Fortune 30

[Faster]

That's another Huntingford design... did Cooper ever mold them? Quite a few here in BC still, and a good number did venture offshore. Reckon it'd be a bit of a tank, but probably fairly roomy.

Agree that an '1985' model could well be an owner finished one... the build series started in 1974. Salty looking old girl, though:



Found the following nugget that suggests Cooper was involved too here: http://www.sailblogs.com/member/yofy/?xjMsgID=34550

In the early seventies Bob Fortune a weatherman and film maker who lived in British Columbia, Canada set out to design the perfect cruising boat. Along the way, he sought the help of boat designer Stan Huntingford and builder Forbes Cooper. They designed the boat with a cruising couple or a young family in mind. Bob Fortune had a few criteria. The boat had to be "beautiful with graceful lines, provide maximum comfort to the crew when at sea, be capable of single handling by a wife or ten year old lad, tack effortlessly to windward, and finally to be safe and sea kindly". Some list eh? Yet we can attest to their success on each point.

There were maybe 40 Fortune 30's built in the 70's and early 80's. Each hull and deck was made of hand laid, molded fiberglass. Some were sold as hull and deck kits while other Fortune 30's were completed by the builders. Yofy was built in 1978. Her interior is teak and BC cedar throughout. Over the years the molds passed several hands until Bob Fortune sold them outright. When we last heard news from him, he no longer knew what had happened to the molds. It is a sad end to a saga that began with idealism and a great love of the sea.

The Fortune 30's specifications are as follows:
LOA 33'6"
LWL 23'
Beam 10'7"
Draft 4'
Displacement 10,000 lbs
Sail Area 471 sq ft

[SloopJonB]

Originally Posted by Faster

That's another Huntingford design... did Cooper ever mold them?

I believe Cooper was the original moulder - the friend I had who bought an early hull & deck got it from Cooper.

[Controlled Jibe]

Another question, sailboatdata.com lists the ballast at 3000 lbs, a different brokerage site lists a sister ship at 3200 lbs, and the one we're looking at says 4000 lbs. Any ideas on who's right?

[Yofy]

The above quote is from our blog. We bought our Fortune 30 in 2001 and have been living aboard and cruising her ever since. Funny we missed this thread.

We'd agree with previous posts. While the boat sails best at over 15 knots, she still sails surpisingly well in light winds. We get a lot of light winds in the summers here and we rarely motor. In really light airs we'll put up our drifter and still make way. That says quite a bit, because Yofy is loaded down with Manny's tools and spare parts and all the parifanalia that any cruising boat has.

Interesting to read more about the boat's origin's here.

Manny

[Controlled Jibe]

Manny, any idea what the ballast is spec'd out as on Yofy?

[SloopJonB]

Originally Posted by Controlled Jibe

Manny, any idea what the ballast is spec'd out as on Yofy?

The original documentation from Bob Fortune says 3K Lbs.

[Yofy]

When we bought Yofy her registration listed her as 4 tons (!) but she was also listed as being built in Holland. These things get construed when a boat travells away and passes many owners. Over the years we went with sailboatdata.com's data. And its nice to see that backed up by SloopJonB!

[mitiempo]

Registered displacement has nothing to do with actual weight - it is a measurement of volume related to cargo from the past.

[SloopJonB]

Originally Posted by mitiempo

Registered displacement has nothing to do with actual weight - it is a measurement of volume related to cargo from the past.

I just went through that process on my boat - a potential buyer wanted to do eco-tours and it had to be under 15 registered tons or he'd have to meet the same standards as cruise ships.

We measured & calculated the boat and it came to 14 gross tons - this on an 11 metric ton boat. We also found that the measurements are absurd for a sailboat. The beam measurement is taken at 1/2 the length, not BMAX point. The fin keel is included in the depth measurement, not just the canoe body.

It looked like the system would work reasonably well on say, a fishboat or tug but they do not adapt to the shape of a sailboat at all.

[tonytheboat]

Originally Posted by Fish_Out_Of_Water

I've got a couple of magazine articles from “back in the day" featuring the Fortune 30 that include accommodation / sail plan drawings as well. They're PDF's so I can't upload them here but if you're interested let me know your email address I'll forward them.

if you still have then could you please email them to me on tonymorris111@hotmail.com as i will be sailing one around the worldnon stop and single handed and unassisted cheers tony