Info Wanted - Yankee 30
Jim Knapik
Thanks
Jim
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Jim Knapik
Motorola - Wireless Data Group
kna...@mdd.comm.mot.com
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Jim Knapik
Motorola - Wireless Data Group
kna...@mdd.comm.mot.com
Paul Kamen
I think of them as "traditional" 30 footers, about 10,000 lb, 25 ft. lwl,
10 ft. beam, just like many other 30s of the same vintage. The Yankee is one
of the best, though, right up with the C&C. Better built than Islanders,
Cals, Catalinas, and faster than Pearsons.
-"Call me Fishmeal"-
DONH...@delphi.com
> Any Yankee 30 owners who care to offer experiences with this boat.
Hi Jim,
I just returned from 2 weeks aboard my (our,actually -
it's a partnership) 1972 Yankee 30. We live in Stone
Mountain, GA, near Atlanta, and the boat is berthed near
Pensacola, FL. She is named MOVE (Dutch for "gull", there
is an umlat? (two dots) over the "O", pronounced "Merv".
We have owned the boat since 1980, having bought it from
the original owner. It has an Atomic 4 gasoline
auxiliary, which is a weakness. We will retrofit a diesel
when the A-4 expires, but we have been saying that since
1980! The engine has never been overhauled, tho we did
grind the valves in '87. The engine is mounted
off-center to port, resulting in an angled driveshaft.
This makes backing down to port almost impossible,and
calls for patience in berthing/unberthing.
The only other "minus" is the small interior; a modern 30
has MUCH more space below. Two people is the practical
limit for cruising, unless the additional are small
children. The cabin sole has a very narrow flat section
(4 to 6 inches wide), with a slope to starboard of
another 6 - 8 inches. We have rigged a removable false
floor which raises the sole 4 inches and makes the
whole 10 -14 inches flat at the expense of headroom.
Headroom is reduced to approx. 5'-10", but we can now walk
down the sole without risking back injury!
She is a docile sailor, very seaworthy, and the
skeg-mounted rudder is very rugged for going aground
(which happens too often with 5 foot draft in the Florida
panhandle!). Steering is by tiller, and we use an
Autohelm push-pull autopilot. The boat has very little
weather helm, never rounds up and overwhelms the Autohelm.
We don't have foller furling, but we use an oversized
deck bag to stow the jib hanked-on with sheets bent on.
Quality of construction is excellent, the interior has
held up well, and we are able to identify and correct the
usual rain leaks as they occur.
We use the boat mostly for weekend gunkholing,
occasionally take a short cruise or take her offshore for
some fishing. We have a "take aboard" through-the-hatch
air conditioner which is addictive this time of year, and
brings us back to the slip more than we should.
I'm not sure what your questions are, but we have probably
seen about everything except very heavy weather offshore
in this boat. She is very capable; we just haven't
been "caught out" offshore. I'll be happy to
answer anything I can, either email or in the newsgroup.
Don in Stone Mountain, GA
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Steve Tamanaha
I am another satisfied Yankee 30 owner. I have owned a 1972 Mark 1 since
1985. "Frolic" is moored in Half Moon Bay, CA now, after berthing it
in Sausalito for 8 years. I agree will Don about the sailing
characteristics of the boat and the interior acrobatic skills
neccesssary to manuever in the dinette interior version. There is a
second interior arrangement besides the dinette which featured a
roomier main cabin with an port-side L-shaped bench connected to the
engine cover, which is centrally located just behind the mast. It had
a galley on the starboard-side and an aft quarter berth on one side....
my memory is fading on me, it has been a few years since I was aboard a
Yankee 30 Mark 3 with this interior. I must admit it felt much roomier
and it was much easier to pass people below.
In October 1989, my wife and I cuised Frolic down to Zhuatanejo on the
Mexican mainland and back up to the Sea of Cortez for the spring, then
unfortunately back to work in Santa Clara, CA by July. The boat is
excellient for short-handed sailing or single_handed. We never had a
problem structurally or with the rigging or with the "Atomic Bomb"
gasoline engine. I fact we had an easier time getting fuel than the
diesel crowd, even the remotest fishing village has four-stroke powered
pangas.
The yankee is a solid, medium-displacement, racer-cruiser and quite
capable of long passages if properly provisioned and maintained.
I wish I was going cruising again soon........<slap> snap out of it and
get back to work!
Bye for now.
DONH...@delphi.com
Quoting stevet from a message in rec.boats
> Hi Jim and Don,
> I am another satisfied Yankee 30 owner. ...
> The yankee is a solid, medium-displacement, racer-cruiser and quite
> capable of long passages if properly provisioned and maintained.
> I wish I was going cruising again soon........<slap> snap out of it and
> get back to work!
GOTCHA!
I didn't mention that I retired in November '93, and now
have all the time I need to "mess about in boats". We
also own a Sunfish which takes us into the tidal shallows
with essentially zero draft. And, a 15-foot outboard if
we get becalmed or impatient!
Seriously, since retirement we have been shopping
casually for a boat outside the partnership. Because of
cost and the extensive shoal water in NW Florida, we are
thinking a bit smaller and/or shallower draft. Anybody
out there with experience in the Morgan 24/25/30 keel/cb,
sharpies, or such, I would like to get a thread going.
BTW, we have a friend in Texas contemplating an extensive
Gulf Intracoastal cruise with the same general
requirements, EXCEPT he wants to accommodate two couples
and be trailerable (or at least readily transportable).
I think he may have to pass on one or the other! Your
opinion requested and appreciated.