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Review of Gilbert 30+

Basic specs..

The hull is made of fibreglass. Generally, a hull made of fibreglass requires only a minimum of maintenance during the sailing season. And outside the sailing season, just bottom cleaning and perhaps anti-fouling painting once a year - a few hours of work, that's all.

The boat is equipped with toilet facility.

The boat equipped with a fractional rig. A fractional rig has smaller headsails which make tacking easier, which is an advantage for cruisers and racers, of course. The downside is that having the wind from behind often requires a genaker or a spinnaker for optimal speed.

Unknown keel type

The boat can enter most marinas as the draft is just about 1.50 - 1.60 meter (4.92 - 5.22 ft) dependent on the load. See immersion rate below.

Gilbert 30+ is typically equipped with an inboard Volvo Penta diesel engine at 18 hp (13 kW). Calculated max speed is about 5.6 knots

Sailing characteristics

This section covers widely used rules of thumb to describe the sailing characteristics. Please note that even though the calculations are correct, the interpretation of the results might not be valid for extreme boats.

What is Capsize Screening Formula (CSF)?

The capsize screening value for Gilbert 30+ is 2.16, indicating that this boat would not be accepted to participate in ocean races.

What is Theoretical Maximum Hull Speed?

The theoretical maximal speed of a displacement boat of this length is 7.0 knots. The term "Theoretical Maximum Hull Speed" is widely used even though a boat can sail faster. The term shall be interpreted as above the theoretical speed a great additional power is necessary for a small gain in speed.

The immersion rate is defined as the weight required to sink the boat a certain level. The immersion rate for Gilbert 30+ is about 191 kg/cm, alternatively 1071 lbs/inch. Meaning: if you load 191 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm. Alternatively, if you load 1071 lbs cargo on the boat it will sink 1 inch.

Sailing statistics

This section is statistical comparison with similar boats of the same category. The basis of the following statistical computations is our unique database with more than 26,000 different boat types and 350,000 data points.

What is Motion Comfort Ratio (MCR)?

What is L/B (Length Beam Ratio)?

What is a Ballast Ratio?

What is Displacement Length Ratio?

SA/D (Sail Area Displacement ratio) Indicates how fast the boat is in light wind: - Cruising Boats have ratios 10-15 - Cruiser-Racers have ratios 16-20 - Racers have ratios above 20 - High-Performance Racers have ratios above 24 Sail-area/displacement ratio (SA/D ratio): 18.96

Maintenance

When buying anti-fouling bottom paint, it's nice to know how much to buy. The surface of the wet bottom is about 31m 2 (333 ft 2 ). Based on this, your favourite maritime shop can tell you the quantity you need.

If you need to renew parts of your running rig and is not quite sure of the dimensions, you may find the estimates computed below useful.

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Marine consultants, professional history.

Mark Gilbert:

Born into a boating family, Mark has been on the water since a toddler. Both his father and grandfather were boat builders. Mark has been sailing for 50 years since starting junior sailing at the Royal Hamilton Yacht Club. He was a sailing instructor at 15 as well as being a Sea Cadet. He began racing in national and international sailing competitions. His first job at 16 was assembling Lasers for the local Toronto dealer. Educated at York University, Mark began working in the marine industry rigging sailboats and new yacht commissioning as a summer job at C&C Yachts in Oakville, Ontario. After graduating, he went to work full-time at C&C’s on water facility progressing to electronics, mechanical and structural repairs. Mark rigged and installed electronics and equipment on SORC, Admiral’s Cup and America’s Cup challengers. In 1985, he was appointed Service Manager at C&C.

After leaving C&C in 1986, Mark started Gilbert Yachts Limited in Oakville, Ontario with his brothers and working as General Manager, produced the Gilbert 30+ sailboat. The Gilbert 30+ was voted Best New Production Boat, and Runner-Up for Import Boat Of The Year at the 1988 Sailing Worldmagazine awards. Mark moved to Vancouver in 1990 and started MG Yacht Services on Granville Island. MGYS has been running for 23 years in which time they have worked on more than 4000 boats. They are dealers for Espar heaters, Sealand products, Selden sailing equipment, Variprop propellers and Nanni diesel engines. Also MGYS is an authorized service and installation center for Raymarine ,ICOM , KVH, Seatel , Simrad and Yacht Controller. In his career, Mark has commissioned more than 1600 new sail and powerboats in his career. Mark is an instructor in electronics and electrical systems at the Quadrant Marine Institute.

Mark is a unique person in the industry having worked and had contact with all aspects of yacht building, servicing, sales and on-water operation. From taking a marine diesel engineering course at 16 as a Sea Cadet, or designing the Gilbert 30+ with his brother Neil, or commissioning more than 600 Hunter sailboats alone, Mark’s experience in boating is unique and multi-faceted. He understands needs of today’s boater and with his many years of experience, he can help owners of older boats.

Memberships and associations American Boating and Yachting Council (ABYC) -YAI -  

SARAH WHITE:

Ms. White is a surveyor for Yacht Associates International. She has a Masters Degree in Marine Surveying, accreditation as a Small Craft Surveyor through the Lloyds Maritime Academy in the UK, is a qualified Marine Service Technician and also has skills in the use of non-destructive testing equipment for small craft inspections. Sarah has worked in the marine industry for more than 25 years; in the yacht charter business, vessel restoration, yacht commissioning, and service (15 years as Service Manager for Canada’s largest sailboat dealer). Sarah’s love of classic wooden boats led her to restore a well-known 1950’s sailboat. Her working history has provided a thorough knowledge of wood, metal, and fiberglass vessels. As an adjunct to her career, Sarah has CYA instructor certification, with offshore sailing experience. She teaches Marine Business Practices and Marine Electrical at the Quadrant Marine Institute in Vancouver and is a Board member and Treasurer for the International Institute of Marine Surveying Canada.

Ms. White embraces outdoor activities, is passionate about the West Coast and lives in Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Certifications:

Master of Science (Marine Surveying), University of Middlesex, UK

Lloyds Maritime Academy – Small Cr aft Surveyor, UK

Quadrant Marine Institute – Marine Service Technician, Vancouver, BC

American Boating and Yachting Council (ABYC) – Certified Marine Electrician, USA

Canadian Yachting Association (CYA) – Offshore instructor

Flir – Level One Thermography

North West School of Wooden Boat Building – Marine Corrosion Surveys

Associations:

International Institute of Marine Surveyors (IIMS) – Full Member

Society of Accredited Marine Surveyors (SAMS) – Accredited Marine Surveyor

American Boating and Yachting Council (ABYC) – Member

West Coast Boatyard Association – Member

Nautical Institute – Member

Vancouver Wooden Boat Society – Member

International Institute of Marine Investigators (IAMI) - Member

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30 Feet Gilbert Long Deck Launch

$35,000 (usd), boat id: 36463, contact us directly - 800-675-4089, learn how the process works (faq).

Gilbert Boats were built in Brockville, Ontario along the shores of the St. Lawrence River. Because of a warehouse fire at the factory, many of these boats are no longer around. This 30 footer is in good overall condition. It does have the original bottom, which will need attention.

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Specs and Features

• LOA: 30 ft 8 in
• Beam: 11 ft 3 in
• LWL: 27 ft 6 in
• Minimum Draft: 4 ft 11 in
• Headroom: 6 ft 4 in

Additional Information

• Displacement: 9000 lbs
• Ballast: 3200 lbs
• Original Engine: Volvo
• Engine/Fuel Type: Diesel
• Drive Type: Direct Drive
• Propeller: Folding propeller
• Steering: Wheel/Rack and Pinion

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Boat Test: 2024 Monterey Elite 30

• By Randy Vance
• August 28, 2024

Nothing calls for change like an election year, and at this writing, Monterey is offering a bold new candidate for performance- and luxury-minded boating enthusiasts. We don’t use the word “unique” casually in referring to this sleek boat with sports-car flavors and cutting-edge ­European style—there’s nothing like it on the water.

The Elite 30’s appeal for votes begins with its square stem and sleek, tucked-to-the-stem, custom, polished stainless-steel anchor, a fresh look at a center helm, and a broad hardtop that straddles the cockpit port to starboard.

We’ve seen square-stem boats in the US before, and they can have an alarming gift for stabbing into the next wave, spraying water all over the cockpit. In hard turns, doubling back over rolling wakes, we saw none of that bad behavior. Though the stem brings up the foreword freeboard in a near-vertical angle to the water, that freeboard doesn’t begin until the hull beneath it flares out broadly to keep the stem comfortably above the seas. The 21-degree hull deadrise at the transom cleaves chop for a comfortable ride without allowing it to roll excessively with shifting crewmembers, broad seas or crisp turns. The power of dual Mercury 250 hp V-8 outboards offers exciting acceleration—3.2 seconds to plane and 5.6 seconds to 30 mph. Our top speed was over 53 mph, and the joy of having all this in your throttle hand comes not just from the raw power, but also the unique centered helm that you’ll need to see to believe.

Interior and Accessories

Helm styling is straight out of a performance sports car, with a pair of bucket seats separated by a center console that positions the throttle levers as comfortably as an eight-speed racing shifter and makes the joystick equally reachable. In top-level race boats, the throttle is so ­arranged as one-half the skippering crew manages the wheel while the throttle man reacts to the seas by varying rpm and 150 mph speeds. You could employ a throttle man in this vessel just for fun if you wish, but even at its maximum throttle speed, it handles like a charm, thrilling crewmembers while protecting them from unexpected changes to direction and acceleration.

The next remarkable plank to this compelling candidate’s platform is the design of the hardtop and windshield. Mention center console and hardtop, and you’ll picture enormous stanchions springing from the console fore and aft of the helm, blocking sight lines. The top may extend only halfway to the gunwales from the helm ­perimeter, leaving much unprotected from the sun. Not here. The hardtop rests on highly styled and brilliantly sturdy supports affixed to the gunwales, and it extends well forward of the racily raked windshield and aft over the lounge and bar back-to-back with the helm bucket seats. The safety-glass windshield is full width of the helm and bucket seats, but the windshield stops at the helm sides, allowing fresh air (and passengers) to pass through the cockpit on port or starboard passageways, refreshing us on our test day’s 95-degree, 95-percent-humidity summer swelter. The arrangement is a moderate blend of the extremes of a dual-console windshield and a typical fishing center console. Nothing better than a well-balanced candidate!

We scoured the marketplace for a similar deck and helm plan to no avail, but the Four Winns H9 at a length overall of 29 feet, 11 inches brings a challenger with that vertical-stem style and with a comfortable standard bowrider setup ($343,025 base price with test power and hardtop). It too boasts a glass cockpit, and the hardtop lowers and raises on concealed ram screws to shrink storage height and can even be dropped down for more rain protection while running from a storm. Four Winns’ new designs from across the pond are the result of the company’s purchase by Groupe Beneteau, the world’s largest boat manufacturer.

Forward of the Monterey Elite’s windshield is another lounge that swings on hinges to reveal a comfortable changing room with a head and freshwater outlet that competes well with the Four Winns H9. There’s a ton of storage in drawers and cabinets on the Elite. While neither offers stand-up headroom, it’s deep enough aboard the Elite for comfortable movement. Door closed, the Elite’s forward lounge completes a triangular seating area with bow seats and padded coamings to allow crew to relax and chat.

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Aft of the helm is the back-to-back lounge that I mentioned earlier. Nestled up to it is a refreshment bar with sink and fresh water. There are large coolers beneath the lounge. This faces a large lounge astern, giving up to six people face-to-face conversation in comfortable seating. A transom door leads to a spacious swim platform. The seatbacks rock forward, allowing boaters to face the water over the transom, or lay the ­seatbacks down for a comfortable sun lounge.

In a market filled with big, strong ­dayboat candidates, the Elite 30 stands out on the ­campaign trail. It may well emerge as the new sheriff in town.

How We Tested

• Engines: Twin Mercury 250 DTX
• Drive/Props: Outboard/Mercury Rev 4 14.6″ x 20″ 4-blade stainless steel
• Gear Ratio: 1.85:1 Fuel Load: 200 gal. Water on Board: 0 gal. Crew Weight: 430 lb.

High Points

• Glass-cockpit design displays all switching, engine functions, temp, oil pressure, speed and more via the flush-mounted MFD.
• Foredeck and cockpit can be quickly shaded with carbon-fiber poles and canvas ­covering, installable in two minutes or less.
• USB and USBC charge points throughout. The skipper gets an inductive charger.
• Natural light and/or ventilation in the form of a window or port would be welcome inside the console head compartment. 

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Crash involving boat trailer in Yarmouth kills 14-year-old, injures 2 others

A teenager is dead and two others are injured after an SUV struck a boat trailer that was on the side of a road in Yarmouth early Friday afternoon.

Yarmouth police said in a statement that its department received multiple 911 calls reporting a person pinned between a boat and the truck that was towing it on North Main Street shortly after 1 p.m.

The truck, police said, had pulled to the side of the road because of a broken axle. Passengers were trying to fix it when a Cadillac SUV traveling south on the street struck the boat trailer from behind. As a result, the boat trailer hit the people working on the axle, police said.

The crash killed a 14-year-old boy and two other people were taken to Cape Cod Hospital. The conditions of the two people who were injured were unknown Friday.

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One of Carl Alberg's most successful boats, the Alberg 30 enjoyed a production run of a quarter-century.

The Alberg 30 was in continous production from 1962 until 1987, an impressive run of 25 years. Made the entire time by the original builder, Whitby Boat Works, production was down to a trickle towards the end of the run: only three Alberg 30s were delivered in 1984, for example.

No other sailing auxiliary that we know of has a production record of that duration, the previous record belonging to the old Tartan 27 that was introduced in 1961 but discontinued in 1979.

During those 25 years, over 700 Alberg 30s were built with virtually no substantive changes: boats built 30 years ago can race one-design with 30s built at the tail end of the run.

The designer of the 30, Carl Alberg, most successfully made the early transition from wood to fiberglass boat design. His 28′ Triton for Pearson Yachts is credited with starting the boom in fiberglass auxiliaries (1958).

A series of Alberg designs have been the mainstay of the successful line of Cape Dory Yachts since the early 1970s.

The Alberg 30 is an adaption of a 30-footer Alberg designed for San Francisco Bay and was first built in response to a request by some Toronto sailors for a cruising auxiliary that could be fleet raced.

By the time the first boat was built, a large group of Chesapeake Bay sailors had also commissioned a fleet. Today those two areas are still the hotbeds of Alberg 30 ownership with more than 100 boats represented in the Toronto association, almost 200 in the highly active and enthusiastic Chesapeake Bay association.

Price of the first 30s was $10,000 delivered and reasonably well equipped; 25 years later the “base price” of a 30 was about $45,000 Canadian, or $34,000 US at the time.

A Close Look At The Boat

Clearly the Alberg 30 is anachronistic. Her low freeboard, long overhangs, narrow beam, low aspect rig with long boom and short foretriangle base, broken cabin profile are clearly vintage, harking not just from the time of early fiberglass, but of the previous era of wood. So too is her accommodation layout: settee berths, ice box top doubling as a chart table, jammed head, and split galley.

Yet a demonstrable demand has endured for such “old fashioned” boats on both the new and used boat markets.

Owners of boats of this heritage accurately perceive that they are ruggedly built and seaworthy. At the same time, with their moderately heavy displacement and large wetted surface, they are relatively sluggish performers and, because of their short waterline lengths and narrow beam, cramped for space compared to more modern boats of comparable overall length and/or displacement. Similarly, with their relatively slack hull sections and narrow beam, they seem quicker to heel than the more initially stable modern hull forms, although at about 20 degrees they firm up reassuringly. Ballast is encapsulated cast iron.

The Alberg 30 is well built, modestly finished, and so-so performing. Owners report a remarkable absence of structural problems that cannot be attributed to normal wear in a vintage boat. The finish and decor of the boats has undergone routine upgrading during the long production run, reflecting the changing marketplace and styles, although the 30 has never been considered to have an elegant or even especially “yachty” decor. Plain oiled teak has been commonly used topside and below, though earlier boats (pre-1970) had the more fashionable, at that time, mahogany .

Performance of the Alberg 30 has systematically suffered by comparison with newer boats introduced over the years. At an average PHRF base rating of 220, the 30 may be equated with such full-keel kin as the 28′ Triton (245), the Seawind 30 (240), the Bristol 29 (225), the 32′ Vanguard (230), and the redoubtable Tartan 27 (235). At the same time, the maintenance of the one-design standard of construction and absence of major changes permits excellent fleet racing as a class.

Although changes during the production run have been minimal, they are important to the prospective buyer. These include a variety of engines and, in 1969-70, the adoption of a fiberglass interior liner as well as some changes to the cockpit. The original engine in the 30 was the Graymarine 22 hp, followed by the Atomic Four, the 10 hp single cylinder Bukh diesel, the more powerful Volvo Penta MD7A and finally the Volvo 2002.

The Gray and the Bukh reportedly are shy of adequate power for the 30 as well as not being easy (or cheap) to get parts for. The Atomic Four, as dependable as it is, should be getting close to the end of its expected life span; repowering with the Universal diesel should be feasible, though not inexpensive.

The changes in 1970, as much the result of tired tooling as of inherent drawbacks, did away with a cockpit access to the icebox (a “beer box” that melted ice at an unconscionable rate), improved the nonskid deck pattern, replaced teak plywood hatch covers, changed the hull-to-deck joint, added a seahood for the companionway, and provided the winch bases with a molded recess for handles. The wood coamings remained.

Below, per the fashion of the era and production economy, the interior became a molded component, although the most recently built boats have more teak trim.

What To Look For

With a boat as fundamentally solid, built for as many years, as the Alberg 30, prospective buyers should feel a warm confidence in her structural soundness. The major areas of concern are the condition of her engine, rig, and cosmetics. On the basis of owner input, we’d especially check the following:

• Some rudders on earlier boats failed, the strapping pulling away from the glass laminate. It should be checked regardless of the age of the boat. Rudder bearings have also become worn on older boats, resulting in a discomforting amount of play. The gudgeon and/or the heel fitting may need bushing. On tiller-equipped 30s the tiller head fitting is subject to wear as well as cracking.

• Perhaps the weakest part of the 30 may be the forward lower shroud chainplate fillet: a number of owners report having them enlarged and reglassed. This seems to have occurred as a gradual failure that can be anticipated; creaking and signs of separation from the hull give prior warning.

• Any engine, but particularly those in older 30s, should be carefully examined prior to purchase of a boat, not an easy task since engine accessibility is not good. The original galvanized steel gas tanks have a history of eventually rusting through; optiminally they should be replaced with ones of greater capacity (original gas, 22 gal; present for diesel, 12 gal) but this is not easy in the existing space.

• All the equipment should be checked. This includes the stove and head, but it particularly applies to the rig and deck hardware. The same mast and boom have been used on the 30 since its inception. However, earlier boats had wooden spreaders that, if original, will undoubtedly need replacement. Similarly, roller mainsail furling was standard and should have been replaced with slab or jiffy reefing (important given the 30’s large mainsail and initial tenderness). Rigging swages should be meticulously examined as should tangs and spreader bases. In cases of doubt, attachments should be removed to check the condition of the spar underneath.

Given the age of many of the Alberg 30s as well as the active racing life many have undergone, owner replacements of original equipment and upgrading seem commonplace. If done to quality standards, such work has much to recommend itself to buyers.

Price—The Bottom Line

Getting a handle on how much a buyer should expect to pay (or a seller to ask) for an Alberg 30 is difficult. About half the boats are concentrated in areas where there are strong, active owner associations. Indeed, most of the boats bought and sold in those areas are to some degree transactions involving the associations. This is decidedly to the advantage of buyers in those areas in that there is a readily available list of boats on the market, absence of broker involvement (and brokerage commissions), and a promise of continual efforts to maintain the value of the boats. For buyers outside of those areas, we find that 30s can be bought for lower prices.

Clearly the upgrading that took place about 1970 (hull #410) has increased the value of those boats, even though the changes were perhaps more textural than substantive.

At the same time, buyers must consider the relative differences in auxiliary engines as well as the question of whether a lined hull is preferable to an interior of joinerwork.

Given the lack of real difference between the various model years, we’d look for an older boat in above average condition and save a few thousand dollars.

Conclusions

Clearly and simply, the Alberg 30 is not a boat for everyone. A buyer has to be willing to compromise on the 20% to 25% less interior space in this boat, compared with more modern 30-footers that are just as readily available at a comparable price.

At the same time, not many 30-footers old or new seem as basically seaworthy and rugged as the Alberg. Add to these decided appeals the 30’s traditional (pleasing) appearance plus the benefits of highly active, albeit localized owner associations, and the result is a boat that should appeal to a moderately large number of prospective buyers.

In buying an older boat we’d budget some refurbishing and upgrading on top of the purchase price. The boat lends itself to being retrofitted with wheel steering, good sails, polyurethane restoration of the gelcoat, some improvement to the interior decor, etc. If not done already, replacing an original old engine, improvement of the galley, and adding some amenties would make an older 30 a better boat.

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Would this be a good boat for a solo trip around the Pacific for an inexperienced sailor?

This boat has been circumnavigated single handed by a number of individuals. The most famous is Yves Gelinas.

My friend Terrell Adkisson circumnavigated in Altair (#575) in 1975-1978. That was a big influence on my decision to buy La Brisa, (#579) which I sailed on the Gulf Coast for ten years. I would point out that the Hinckley Bermuda 40 had even a longer production run from 1959 1991- though with less than half the number of boats built.

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