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Hustler 30

Brief details

A classic small cruiser-racer, the Hustler 30 is both fast and seaworthy, as well as being a very elegant yacht. Two keel options were built, the deep 'racing' fin at 5' 6" and a shallower 'cruising' version at 4' 8". Both sail very well indeed, though the deep keel version is substantially faster to windward

The original * Hustler 30 was designed by Don Pye of Holman & Pye, and is often regarded as one of the prettiest designs from his board. They are fast boats, and when first introduced in 1970, had many racing successes. Now, like many similar boats of this era, such as the Elizabethan 30, they make good fast cruisers, with still enough speed for handicap racing to be enjoyable.

( * there was also a 'second generation' Hustler 30 in the early 1980s, a much more aggressively race-oriented design by Stephen Jones, with more beam and less weight: these are sometimes known simply as Hustler 30s, or sometimes as Hustler SJ30s ).

Photographs below are from several different boats

Right: The rig was normally a simple single-spreader mast

Although most boats were deep fin, at 5' 6" draught, a number of shallow fin versions were also built, with 4' 8" draught