SailboatData.com - ALBERG 30 Sailboat

Sailboat Specifications

both imperial metric

Hull Type:

Long Keel

Rigging Type:

Masthead Sloop

LOA:

30.27 ft / 9.23 m

LWL:

21.67 ft / 6.61 m

Beam:

8.75 ft / 2.67 m

S.A. (reported):

410.00 ft² / 38.09 m²

Draft (max):

4.29 ft / 1.31 m

Draft (min):

Displacement:

9,000 lb / 4,082 kg

Ballast:

3,300 lb / 1,497 kg

S.A./Disp.:

15.21

Bal./Disp.:

36.67

Disp./Len.:

394.84

Construction:

Ballast Type:

Iron

First Built:

1962

Last Built:

1987

# Built:

700

Builder:

Whitby Boat Works Ltd. (CAN)

Designer:

Carl Alberg

Website:

Auxiliary Power/Tanks (orig. equip.)

Make:

Universal

Model:

Atomic 4

Type:

Gas

HP:

Water:

30 gals / 114 L

Fuel:

15 gals / 57 L

Sailboat Calculations

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S.A./Disp.:

15.21

Bal./Disp.:

36.67

Disp./Len.:

394.84

Comfort Ratio:

31.90

Capsize Screening Formula:

1.69

Rig and Sail Particulars

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36.00 ft / 10.97 m

10.50 ft / 3.20 m

31.00 ft / 9.45 m

14.25 ft / 4.34 m

SPL/TPS:

ISP:

S.A. Fore:

189.00 ft² / 17.56 m²

S.A. Main:

220.88 ft² / 20.52 m²

S.A. Total (100% Fore + Main Triangles)

409.88 ft² / 38.08 m²

S.A./Disp. (calc.):

15.21

Est. Forestay Len.:

37.50 ft / 11.43 m

Sailboat Links

Designers:

Carl Alberg

Builders:

Whitby Boat Works Ltd. (CAN)

Associations:

Alberg 30 Site

Notes

During it's long production run, the Alberg 30 was fitted with a number of different engines for auxilary power inluding (in approximate order):
Gray Marine Gas 22hp
Universal Atomic 4 Gas 30hp
Bukh (single cyl) Diesel 12hp
Volvo Penta MD7A Diesel
Volvo 2002 Diesel

Earlier versions of the ALBERG 30 have a laminated wood mast brace and no liner. Decks are masonite cored and drain directly overboard under the toe rail. These boats have an upright icebox accessible from both the cabin and the cockpit.

Newer boats have an aluminum mast brace enclosed inside a molded fiberglass liner. Their decks are balsa cored and drain through hoses to the cockpit scupper drains. A molded fiberglass pan forms the cabin sole and the support for the furniture. The icebox is top-loading.

There are also a few transition boats that share characteristics of both.
More detailed information can be found at the alberg30.org site listed above.
Thanks to the author of the aforementioned site, George Dinwiddie, for his assistance with this and other subjects.)
Basic dimensions from builders brochure (circa 1967.)