30 Flybridge

The 30 Flybridge may not have been the best-selling of Cape Dory’s powerboat fleet, but she certainly ranks among better small convertibles her size ever brought to market. Seakindly, capable and comfortable, the Cape Dory 30 rides on a hard-chine modified-V hull—not a semi-displacement design usually associated with New England-style boats—with a wide 12-foot beam, full-length keel, and balsa-cored hullsides. Her well-finished interior boasts a roomy pilothouse/salon area with convertible dinette to port and storage cabinets (or optional lower helm) to starboard. The small L-shaped galley features a 2-burner stove, refrigerator, and dish storage. Note the teak and holly cabin sole and ash ceiling running throughout the boat. The engine room, reached from hatches in the salon sole, is big for a 30-footer. Additional features large (opening) cabin windows, teak covering boards in the cockpit, double-entry head compartment, teak bow pulpit, and wide side decks. Nearly all Cape Dory 30s were sold with optional 200hp Volvo diesels (18 knots cruise/low 20s top). Note that the molds were acquired by Nauset Marine in 1994 and production continued on a semi-custom basis.