C&C Mega 30 One Design

The C&C Mega 30 One Design is a Canadian sailboat, that was designed by American Peter Barrett as a one design racer and first built in 1977.

Production
The boat was built by C&C Yachts in Canada and also in the United States and Kiel, Germany, but it is now out of production.

Design
The Mega 30 is a small recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass. It has a fractional sloop rig, a transom-hung rudder and a lifting or fixed fin keel.

The boat is normally fitted with a small outboard motor for docking and maneuvering.

The boat has a PHRF racing average handicap of 147 with a high of 171 and low of 132. It has a hull speed of 7.01 kn.

Variants

 * Mega 30 One Design
 * The initial model was designated as the Mega 30 One Design and features a lifting keel with a weighted bulb. It has a draft of 5.00 ft with the keel extended and 1.75 ft with it retracted, allowing ground transportation on a trailer. It displaces 4500 lb and carries 2250 lb of ballast. A total of 115 of this model were built in Canada, the US and Germany. It was marketed in a number of countries under several names. In Sweden it was sold as the Runn Racer 912.


 * Mega 30 FK
 * The second model was designated as the Mega 30 FK and features a fixed keel with a draft of 5.20 ft. All 27 examples of this type were built in the US and were last of the series built. It displaces 6589 lb and carries 2860 lb of ballast.