Leigh 30

The Leigh 30 is an American sailboat that was designed by Chuck Paine as a cruiser and first built in 1979.

The Leigh 30 design is also known as the Morris 30 and is similar to the Victoria 30, both Paine designs. The Victoria 30 was built by Victoria Yachts in England.

Production
The design was built by Morris Yachts in Bass Harbor, Maine, United States. The company built 19 examples of the design, starting in 1979, but it is now out of production.

Design
The Leigh 30 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a cutter rig, a raked stem, a canoe transom, a keel-mounted rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed long keel with the forefoot cutaway. A wheel was optional. It displaces 9100 lb and carries 4400 lb of lead ballast.

The boat has a draft of 4.60 ft with the standard keel fitted.

The boat is fitted with a Westerbeke diesel engine of 13 hp for docking and maneuvering. The fuel tank holds 18 u.s.gal and the fresh water tank has a capacity of 37 u.s.gal.

The boats were built with a variety of lower deck layouts, but typical is a galley on the port side with a two-burner kerosene stove, top-loading ice box and a sink with manual water pump. The head is located just aft of the bow "V"-berth, with a hanging locker opposite. There is additional sleeping accommodation in the main cabin, with a starboard pilot berth, a settee and very small port side berth. The wood used in the interior is pine and mahogany, with additional painted wood. Teak is employed above decks.

Ventilation is provided by nine bronze ports that open, plus two hatches, one over the main cabin and the other in the bow.

The cockpit has two main winches, plus a halyard winch and additional sheeting winch on the coach house roof. There are inboard genoa tracks and a bow roller for a CQR anchor on the bow.

The design has a PHRF racing average handicap of 192 and a hull speed of 6.47 kn.

Operational history
In a review Richard Sherwood wrote, "the Leigh is moderate displacement, but the ballast/displacement ratio is 48 percent and she is stiff. The high freeboard is extended by bulwarks, making for a dry boat. The keel is moderately long, the forefoot cut away, and the sail plan balanced, so she should steer easily."