Review of San Juan 30
Basic specs..
The hull is made of fibreglass. Generally, a hull made of fibreglass requires only a minimum of maintenance during the sailing season. And outside the sailing season, just bottom cleaning and perhaps anti-fouling painting once a year - a few hours of work, that's all.
The boat is equipped with 75.0 liter fresh water capacity.
The San Juan 30 is equipped with a masthead rig. The advantage of a masthead rig is its simplicity and the fact that a given sail area - compared with a fractional rig - can be carried lower and thus with less heeling moment.
The San Juan 30 is equipped with a fin keel. The fin keel is the most common keel and provides splendid manoeuvrability. The downside is that it has less directional stability than a long keel.
The keel is made of lead. Compared with iron, lead has the advantage of being 44% heavier, which allows a smaller keel and hence less water resistance and higher speed.
The boat can enter most marinas as the draft is just about 1.58 - 1.68 meter (5.18 - 5.48 ft) dependent on the load. See immersion rate below.
San Juan 30 may be equipped with an inboard Universal Atomic 4 gasoline engine at 30 hp (22 kW). Calculated max speed is about 7.4 knots
The fuel tank has a capacity of 65.0 liters (17 US gallons, 14 imperial gallons).
Sailing characteristics
This section covers widely used rules of thumb to describe the sailing characteristics. Please note that even though the calculations are correct, the interpretation of the results might not be valid for extreme boats.
What is Capsize Screening Formula (CSF)?
The capsize screening value for San Juan 30 is 2.07, indicating that this boat would not be accepted to participate in ocean races.
What is Theoretical Maximum Hull Speed?
The theoretical maximal speed of a displacement boat of this length is 6.5 knots. The term "Theoretical Maximum Hull Speed" is widely used even though a boat can sail faster. The term shall be interpreted as above the theoretical speed a great additional power is necessary for a small gain in speed.
The immersion rate is defined as the weight required to sink the boat a certain level. The immersion rate for San Juan 30 is about 146 kg/cm, alternatively 822 lbs/inch. Meaning: if you load 146 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm. Alternatively, if you load 822 lbs cargo on the boat it will sink 1 inch.
Sailing statistics
This section is statistical comparison with similar boats of the same category. The basis of the following statistical computations is our unique database with more than 26,000 different boat types and 350,000 data points.
What is Motion Comfort Ratio (MCR)?
What is L/B (Length Beam Ratio)?
What is a Ballast Ratio?
What is Displacement Length Ratio?
What is SA/D (Sail Area Displacement ratio)?
Maintenance
When buying anti-fouling bottom paint, it's nice to know how much to buy. The surface of the wet bottom is about 25m 2 (269 ft 2 ). Based on this, your favourite maritime shop can tell you the quantity you need.
Are your sails worn out? You might find your next sail here: Sails for Sale
If you need to renew parts of your running rig and is not quite sure of the dimensions, you may find the estimates computed below useful.
| Usage | Length | Diameter | ||
| Mainsail halyard | 27.2 m | (89.2 feet) | 10 mm | (3/8 inch) |
| Jib/genoa halyard | 27.2 m | (89.2 feet) | 10 mm | (3/8 inch) |
| Spinnaker halyard | 27.2 m | (89.2 feet) | 10 mm | (3/8 inch) |
| Jib sheet | 9.1 m | (29.8 feet) | 12 mm | (1/2 inch) |
| Genoa sheet | 9.1 m | (29.8 feet) | 12 mm | (1/2 inch) |
| Mainsheet | 22.7 m | (74.5 feet) | 12 mm | (1/2 inch) |
| Spinnaker sheet | 20.0 m | (65.5 feet) | 12 mm | (1/2 inch) |
| Cunningham | 2.9 m | (9.5 feet) | 10 mm | (3/8 inch) |
| Kickingstrap | 5.8 m | (19.0 feet) | 10 mm | (3/8 inch) |
| Clew-outhaul | 5.8 m | (19.0 feet) | 10 mm | (3/8 inch) |
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San Juan 30
- Thread starter Simon Sexton
- Start date Jan 19, 2018
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Simon Sexton
Like it--- shmike it! A bad day on a boat beats a good day at work any time. Go sailing.
We had a San Juan 28. While smaller I do have some observations. The cockpit drain was tied to the galley sink drain with an underwater through hull. If the drain clogged, it would overfill the sink and drain inside. Ours had no easy way to install an electric bilge pump. The bilge would require hoses and wire over the floor. The hull was heavily built with hand laid FG. Sailing hardware was good quality, but wireing and plumbing were awful. Once again different boat, but the berths we're way too small. We restructured inside to make it work. Ken
Richard Bryer
Barnacle Bill
San Juan 30 is a great boat. Very fast and fun to race. Built by the Clark Boat Company in Auburn WA. I've been through the plant when it was around.
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