ALBERG 30
Masthead Sloop • Long Keel • Built 1962–1987
Dimensions
- LOA
- 30.25 ft
- LWL
- 21.67 ft
- Beam
- 8.75 ft
- Max Draft
- 4.25 ft
- Displacement
- 9,000 lbs
- Ballast
- 3,300 lbs
Performance Ratios
- Capsize Ratio ⓘ
- 1.68 (offshore safe)
- SA/D Ratio ⓘ
- 15.2
- D/L Ratio ⓘ
- 395
- Ballast Ratio ⓘ
- 36.7%
Sail Plan
- Sail Area
- 410 sq ft
- I
- 36 ft
- J
- 10.5 ft
- P
- 31 ft
- E
- 14.25 ft
Construction
- Hull Type
- Long Keel
- Rig Type
- Masthead Sloop
- Hull Material
- FG
- Ballast Type
- Iron
Production
- First Built
- 1962
- Last Built
- 1987
- Number Built
- 700
Engine & Accommodations
- Engine Make
- Universal
- Engine Model
- Atomic 4
- Power
- 30 hp
- Engine Type
- Gas
- Water
- 30 gal
- Fuel
- 15 gal
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.)
Photo courtesy of Adam Hunt.