The boat featured is not currently for sale by Boatshed. The boat information and images presented are part of Boatshed’s back catalogue of the 25,000+ boats we have listed in the last 20 years and appear here for general information and guidance purposes about Boatshed and our boat selling systems and services

Tripp 30

(Bill Tripp design)
£0 Sold / Unavailable
  • Boat REF#  ·  204536
  • LOA  ·  9.25m
  • Year  ·  1971
  • Construction  ·  GRP
  • Underwater profile  ·  Long keel
  • Berths  ·  4
  • Engine  ·  1 x Diesel 16hp, Beta Marine Beta 16 (2008)
  • Lying  ·  Langstone Harbour
Boatshed Port Solent
Boatshed Port Solent

The boat featured is not currently for sale by Boatshed. The boat information and images presented are part of Boatshed’s back catalogue of the 25,000+ boats we have listed in the last 20 years and appear here for general information and guidance purposes about Boatshed and our boat selling systems and services

Extra Details

Designer Bill Tripp Senior
Builder Teeside Yacht Services
Lying Langstone Harbour
Fuel capacity 25.0 ltr (5.5 G) Total - 1 Tanks
Water capacity 80.0 ltr (17.6 G) Total - 1 Tanks
Last survey 01/08/2009

Mechanical

Engine 1 x Diesel 16hp
Engine make and model Beta Marine Beta 16 (2008)
Engine Hours Not Recorded
Engine Cooled Indirect
Steering Tiller
Drive Shaft
Prop(s) 2 Blade Fixed
Fuel consumption (approx) 1.5 ltr (0.3 G) /hour At Cruising Speed
Cruising speed (approx) 4 knots
Max speed (approx) 6 knots

Dimensions

LOA 9.25m
LWL 6.55m
Beam 2.59m
Draft Min 1.37m
Draft Max 1.37m
Displacement 4,082kg (9,001.5lbs)
Headroom 1.83m
Storage Ashore

Rig

Sloop rigged Aluminium spars (1971) with stainless steel standing rigging (2009)

Sails

Mainsail - Slab () 2 Reefs
Headsail - Furling ()
Other sails Cruising Chute ()

Construction

Construction GRP
Underwater profile Long keel
Finish Paint finish

Accommodation

Total # of berths 4
No. of double berths 1
No. of single berths 2
Cabin(s) 2
Heads 1 heads (Porta Potti)

2 burner gas cooker/stove

Accommodation

Cooker/stove
Grill
Oven
Sink
Carpet
Curtains
Pressurised water system

2 burner gas cooker/stove

Deck Gear

Sail cover
Sprayhood
Spray dodgers
Cockpit cover
Warps
Fenders
Boathook
Cockpit Enclosure

2 halyard winches
2 sheet winches
Manual Lofrans windlass
1 anchors
(Rocna)
30.00m of chain
30.00m of warp
dinghy ()
(Inflatable)

Nav Equipment

Compass
Speed
Log
VHF DSC radio
Autopilot
Navigation lights
Echo sounder

Safety Equipment

LPG Detector
Searchlight
Danbuoy
Boarding ladder

1 bilge pumps (1 manual / 0 Electric)

Broker's Comments

These boat details are subject to contract.
Note: Offers on the asking price may be considered.

A bit of a modern classic this lady! I thought it best to let the owner tell you about her himself:

Falcon, Santander 30

‘...smitten by her good looks and good manners...A good seaboat that will turn heads wherever she goes.’ Review of sister ship, Duet, by Sailing Today, January, 2009.

Designed in the mid-1950’s, Falcon is the epitome of classic elegance: well-shaped bow and counter stern, spacious cockpit with varnished wooden benches and coamings, and an aft deck. The light, open, cabin is lined with custom-built wood-veneer lockers.

This design’s first incarnation was as the Tripp 30. The hulls were built in Holland from about 1957 and shipped to the States for finishing by Seafarer Yachts - an arrangement that made use of Dutch expertise in GRP construction.

Production shifted to Mechans yard on the Clyde in the early 60s. When Mechans closed a few years later, the moulds were used to produce the Santander 30s. At least six boats were built by Teeside Yacht Services in the early 1970s. Falcon is believed to be one of these.

The Sailing Today review notes: ‘The wide companionway and large ports allow plenty of light below. Headroom is impressive at 1.85m. The sidedecks are wide, with room to pass inboard of the shrouds.’

Falcon was professionally restored in 2008, the work overseen by Marine Surveyor, Jim Prichard. The entire upper layer and core of the deck was renewed and the old engine replaced with a new Beta 16h.p. The engine work included: new custom stainless steel fuel tank, piping, filters, two batteries, stopcocks and two-bladed propellor.

The standing rigging was also renewed and a new gas supply and locker, conforming to current safety standards, fitted. Also, shore power supply and new navigation lights. A new lining was made for the cabin ceiling.

Falcon has a masthead rig with a single set of spreaders and twin lower shrouds. The mast is deck-stepped with a tubular metal compression post below. The restored decks have a non-slip surface and there are teak handrails along the after part of the coachroof.

She has hanging space to one side of the companionway. A navigation station with VHF radio (2008) linked to a masthead aerial, occupies the other side.

With her beautiful balanced lines, Falcon sails very comfortably, her V sections making a noticeably easier motion through waves than modern flatter-sectioned boats.

As a classic design from the 1950s, Falcon is eligible to participate in the annual Cowes Classics Regatta and would be welcomed to sail with in Old Gaffers rallies.

This Tripp 30 has been personally photographed and viewed by Ian Dawes of Boatshed Port Solent. Click here for contact details.
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