Hurricane Island 30 sailboat

There has been a great deal of interest in this vessel, not yet in production. We will
have more information on this as it becomes available:
Call us for the latest 207-633-6009.
This Cruising boat will have Head, Galley, and Auxiliary Power Options.

LOA: 30 feet
LWL: 27.6
Beam: 8.45
Draft: 1 foot; Centerboard down: 4.8 feet
Sail area: 340 sq. feet
Displacement: 5,607 lbs (fully loaded)
Displacement: 3,190 lbs (light)
Ballast 825 lbs
 
Outward Bound 30
The For Sale version of the Hurricane Island 30 (HI-30)

Particulars:

A Computer Rendering of the OB30
Specifications:
Fiberglass centerboard open sailboat with liner/deck and cuddy with head.
Vinylester resin, solid glass below water line, foam core above.
UHMW Polyethylene beaching plate.
Weighted centerboard (225 lbs)
Foam core kick-up rudder.
Carbon fiber unstayed masts and sprit booms (Mast 41 lbs, Sprit 6.5 lbs.
Main staysail and drifter light airsails.
Aux. Power: Six 13 ft. carbon fiber oars (5 lbs each)
Integral Equipment:
Marine head and holding tank.
2 fixed bilge pumps.
12 volt electrical system.
Man overboard pole, light, horseshoe collar, etc.
8 type I PFDs
EPIRB
VHF radio
Lightning protection with terminals and grounding plates for each mast.

Provide privacy for personal hygiene (a marine sanitation device, a Head)
The need to deal more responsibly with human waste (a holding tank)
Boats that will require little maintenance
Boats that will be designed with performance in mind they must sail well, and allow students to transfer what they learn to other boats that they might encounter.
The new boats must retain certain traits of the old boats:
Oars as auxiliary power
Must accommodate the entire crew for sleeping;
Seaworthy as befitting a teaching platform for novice sailors;
Masts easily un-shipped; Shoal draft to allow gunkholing in any environ;
Able to self rescue in the event of capsize;
Positive flotation: 115 degrees

Here are the reasons:

Why A New Expedition Vessel for Outward Bounds Sea Program??
The Pulling Boats designed by Cyrus Hamlin for Outward Bound in the early 1960s have proven to be
seaworthy, handsome, and loved by all that sail them. These venerable 30 foot wooden boats have
provided life transforming experiences safely for
thousands of students of all ages for over 40 years.
But as the fleet aged, it became evident that designing
new boats for the Outward Bound mission
was in order.

Outward Bounds New Expedition Vessel
Southport Island Marine was chosen to help develop and build these boats in 2006. We have
worked closely with the Designers and the Client to optimize the effectiveness and success of the
design. To date (2009) six boats have been built out of a projected fleet of fifteen.

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