjabelle, right, a 43-footer for Jasper Kane. Tripp & Campbell When I moved to the seventh floor of 10 Rockefeller Plaza, we had two rooms at a snazzy address but a somewhat less-than-snazzy office. Bill Campbell and I occupied the smaller room. The larger room with the design and correspondence files was occupied by Bill Tripp, Walter Bleumhardt (his design assistant), and Mary Ryan, our secretary. On the boards when I joined the firm was Sumner A. (Huey) Long's custom aluminum 57-foot Ondine, under construction at Jacobsen's Shipyard, Oyster Bay, Long Island; the production fiberglass Tripp 30, being built in Holland for Seafarer Yachts; and a 40-foot fiberglass yawl designed for a group of eight from Port Washington's Knickerbocker Yacht Club, to be built by the Henry R. Hinckley & Company in Maine. We were also about to take delivery of the first of three 32-foot wooden boats built in Norway. In honor of their heritage, we named these the Vineland class. The Vineland was beamy and light, and the four-bunk/enclosed head/galley aft cabin arrangement was a bit cramped. Prospective buyers complained about the lack of room in the head, on one occasion causing Bill, a tall, muscular man, to demonstrate that it was big enough by entering the head and closing the door. "But could you get your pants down?" the prospect wanted to know. Ondine Bill was often asked to sail aboard his designs. He was an excellent helmsman and sail trimmer, and his presence always seemed to make the boat sail faster. Ondine was launched in the spring of 1959. Bill had made frequent inspection trips and had dealt with a few problems, one of which was the significant expansion and contraction of the aluminum plates as they were welded into the hull, the boat getting alternately longer and shorter in the process, although apparently things ended up where intended. She was an immediate success and was campaigned in prestigious ocean races all over the world. Her professional captain was Sven Joffs, who seemed to prefer being at sea to being on land. In the first couple of seasons, Sven and a young crew sailed Ondine 30,000 miles as she went from the Bermuda Race to the SORC to the Sydney-Hobart Race in Australia and back. "I think the Javelin is Bill Tripp's best design of that period. It is certainly a very attractive boat and a fast sailer with a very good CCA rating." Bill and I sailed the last part of one SORC race aboard Ondine with an all-star crew: Bobby Symonette, from Nassau; Dick Bertram of Bertram Yachts fame; English ocean-racer owner Dennis Miller; and Carter Sales from Detroit, along with professionals Joffs and Dick Grosmiller. In those days, the Lipton Cup Race was a triangular course from the Miami sea buoy to a vessel trying to maintain station by steaming southward into the Gulf Stream. These were pre-GPS days, and many racers were sure the mark boat would speed up just before they got to it, putting them at a disadvantage. From the middle of the Gulf Stream the course headed back toward the shoreline to a sea buoy off Baker's Haulover between Miami and Fort Lauderdale, and finally back to the Miami sea buoy. Tight reach The first leg this day was a very tight port-tack reach. We were in the lead soon after the start, and Huey ordered the spinnaker set. Bill argued that it would overpower the boat and that we should stay with the genoa. Huey was the owner, so we attempted to set the chute. It went up almost to the top of the masthead and then filled prematurely. Ondine heeled sharply, and Bobby Symonette, who was hauling on the halyard, was thrown to leeward and the halyard promptly peeled off the winch. Wisely, Bobby let go. The spinnaker streamed out to leeward until the bitter end of the halyard stopped in the deck block, then fell into the water to leeward. Ondine went from 10 knots to 2 as the spinnaker billowed out in the water, tethered by the halyard at the masthead and sheet and guy from the deck. The halyard was cut at the deck, but no amount of hauling would bring the sail aboard. Meanwhile, we were caught and passed by our nearest competitors. This was too much for Huey so he ordered the sheet cut to cast the sail loose (it was later picked up by a spectator boat). "Set another one!" Huey ordered. Again Bill objected, but again the owner prevailed. This one went up and drew well; we were able to hold off those behind and were no longer losing ground on our rivals ahead. About 2 miles from the turning mark, this spinnaker split from luff to luff with a loud bang, and we scrambled to get its remnants on deck. "Set another one!" Huey demanded. This time Bill prevailed. "Huey, we only have one spinnaker left and only a couple of miles to the mark. We'll need the last chute for the run to the finish." We rounded the mark second, sailed by the lead boat on the close fetch to Baker's Haulover, rounded that, and set the last spinnaker we had aboard to roll down to the finish. Ondine was first to finish and first on corrected time in class and fleet. The next day a marvelous aerial photo appeared in the Miami Herald showing Ondine towing her spinnaker through the Gulf Stream. Javelin When pressed to meet a builder's deadline, Bill would work undisturbed at home. There were distractions in the office at "10 Rock," but there were advantages also. A printing company in the basement handled our printing needs. Messenger service was summoned by a phone call. Bill's full-size drawings were returned with copies within an hour. The Seafarer 38 Javelin was one for which Bill had difficulty meeting plans deadlines. He had a lot of design work --- production boats for Seafarer, Hinckley, Pearson, and others -- and custom racing cruisers for individual clients. I think the Javelin is Bill Tripp's best design of that period. It is certainly a very attractive boat and a fast sailer with a very good CCA rating. The Columbia 57, left, was the largest boat Bill Tripp designed for Columbia Yachts. Concerto took first place in class in the 1969 Transpac Yacht Race. Predecessor to the lovely Hinckley Bermuda 40 was the Block Island 40, both centerboard yawls with long overhangs that immersed and added to sailing length as the boat heeled. Seal, center, was hull #2 and sailed in the 1958 Bermuda Race shortly after launching. Bill designed several boats for Sumner (Huey) Long, each called Ondine. The first was an aluminum 57-footer, right. The first one to be delivered was Soufflé for Talbott and Polly Baker, to be raced by the Baker sons, Nick and Toby. I sailed aboard Soufflé with the sons in the season's first race on Long Island Sound -- the Edlu Trophy Race from Larchmont around Six Mile Reef buoy and return. Everything was new and unfamiliar, but Nick managed a good downwind start and we set the spinnaker for the long run to Six Mile Reef. We were flying. However, when we rounded the buoy for the return leg on the wind, Soufflé laid over on her side and couldn't carry a reasonable amount of sail. Something was clearly wrong. We made the best of a bad situation by close reaching to the Connecticut shore to smooth water and then close reached in its lee on one tack back to Larchmont. Considering our difficulties, we had a respectable finish somewhere near the top four of our class. More ballast After considerable Monday morning head scratching back at the office and lots of work with slide rules, Bill suggested adding 900 pounds of lead in the sump behind the keel. He asked Bob Derecktor to install it before the Block Island Race the following weekend. The following week we heard from Polly Baker that they were giving the boat back. She didn't want her sons sailing what she considered to be an unsafe boat. There was also an allegation that the hull was too thin, so Bill asked me to cut 4-inch square samples from each side of the hull just above the waterline. He sent these to Underwriter's Laboratory for analysis. The returned samples, in which the resin had been burned off, showed the laminate schedule was exactly as specified and that the resin-to-glass ratio was ideal -- better than most contemporary U.S. builders were achieving. I had the feeling that Nick and Toby wanted to keep the boat, but Polly would not have it. Bill Campbell insisted that they couldn't simply "give it back" but agreed to fix it at company expense and then sell it without charging a commission. Soufflé was eventually purchased by industrial designer Walter Dorwin Teague, who cruised and raced her happily for many years. She was ultimately driven ashore at Jamestown, Rhode Island, in a storm and was wrecked beyond repair. The reason for the light ballast was never determined, the builder insisting he had followed the designer's specifications. It had to be a miscalculation of volume by Bill Tripp, an error in making the pattern by the builder, or their use of an alloy with a lower specific gravity than lead. Whatever the reason, all Javelins subsequent to Soufflé had 900 pounds or more added to the sump tank aft of the external ballast keel. Brian Acworth's Seafarer Yachts of Huntington, Long Island, New York, built several Bill Tripp designs as production models, including the Tripp 30, left. The first Seafarer 38 Javelin, center, proved to be tender. Subsequent hulls had 900 pounds of ballast added in the sump. The 38-foot Invicta, Burgoo, right, built by Pearson Yachts, won the 1968 Bermuda Race. The flush deck and gun-turret doghouse were and remain unusual features. Invicta The Invicta was an unusual 37-foot yawl Bill designed for Pearson Yachts. The Invicta was a departure from other Tripp centerboarders in several ways, being flush-decked with a turret doghouse and a wide keel box below the cabin sole into which the engine was fitted entirely below the sole. The keel was relatively deeper than other Tripp centerboarders, the Invicta drawing 5 feet with the board up as opposed to the Block Island or Bermuda 40's draft of 4 feet board up. Not many Invictas were built, but one became famous for winning the Bermuda Race in 1968. Burgoo was the smallest yacht -- at 25 feet waterline length -- ever to win and the last to do so. Subsequently, the rule was changed to increase the minimum size so Burgoo could never compete again. I always liked the Invicta in its original configuration, which was way ahead of its time. All of its unusual features make it a very capable cruising boat in an economical size. Headroom under the doghouse and on top of the engine is close to 7 feet, which gives the main saloon a very open feeling. I expect later owners have found ways to install a small diesel where the Atomic 4 once lived without having to raise the cabin sole enough to compromise headroom. Medalist Before joining Tripp & Campbell, I had sold Dick Sheehan an Ohlson 35. Dick subsequently became president of U.S. Yachts, a subsidiary of O'Day, and became the Ohlson distributor. He expressed an interest in a fiberglass boat of 33 feet to add to the line and wanted to discuss his ideas with Bill. Dick was adamant that he didn't want a boat like the Vineland, which he disliked. But that's exactly what he got. Bill trusted the basic design of the Vineland and gave the new boat the same underwater shape but with raised freeboard and a flush deck with the "standard" Tripp turret doghouse. Dick liked the boat (he never knew it was a "warmed over" Vineland), but he insisted that Bill redesign the doghouse. Several tries at making it longer and more streamlined weren't satisfactory. The final version had a pleasing line but didn't look right where it met the deck. Forward of the doghouse, up by the mast, Bill had drawn port and starboard Dorade boxes. I suggested to Bill that he connect the aft end of the Dorade box with the forward end of the doghouse. We made the extension a deck box for winch handles. It saved the day and U.S. Yachts commissioned Dolf LeComte to build Medalists in Holland. Tripp 30 and Polaris 26 Seafarer Yachts built the Tripp 30, the first of the Seafarer Tripp designs. It was a very popular boat with classic good looks. It was designed for the light winds of Long Island Sound. We raced Tripp 30 #2, owned by Seafarer's Brian Acworth, several times with success. I sailed the Vineyard Lightship Race with Bill as skipper and with Harry Molitor and Breck Marshall, who later went on to build the Marshall Catboats. It was a rough race for a little boat, but we beat all the other Tripp 30s. Today, there are several Tripp 30s being maintained and restored by loving owners. Laura Watt, of Oakland, California, has a website, http://users.California.com/~lawatt/other/mouette.html , through which she keeps in touch with other Tripp 30 owners. No one can convince Laura that there is a better boat than her Mouette, (#15), which she lovingly maintains and sails on San Francisco Bay. The Polaris was the third Tripp design for Seafarer. It was a nice 26-foot centerboarder with a trunk cabin that had a slight break into a small doghouse and good-looking varnished mahogany trim to separate the cabin sides from the deck, much like its sister Seafarer boats, the Tripp 30 and the 38-foot Javelin. T/L 29 and Northeast 38 The "T" and "L" in the T/L 29 was for Tripp and Lentsch. In working with Holland's Gerard de Vries Lentsch on the Seafarer Tripp 30, designer and builder developed a rapport that led to collaboration on a new 30-footer. It was not another Tripp 30, as many have thought, but a totally new design with better all-around performance. The Northeast 38 came about through the association with the builder selected for the Medalist, Dolf LeComte, who also built boats in Holland. The NE 38 was to the Javelin what the T/L 29 was to the Tripp 30: the same size and general configuration, but a totally different boat and, I think, a better one. Bermuda 40 and Mercer 44 I've saved these two fiberglass Tripp designs for last because they have the greatest longevity of any of Bill's designs. Both are available today from their builders, the Bermuda 40 by The Hinckley Company, and the Mercer 44 by Cape Cod Shipbuilding. These boats are no longer in regular production, but they can be ordered on a semi-custom basis. The T/L 29, which stood for Tripp/Lentsch, was not a rewarmed Tripp 30. A number of early fiberglass boats were built in Europe for U.S. distributors, including the 33-foot Medalist. The Bermuda 40 has a cult mystique about it. Its legendary cruising virtues defy logic. Used Bermuda 40s command a very high resale value, as much as five times their original cost. I think it is fair to say that the Bermuda 40 was responsible for the high esteem in which Hinckley yachts are held to this day. I raced aboard George Moffett's Guinevere in the 1962 SORC and aboard Humphrey Simson's Kittiwake on many Long Island Sound races. We always finished well, but the Bermuda 40 is a CCA Rule design of the 1960s and does not fare well under later rating rules. Still, with her quality construction, comfortable arrangement, and shoal draft of only 4 feet with the centerboard up, the Bermuda 40 has to be one of the all-time favorite cruising auxiliaries. The Mercer 44 was so-named as she was built in Trenton, New Jersey -- Mercer County -- by Mercer Reinforced Plastics. This design is a flush-decked version of Georjabelle, gaining the additional foot of overall length through the higher freeboard. She has a well-proportioned doghouse on the otherwise flush deck. Despite my lack of experience sailing on this design, I think it is Bill's best. I have known several of her owners, and all had high praise for the design. The additional 4 feet versus the Bermuda 40, plus the flush deck, gives the main cabin enhanced spaciousness and opens up the otherwise traditional layout. It has a head in which even Bill Tripp would have no difficulty disrobing and huge hanging lockers opposite. Mercer 44s do not appear on the used boat market very often because their owners love them. The tooling was acquired by Cape Cod Shipbuilding after 1962 when Mercer had built six boats. Since then, Cape Cod has built eight more, including Synia in 1978 for Charles Struthers who cruised aboard her to Antarctica. Home to Port Washington "I think it is fair to say that the Bermuda 40 was responsible for the high esteem in which Hinckley yachts are held to this day. " After two years in the cramped quarters on the seventh floor at 10 Rockefeller Plaza, Bill Campbell leased new and larger space on the fifth floor. It had a large drafting room for Bill and his assistant, Alan Gurney, who had replaced Walter Bleumhardt. There were also three private offices and a reception area. Bill Tripp was never really happy with his partnership with Bill Campbell. He dissolved the partnership and set up his own design firm out of his home in Port Washington. Alan Gurney and I stayed in New York with Bill Campbell, who took on Dick Sheehan as a partner, and we became Campbell/Sheehan. I left when Dick decided I was selling too many Ohlson 35s, leaving him little else to sell. We parted friends, however, and Dick arranged for an interview with Bob Carrick, editor of Popular Boating magazine, and I switched careers in 1962. Bill Tripp, meanwhile, joined forces with George Post, who was very successful selling Tripp designs and brokerage boats. Bill finished the T/L 29 in Port Washington, and went on to design a new and larger 65-foot Ondine for Huey Long, and a near sistership, Blackfin, for a West Coast owner. A third, slightly larger sistership for James Mullins was under construction when the IOR was born and it proved to be outside the maximum size limits. She was built anyway but never raced. First attempt Bill continued to design production fiberglass auxiliaries, notably for Columbia Yachts. The best of these is the Columbia 50, Bill's first attempt to fit a fin keel/spade rudder combination on a conventional hull. Being built on the West Coast, the Columbia was most popular there. Bill designed a pair of 43-footers for Columbia Yachts and their counterpart, Coronado Yachts, and also a 26-footer. These are like no Tripp designs before and, as with so many of his original designs, they took some getting used to. I last saw Bill Tripp on the St. Francis Yacht Club's Stag Cruise in 1971. This cruise was billed as an introduction to the International Offshore Rule (the now infamous IOR). This was the first time I'd seen Bill since he left the Tripp & Campbell partnership. A few months later came the shocking news that Bill had been killed by a drunk driver who lost control of his car on the Connecticut Turnpike, hurtled the divider, and smashed into Bill's Jaguar. The drunk survived; Bill Tripp did not. "The best of these is the Columbia 50, Bill's first attempt to fit a fin kneel/spade rudder combination on a conventional hull. " Epilogue Bill's heritage remains as champion of the CCA Rule, with a special knack of making slow-appearing boats sail faster than their ratings. Perhaps he was fortunate, after all, to remain apart from the disaster that the IOR became. Thinking back, I can see many innovations Bill's fertile imagination introduced. While he did not create the wide beam, shallow draft centerboarder (that credit goes to Olin Stephens with Finisterre), he surely refined the type to the extent that he became associated with centerboard racing/cruising boats. The wide transom, low counter design of his boats' sterns were quite new in the late 1950s, causing many derisive comments among traditionalists, but I don't hear anyone laughing about the shape of the Bermuda 40's stern anymore. Bill was the first to put portlights in the topsides (Touché and Ondine) as well as opening ports in cockpit sides to improve air circulation and communication below (Touché again). He popularized flush decks on small boats (Galaxy, Medalist, Invicta, Mercer 44), and set high standards in hull and rigging scantlings that have been proven over time. He designed boats to stay together under the most difficult circumstances. I cannot recall one of his designs ever being dismasted or suffering structural damage at sea. Bill's son, Billy, was too young at the time of his father's death to be able to understand what it was that made his father's boat designs special, yet he has now exceeded his father in this specialized field. Young Bill has become one of the world's leading yacht designers, with success and prestige his father could not have imagined. So the name Bill Tripp has a new meaning and commands new respect a half-century after William H. Tripp Jr. (the father) became prominent in the world of offshore racing sailboats. Other Bill Tripp designs included the Hinckley 48, left, and the US 41, center. The NE 38, right, shared many characteristics with the earlier Seafarer 38 Javelin. Bill Tripp's design drawings: Fond memories of the days before computers These days, yacht design is carried out on computers. Pencil or pen rarely touch paper. But in the 1960s, when Bill Tripp was designing custom ocean racers and production fiberglass auxiliaries, it was all done on paper, and the calculations were all done with a slide rule. Hewlett-Packard's multifunction calculator was still on the drawing board. Bill Tripp designed in pencil on large sheets of drafting paper pulled off a roll. The size and scale of the drawing depended upon the size of the boat being drawn, limited in height by the depth of the drawing board. Lines plans were laboriously drawn in pencil as well, but on Mylar vellum to preserve the accuracy of the drawing. Paper is subject to expansion and contraction due to changes in temperature and humidity. Lines were particularly tricky as the sections (body plan), buttocks (profile plan), and waterlines had to agree with the intersections on all drawings. From the final lines, the designer would produce a table of offsets that described each intersection of sections, buttocks, and waterlines expressed in numbers entered into the table in feet, inches, and eighths of an inch (for example, 3 feet, 11 5⁄8 inches would be expressed 3-11-5). When the builder laid down the lines on the mold loft floor, he would follow the table of offsets, marking each section on the floor, then recreate the lines plan full size using flexible battens to connect the dots. Invariably, small corrections would have to be made, due to scaling from a small drawing to full-size. These corrections would be made using a fair batten. When the builder was finished, he would often have the designer check the lofting to be sure it was as intended. Lofting is still done this way, except that the table of offsets is computer-generated and pre-faired. Some computers produce full-sized sections on Mylar film, obviating the need for lofting altogether. Metal plate Changes in a lines plan were made with an eraser and eraser shield, a very thin metal plate with holes of varying sizes and shapes. Bill's finished lines plans (and I'm sure other designer's as well) were covered with light spots and smudges from erasing and correcting the hull shape. It was, clearly, a long and laborious process that wasn't really finished until the boat was laid out on the mold loft floor. Bill Tripp's lines plans were sacrosanct. Only those who absolutely had to use them got to see them. They were never published. Once the basic shape of the hull was finalized, the accommodations, machinery, electrics, and plumbing could be fit into the space. Each of these elements required separate, often intricate, drawings. Most designers, Bill Tripp included, had stock drawings for hatches and fittings so these didn't have to be re-drawn for each boat. All of the plans were drawn in pencil for ease of correction, although designers usually produced sail plans, accommodations inboard profile, and plan views in ink. This was strictly for show, for brochures, and publication. Ink drawings were tedious to produce, each one taking several days. Is there any wonder that Bill Tripp had a strict rule forbidding coffee cups and soda cans from getting anywhere near the drafting table? Bill's ink drawings were masterpieces of neatness and detail. Everything was labeled by hand, resulting in very distinctive work. To this day, I can recognize Bill's hand in the few drawings that surface from time to time. The drawings one sees in magazine design sections and brochures were made by having the large ink drawings photographed and then printed in a greatly reduced size -- typically an 8-inch by 10-inch sheet of glossy photographic printing paper. Art fight As design editor of Popular Boating magazine, I had many a fight with our art director, who wanted to fatten up lines that were dropping out because of the reduction in size. I argued (successfully) that the designer would rather have the backstays drop out than have them re-drawn by some art director who didn't know a backstay from an Allen wrench. All designers, Bill Tripp especially, get very testy when someone alters their drawings, which are, after all, their artwork. All of the calculations required of a sailboat design, such as displacement, center of buoyancy, righting moments, and all the ratios -- sail area/displacement, displacement/length, prismatic coefficient, to list a few -- had to be calculated by slide rule. Today, the computer does it all and corrects everything automatically when one factor is changed. The computer is a fantastic yacht-design tool, and no designer in his right mind would want to revert to the way Bill Tripp and others of his generation had to design sailboats. But computers are impersonal machines, and their output lacks the personal touch of pen to paper that are apparent in Bill Tripp's beautiful design drawings. The author: Before becoming a boating magazine editor, Ted Jones' boating career included work at Tripp & Campbell, Campbell/Sheehan, and Minneford's Shipyard. His magazine work was primarily with Popular Boating and Coastal Cruising magazines. He's published seven books on sailing. Click to expand...

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Beam:  11'    Draft:  7'     Beam:  11'4'    Draft:  6'11'     Beam:  10'    Draft:  5'     Beam:  10'    Draft:  4.5'     Beam:  9'    Draft:  4.5' © 2001-2024 ./)   . . ./)   . . Want to publish your ad on Waa2? I want to get mails about Recently added "tripp 30" ads. I agree with the Terms of use and Terms of Privacy . Publication date Last 15 Days Most popular Most recent added Lower price Price (min) 100.000 USD 125.000 USD 150.000 USD 175.000 USD 200.000 USD 225.000 USD 250.000 USD 275.000 USD 300.000 USD 350.000 USD 400.000 USD 450.000 USD 500.000 USD 600.000 USD 700.000 USD 800.000 USD 900.000 USD 1.000.000 USD 1.100.000 USD 1.300.000 USD 1.500.000 USD 1.700.000 USD 2.000.000 USD 2.500.000 USD Price (max) Hull Material Length (min) Length (max) tripp 30 for sale Custom Santander 30 Marketing Description The Santander 30 was designed by William Tripp . In Holland the same boat was called the Tripp 30 ... Solaris Custom OVERVIEW S/Y TERRASAVIA is a beautiful and fast 62 feet sailing yacht built 2011 by the renowned Solaris yard (Solaris 60 one design). A unique yacht completely... 1963 Seafarer Tripp 30 sailboat for sale in Maine Seafarer tripp 30. UNDER CONTRACT:SALE PENDING Lysithia was built circa 1963 in Utrecht Holland for Seafarer Yachts of New York. She has been restored and lovingly maintained by her... 1966 - Tripp Custom Tripp custom. 1966 Tripp Custom Papillon | 57ft Papillon was designed as a Great Lakes racer by William H. Tripp , Jr., one of America’s foremost yacht designers of the era. Built by Russel Brothers... 1961 Tripp Mercer SEA FEVER | 44ft Tripp mercer. SEA FEVER is a fast, comfortable cruising sailboat. Originally built to race with a luxury interior. Designed by Bill Tripp ,with a centerboard,... Tripp Custom (1994) for sale English Custom Eric Geortz built Tripp 41 Winning list too long to publish EnginesYanmar 3JH40 diesel hours approx 250 Sail drive 2 blade folding... 1964 TRIPP LENTSCH 29 Bill Tripp De Vries Lentsch Shipyard sailboat for sale in Connecticut Tripp lentsch 29 bill tripp de vries lentsch shipyard. The Baby Bermuda 40 Seaworth coastal cruiser. Made of fiberglass, teak and bronze very well build in Holland to American Bill Tripp's design. 3,000lbs... 1966 Tripp 31' 31 Masthead Sloop Tripp 31 masthead sloop. Designer: William Tripp , Jr.Builder: Amsterdam Shipyard (Hull #178)2003- present by present ownerRestoration began in 2003 inside my heated boat... 1966 Russel Brothers Bill Tripp sailboat for sale in Papillon was designed as a Great Lakes racer by William H. Tripp , Jr., one of Americas foremost yacht designers of the era. Built by Russel Brothers... For Sale: 1972 Custom Santander 30 Santander 30. Marketing The Santander 30 was designed by William Tripp . In Holland the same boat was called the Tripp 30 . The molds became available in the UK and many were purchased and fitted out by the owners. 'Marlin' is one such craft and was fitted out in Sunderland by her first owner in 1972. Her present owners have owned her for 27 years and have cruised extensively up and down the east coast, Circumnavigated the UK and cruised over to Scandinavia. 'Marlin' has been fairly successful at club racing level. Unfortunately age has caught up with them and 'Marlin' is looking for younger and fitter custodians to enjoy further adventures with. She is a good solid craft with a decent engine and good inventory. Mechanical Vessel is powered by an economical and reliable inboard diesel engine. This 12hp, fresh water cooled Kubota Z500B, 2 cylinder workhorse is located beneath the companionway. Hurth reduction gearbox driving a stainless steel shaft and 3-bladed fixed propeller. Separate throttle and gearing controls with engine start panel in cockpit. The engine will sit at 2000rpm comfortably and at these revs will provide 5 knots and burn a frugal 1 litre per hour. She has been regularly maintained with most recent in February 2024 ready for the season. Bank of 2x12V batteries providing engine start and domestic power. The batteries are fitted with a rotary style selector switch and recharged via the engine alternator or the onboard Adverc smart charger when attached to shore power. New Deep Sea Seal 2023 Engine start battery replaced 2023 Adverc Battery Charger Shore power Annual service Equipment Well equipped yacht with a comprehensive inventory for coastal cruising. Included in the sale are the following: Navigation Aids - Plastimo Contest compass - Garmin Echomap 75SV colour chartplotter - Autohelm ST40 Speed - Autohelm ST40 Depth - Autohelm ST40 Wind - Navman 7100 DSC VHF - Autohelm ST2000+ tiller pilot - Garmin GPS 128 - Gives position to VHF - Clock and Barometer Safety Equipment - Seago canister life raft - Requires a service - 2x Horseshoe buoys - 2x Life jackets - 3x Manual fire extinguishers - Manual bilge pump - Electric bilge pump - Navigation light - Horn - Webbing jackstays - Fire blanket Deck Equipment - Boarding ladder - Mooring post - Warps and fenders - Shroud protectors - Anchor with chain and warp Canvas - Sprayhood - Dodgers with boat name - Sail cover with boot Additional Equipment - Dinghy - 2.5hp Suzuki outboard Rigging Bermudan sloop rigged yacht with deck stepped aluminium spars. Stainless steel standing rigging including a removable inner forestay. Terylene running rigging. Profurl roller reefing headsail system. Slab reefing mainsail mounted on boom with sail cover. Lewmar winches including self tailing sheet winches in cockpit. Vessel rigged for spinnaker use including mast track, rigging and pole. There is also a whisker pole. Sails include: Main by Trident Marine Roller furling Genoa Spinnaker Storm jib Accommodation Below decks is bright and comfortable. There are bunks for 5 persons within the saloon and forepeak. The cabin sole and cabinet work is teak. The bulkheads and coachroof are painted white for light and contrast. There is storage beneath both saloon settee berths. There is a pilot perth on the starboard side aft whilst on the port side is a decent storage area. The galley is situated at the far end of the saloon. To port is the sink/storage unit with manually pumped fresh water. Opposite on the starboard side is a 2-burner paraffin fuelled stove. Between the saloon and the forepeak is a Jabsco marine toilet with wet locker/hanging space opposite. Forepeak with double berth. Opening deck hatch for light and ventilation. Construction Heavy lay up GRP constructed sailing yacht with long keel and skeg mounted rudder. White painted topsides and grey painted non slip decks. Solid teak toe rail with built in fairleads. Teak mooring bollard mounted on foredeck. Stainless steel bow and stern rails conjoined by stainless steel stanchions and double set guardwires. Raised coachroof with teak grab handles and teak/perspex hatch cover. Cockpit with teak locker tops and back rests. Storage locker to rear. Liferaft mounted on aft deck. Varnished tiller steering. Bathing ladder mounted on aft rail. Underwater areas antifouled in 2023. Disclaimer For a full, detailed specification with additional photographs and direct contact details for the listing office visit our website The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice. Unless otherwise stated on the specification sheet the following presumptions are made Sail drive and sh The Santander 30 was designed by William Tripp . In Holland the same boat was called the Tripp 30 . The molds became available in the UK and many were purchased and fitted out by the owners. 'Marlin' is one such craft and was fitted out in Sunderland by her first owner in 1972. Her present owners have owned her for 27 years and have cruised extensively up and down the east coast, Circumnavigated the UK and cruised over to Scandinavia. 'Marlin' has been fairly successful at club racing level. Unfortunately age has caught up with them and 'Marlin' is looking for younger and fitter custodians to enjoy further adventures with. She is a good solid craft with a decent engine and good inventory. Mechanical Vessel is powered by an economical and reliable inboard diesel engine. This 12hp, fresh water cooled Kubota Z500B, 2 cylinder workhorse is located beneath the companionway. Hurth reduction gearbox driving a stainless steel shaft and 3-bladed fixed propeller. Separate throttle and gearing controls with engine start panel in cockpit. The engine will sit at 2000rpm comfortably and at these revs will provide 5 knots and burn a frugal 1 litre per hour. She has been regularly maintained with most recent in February 2024 ready for the season. Bank of 2x12V batteries providing engine start and domestic power. The batteries are fitted with a rotary style selector switch and recharged via the engine alternator or the onboard Adverc smart charger when attached to shore power. New Deep Sea Seal 2023 Engine start battery replaced 2023 Adverc Battery Charger Shore power Annual service Equipment Well equipped yacht with a comprehensive inventory for coastal cruising. Included in the sale are the following: Navigation Aids - Plastimo Contest compass - Garmin Echomap 75SV colour chartplotter - Autohelm ST40 Speed - Autohelm ST40 Depth - Autohelm ST40 Wind - Navman 7100 DSC VHF - Autohelm ST2000+ tiller pilot - Garmin GPS 128 - Gives position to VHF - Clock and Barometer Safety Equipment - Seago canister life raft - Requires a service - 2x Horseshoe buoys - 2x Life jackets - 3x Manual fire extinguishers - Manual bilge pump - Electric bilge pump - Navigation light - Horn - Webbing jackstays - Fire blanket Deck Equipment - Boarding ladder - Mooring post - Warps and fenders - Shroud protectors - Anchor with chain and warp Canvas - Sprayhood - Dodgers with boat name - Sail cover with boot Additional Equipment - Dinghy - 2.5hp Suzuki outboard Rigging Bermudan sloop rigged yacht with deck stepped aluminium spars. Stainless steel standing rigging including a removable inner forestay. Terylene running rigging. Profurl roller reefing headsail system. Slab reefing mainsail mounted on boom with sail cover. Lewmar winches including self tailing sheet winches in cockpit. Vessel rigged for spinnaker use including mast track, rigging and pole. There is also a whisker pole. Sails include: Main by Trident Marine Roller furling Genoa Spinnaker Storm jib Accommodation Below decks is bright and comfortable. There are bunks for 5 persons within the saloon and forepeak. The cabin sole and cabinet work is teak. The bulkheads and coachroof are painted white for light and contrast. There is storage beneath both saloon settee berths. There is a pilot perth on the starboard side aft whilst on the port side is a decent storage area. The galley is situated at the far end of the saloon. To port is the sink/storage unit with manually pumped fresh water. Opposite on the starboard side is a 2-burner paraffin fuelled stove. Between the saloon and the forepeak is a Jabsco marine toilet with wet locker/hanging space opposite. Forepeak with double berth. Opening deck hatch for light and ventilation. Construction Heavy lay up GRP constructed sailing yacht with long keel and skeg mounted rudder. White painted topsides and grey painted non slip decks. Solid teak toe rail with built in fairleads. Teak mooring bollard mounted on foredeck. Stainless steel bow and stern rails conjoined by stainless steel stanchions and double set guardwires. Raised coachroof with teak grab handles and teak/perspex hatch cover. Cockpit with teak locker tops and back rests. Storage locker to rear. Liferaft mounted on aft deck. Varnished tiller steering. Bathing ladder mounted on aft rail. Underwater areas antifouled in 2023. Disclaimer For a full, detailed specification with additional photographs and direct contact details for the listing office visit our website The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice. Unless otherwise stated on the specification sheet the following presumptions are made Sail drive and shaft seals are more than 5 1972 Columbia 30 sailboat for sale in California Columbia 30. "Hiro" was the 25th out of 287 "Columbia 30 " Sailboats designed by the infamous Bill Tripp in 1970 and produced between 1971 and... 1972 Columbia 30 ' Sloop sailboat for sale in California Columbia 30 sloop. "Elusive" Welcome to the 1972 Columbia 30 Sloop "Elusive". She must find a new home soon, as a job transfer makes it impossible for us to keep her.... 1978 Catalina 30 Tall Rig sailboat for sale in Massachusetts Catalina 30 tall rig. The boat needs a little work. The hull is sound the decks show some moisture and will need attention at some point though things are solid now. 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Your favorites are temporarily saved for this session. Sign in to save them permanently, access them on any device, and receive relevant alerts. Sailboat Guide Seafarer 30 Seafarer 30 is a 29 ′ 11 ″ / 9.1 m monohull sailboat designed by McCurdy & Rhodes and built by Seafarer Yachts between 1978 and 1985. Rig and Sails Auxilary power, accomodations, calculations. 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 Max Speed/Length ratio = 8.26 ÷ Displacement/Length ratio .311 Hull Speed = Max Speed/Length ratio x √LWL 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. 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 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. Ballast / Displacement * 100 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. D/L = (D ÷ 2240) ÷ (0.01 x LWL)³ D: Displacement of the boat in pounds. LWL: Waterline length in feet 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. Comfort ratio = D ÷ (.65 x (.7 LWL + .3 LOA) x Beam 1.33 ) D: Displacement of the boat in pounds LOA: Length overall in feet Beam: Width of boat at the widest point in feet 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. CSV = Beam ÷ ³√(D / 64) Keel Centerboard model: draft: 3.42’(BU). Westerbeke alt. diesel Not to be confused with the earlier TRIPP 30, which was imported by Seafarer and built in Holland. Also called SEAFARER SWIFTSURE 30. Tall rig: I: 39.00’ / 11.89m J: 12.58’ / 3.83m P: 33.50’ / 10.21m E: 10.50’ / 3.20m Embed this page on your own website by copying and pasting this code. About Sailboat Guide ©2024 Sea Time Tech, LLC This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. 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Equipment & Dinghy Anchoring & Mooring Photo Categories Member Galleries Life Onboard Sailing in the Wind Power Boats Cruising Destinations Maint. & Boat Building Marine Life Scuba Diving & Divers General Photos Recent Photos Listing Categories African Cats view more » Crew Wanted Crew Available Enhance Your Account Meet the Mods Meet the Advisors Signup for The Daily Cruiser Email   > > Please support our sponsors and let them know you heard about their products on Cruisers Forums. 30-10-2010, 16:38   with at least 6'5 heaad room. I need to keep the under 31 ft. Any suggestions? 30-10-2010, 19:15   Boat: Pearson 281 have excellent for us tree-toppers. He put together a number of designs that offered plenty of and (lest we forget) long-enough berths. 31ft. or under will be a challenge though I think that the Tripp designed 30 might for you... a bit too "clorox bottle" for some but they are decent sailors with plenty of headroom and very good space. He did some high freeboard mid-thirty and forty bubble top designs as well for that have a lot of headroom. Good luck! 31-10-2010, 00:13   Boat: 1981 Nor'sea 27 one time just to check and found I was very tall for it. Later on, I decided that it wouldn't be so bad because if I'm going to be IN the , I'll likely be sitting or laying down most of the time. The only standing would be to move from one place to another. Maybe this could be another way to look at space? , “A sailor’s joys are as simple as a child’s.” — Bernard Moitessier "I don't need therapy, I just need my boat" 31-10-2010, 05:10   31-10-2010, 07:24   Boat: (Cruiser Living On Dirt) . 31-10-2010, 08:02   Boat: PDQ Altair, 32/34 . 31-10-2010, 17:54   31-10-2010, 21:16   Boat: looking that have the head-room you need, even if you add 10 feet to the length you've mentioned. Perhaps, if you found a metal boat that was close, you might be able to lower your interior deck a bit, and/or add a bit to the coachhouse roof. I've been aboard a few boats that gave me an inch or two clearance, but ended up ducking all the time, anyways. Too close for comfort. Best of luck in your search! 31-10-2010, 23:51   Boat: Cooper 416 Honeysuckle . It does have a lot of headroom. Same with the 353. I can still find lots of things to bang my on though. 01-11-2010, 03:19   Boat: Jaguar 22 mono called Arfur. , like the had at each side. On the roof they give a warm dry watch keeping point. I'm 6ft 3 in a 6ft 1 boat. is the worsdt chore, gets the back quite soon. Otherwise it's SIT DOWN. Boom hasn't been a problem except on the rear deck, it's eyebrow height there but it's not a place I go at sea. 01-11-2010, 04:09   Boat: Beneteau 393 "Sea Life" , going a bit less forward. So maybe a boat between 30 and 39... but you need air above your scone beofre bashing, so maybe you bo need bigger than 35... 01-11-2010, 10:02   Boat: (Cruiser Living On Dirt) also have said: "Standing headroom is only useful if you are holding a dance." ... 01-11-2010, 11:41   Boat: Balboa 23 ft into things all the time 01-11-2010, 11:57   floorboards and / or by redesigning (removing? being a smaller footprint. and cosmetically above. Probably an older build (me 1970) more amenable to modification. - Additions Welcome. 10-11-2010, 10:28   Boat: Watkins 32 on deck (like with melting snow). The boat looks like a "Big 32" and is great for one person. The biggest drawback that I can see is a lack of (the container store provides my storage). 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Tripp Jr. as a racer-cruiser and first built in 1963. Production. The design was built by Mechans Ltd in the United Kingdom and by Werkspoor in the Netherlands starting in 1963, with 30 boats completed. ... 1963 Seafarer Tripp 30 sailboat for sale in Maine 4.5'. Maine. $19,500. Description: UNDER CONTRACT:SALE PENDING Lysithia was built circa 1963 in Utrecht Holland for Seafarer Yachts of New York. She has been restored and lovingly maintained by her current owner and is truly a beautiful classic Bill Tripp design. Built in solid fiberglass, and for the traditionalist, her spars are varnished spruce. Seafarer Tripp 30 Seafarer Tripp 30 is a 30′ 3″ / 9.2 m monohull sailboat designed by William H. Tripp Jr. and built by Seafarer Yachts starting in 1963. Great choice! Your favorites are temporarily saved for this session. Review of Tripp 30 The Tripp 30 is equipped with a fin keel. A boat with a fin keel is more manoeuvrable but has less directional stability than a similar boat with a full keel. The boat can enter even shallow marinas as the draft is just about 1.37 - 1.47 meter (4.49 - 4.79 ft) dependent on the load. Tripp 30 The Tripp 30 is a sailboat that was designed by American William H. Tripp Jr. as a racer-cruiser and first built in 1963. Wikiwand is the world's leading Wikipedia reader for web and mobile. Introduction Tripp 30 Tripp boats for sale How much do Tripp boats cost? Tripp boats for sale on YachtWorld are listed for a range of prices from $15,000 on the relatively more affordable end, with costs up to $329,000 for the most extravagant model yachts. What Tripp model is the best? Some of the best-known Tripp models currently listed include: 47, Custom, 31 Masthead Sloop, 36 and ... Tripp 30 seafarer The Tripp 30 seafarer is a 30.33ft masthead sloop designed by William Tripp Jr. and built in fiberglass by Seafarer Yachts since 1963. 30 units have been built. The Tripp 30 seafarer is a very heavy sailboat which is under powered. It is reasonably stable / stiff and has an excellent righting capability if capsized. 1961 Seafarer Tripp 30 Boat is located in Cleveland, Ohio. A real classic Tripp design, 2 mast yawl, very good sails, ex.decks, very strong fiberglass hull, exc running eng, very nice interior. Mahogany, electric stove, head, marine radio, great sailing boat. fresh water tank, 5 good jack stands. Can send pics. This listing is presented by SailboatOwners.com. Visit ... Santander 30 (Tripp) Santander 30 (Tripp) is a 30′ 3″ / 9.2 m monohull sailboat designed by William H. Tripp Jr. and built by Dock Plastics (UK) starting in 1966. Tripp 30, Racine, Wisconsin, sailboat for sale from Sailing Texas Tripp 30, Racine, Wisconsin, $8,500 including 1995 Mann Trailer, SOLD 2/8/15. This is a super rare and unique boat that was designed by Bill Tripp, built in Holland, and imported by Seafarer. Both the hull and deck are solid glass with NO CORE. That means that there is no core in the deck to get wet, rot, and replace at huge expense and time ... Remembering Bill Tripp The Polaris was the third Tripp design for Seafarer. It was a nice 26-foot centerboarder with a trunk cabin that had a slight break into a small doghouse and good-looking varnished mahogany trim to separate the cabin sides from the deck, much like its sister Seafarer boats, the Tripp 30 and the 38-foot Javelin. T/L 29 and Northeast 38 Sail Tripp boats for sale Find Sail Tripp boats for sale in your area & across the world on YachtWorld. Offering the best selection of Tripp boats to choose from. Seafarer sailboats for sale by owner. 31' Mariner Ketch - Major Restoration & Repower - New Rigging & Sails Tenants Harbor Maine, Maine Asking $45,000 Buy 1963 Tripp 30 This vessel was designed and built by the Tripp shipyard in 1963. Key features 1963 Tripp 30: length 9.24 meters, beam 2.59 meters, boat displacement 5,355 kilograms and max boat draft 1.37 meters. Hull key features 1963 Tripp 30: keel type - other keel. Vectus M26 engine: fuel type - diesel. With a fuel tank capacity of 25 liters, the 1963 ... Seafarer Tripp 30 In Portland OR Hugh17. Registered User. Join Date: Aug 2009. Location: I live in Warrenton, GA and sail s/v CaiLeigh Anna out of St. Simons Island, GA. Boat: Catalina 34. Posts: 34. Re: Seafarer Tripp 30 In Portland OR. The Seafarer 30 is a good boat. Judging from the pictures she has been well maintained. Tripp sailboats for sale by owner. Tripp preowned sailboats for sale by owner. Tripp used sailboats for sale by owner. Home. Register & Post. View All Sailboats. Search. Avoid Fraud. ... 30' Canadian Sailcraft Cs30 Marina Gosselin ST-Paul-de-lile-aux-noix Quebec Asking $35,000. 33' Cherubini Raider New Gretna, New Jersey Asking $9,000. SANTANDER 30 (TRIPP) Similar to the TRIPP 30, which was molded in Holland, and many of which were imported to the US by Seafarer. The same molds were used in the UK to build an unknown number of this version until 1972?. ... Numbers below 20 indicate a lightweight racing boat, small dinghy and such; 20 to 30 indicates a coastal cruiser; 30 to 40 indicates a ... Tripp 30 Boat For Sale Custom Santander 30. Marketing Description The Santander 30 was designed by William Tripp. In Holland the same boat was called the Tripp 30 ... Sunderland. 6.500 £. 29 ft. Detailed View. 10 Picture >. rightboat.com 2 day ago. Seafarer 30 Seafarer 30 is a 29′ 11″ / 9.1 m monohull sailboat designed by McCurdy & Rhodes and built by Seafarer Yachts between 1978 and 1985. ... 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. ... Not to be confused with the earlier TRIPP 30, which was imported by Seafarer and ... TRIPP 33 Numbers below 20 indicate a lightweight racing boat, small dinghy and such; 20 to 30 indicates a coastal cruiser; 30 to 40 indicates a moderate bluewater cruising boat; 40 to 50 indicates a heavy bluewater boat; over 50 indicates an extremely heavy bluewater boat. Head Room Over 6'5" within a 30' Sailboat A number of Bill Tripp boats have excellent headroom for us tree-toppers. He put together a number of designs that offered plenty of headroom and (lest we forget) long-enough berths. 31ft. or under will be a challenge though I think that the Tripp designed Columbia 30 might work for you... a bit too "clorox bottle" for some but they are decent ... catamaran gulet motorboat powerboat riverboat sailboat trimaran yacht