Moore 30 for Sale in Portland, ME

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I was once steering a boat down the coast to Santa Cruz - big following seas and a building breeze and under spinnaker - not easy or comfortable and about to wreck any second really. then a Moore 30 overtook us and I'll never forget the sight of a completely relaxed crew lounging about the big deck. Somebody was casually making sandwiches aboard. lol.
 
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BrightAyes said:
Think long and hard before leaving the slip on a monohull with wings as wide as large catamaran. Not too hard to turtle and impossible to right.

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not the boat. that was a Kiwi 35.

I do recall something about the Moore 30 though - in a SC beer can race. and here's the scoop:
harbordude1 said:
I was one of the owners of the first Moore 30 - "Wing and a Prayer". Gary Mull designed and very interesting boat. Ron Moore and I talked Gary Mull into adding the "winglets" to the keel to be a bit high tech and probably was a bad idea. Sailing in Santa Cruz the keel would pick up a lot of kelp. We also worked with Buzz Ballenger to change the mast section, add diamonds for a mast head chute and over sized pole. Gary Mull was really pissed that we did this without his knowledge. The original design had the mast stepped on the deck but this really didn't give the support that the rig required . We jammed in a 2X4 to prop up the deck and keep the rig tight.

The PHRF problem came when during one Wednesday night race a local Santa Cruz sail maker was driving and got caught sailing a bit too low. We basically rounded down in front of the entire fleet with several of us going over the side to stand on the keel. The boat did come up. Word of this got back to Gary Mull who required Ron Moore to put a warning label on the boat stating that sailing on this type of craft could be dangerous to your health.

After several years the boat was purchased by some guys in Texas for the Ultimate 30 class racing. I think the names was changed to Blu By You.

Cool boats but never got really going. I believe that there was to much wetted surface in the back end.
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so. I think the Moore 30 - although edgy - perhaps has a bad rap by association with a whole assortment of similar designs (read that thread). My view of it, was like looking into a terrarium at a different world. sailing a boat right on the edge - like many an ior boat downhill - white knuckles. then a planing dish just walks right on up (and of course they elegantly jibed right on by) where the crew are living in what looks like a different climate. we were cold and scared. they were warm and relaxed (seriously, my memory has bright sunshine and warmth on their deck - but just cold spray and clenched sphincters on ours. and that lady making sandwiches? she had it all spread out - making many at once - a jar of mustard just sitting there steady on the deck lol). but yeah. maybe a glimpse into why Santa Cruz boats - and sailors - like to surf.
 
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Moore 30 right side up. Weapon.

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βhyde said:
The only thing dangerous about that boat is giving it to a leadmine driver. It's a big skiff.
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Speaking of big skiffs: In the late '90s there was a Santa Cruz-based big open skiff --- on the order of 40 ft as I recall --- that supposedly sunk once near the harbor and once capsized in front of us racing from San Francisco to Santa Cruz. Can't for the life of me think of it's name but would love to learn more about it. Do any of you guys recall?
 
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Marty Gingras said:
Speaking of big skiffs: In the late '90s there was a Santa Cruz-based big open skiff --- on the order of 40 ft as I recall --- that supposedly sunk once near the harbor and once capsized in front of us racing from San Francisco to Santa Cruz. Can't for the life of me think of it's name but would love to learn more about it. Do any of you guys recall?
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Biggest ones I saw were the ultimate 30s
 
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Marty Gingras said:
Speaking of big skiffs: In the late '90s there was a Santa Cruz-based big open skiff --- on the order of 40 ft as I recall --- that supposedly sunk once near the harbor and once capsized in front of us racing from San Francisco to Santa Cruz. Can't for the life of me think of it's name but would love to learn more about it. Do any of you guys recall?
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Raz'r said:
Biggest ones I saw were the ultimate 30s
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Aha! Found it. Late '80s not '90s. Time flies. Is was a Carl Schumacher 44 named Eclipse. Fourteen trapeze wires. Best descriptions I have found are in an old thread about Moore 30s here:

What ever happened to the Moore 30

Who knows what happened to the Moore 30 It was blue, had wide wings, lived in SC, and was owned by a Dr. / Surgeon type guy? A freaky beast it was ...
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Now to find more pictures.
 
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