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Naja 30 |
Brief details |
Builder |
Whisstocks, Woodbridge, Suffolk, and others |
Built in multi-chine WEST System epoxy ply, this is a very fast small cruiser with quite a spacious interior. Although Whisstocks in the UK were the most common builder, the design seems more popular in France. |
LOA |
29' 4" |
Sail area |
believed 515 sq ft main and 155% genoa |
LWL |
26' 7" |
Rig |
Sloop |
Beam |
10' 5" |
Cabins |
Saloon & forecabin |
Draught |
4' 3" |
Berths |
max 7 |
Displacement |
6,200 lbs approx |
Engine |
Various |
Ballast |
not known |
BHP |
typically 12- 18 |
Keel type |
Iron fin keel and transom-hung rudder |
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The Naja 30 was designed by designed by Sylvestre Langevin of France, whose other designs included a transatlantic record holding trimaran. They were both yard-built and supplied as kits by Whisstocks, and also built from plans in various other boatyards and locations. Although very much a fast cruiser-racer type, at least one Naja 30 has circumnavigated - see www.cometosea.us
Although epoxy-ply construction is unusual nowadays, quality boats such as RMs are still being built in epoxy-ply, and the builders claim better strength to weight ratios than with GRP production.
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Whisstocks was established in 1926 as a traditional wooden boatbuilder, that in the 1970s moved on to WEST System epoxy-ply and (later) aluminium construction. In 1984 the company ceased trading. The company was then reformed by a management buy-out, to build small numbers of custom aluminium yachts from 45 to 75 feet. The boatyard finally closed in 1992. |
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