Hughes Columbia Columbia 30 For Sale & Buying Center

"The C-30, a Bill Tripp design, was built from 1971 to 1973. According to John Broughton's records, there were 287 copies made. While Columbia boats had 4 or 5 distinct styling themes, the C-30 had a look of its own. The hull has a look similar to the other Tripp ""bubble tops"", but it's not quite the same. The stern turns back down into a skeg that carries the tiller-controlled rudder. And while Tripp's other boats followed either the bubble top profile or the more traditional full cabin look of the mid- to late- sixties Columbias, the C-30 was a raised deck design. But unlike the full keels of the Sparkman and Stephens derived raised deck designs - the C-24 Challenger and the C-29 Defender - the C-30 had a fin keel.

The C-30 had four possible varients. It could be had with either a short rig or a standard rig, and it also had standard and shoal draft keel options.

The following specifications and diagram came from a Columbia brochure circa 1973."