Hummingbird
Description
The Hummingbird 30 is a British fiberglass masthead sloop cruiser-racer designed by David Thomas, sharing the same hull as the Elizabethan 30 but featuring a modified deck with a larger coachroof for improved interior volume and headroom. Built by Hummingbird Yachts / Peter Webster Ltd. (UK) from 1978 (first built) into the early 1980s, it was constructed with GRP (fiberglass) for solid, low-maintenance durability, emphasizing balanced performance with a fin keel, tiller steering (aft cockpit), and suitability for coastal cruising, club racing, or short-handed sailing—often described as a capable, no-nonsense design with good sailing characteristics in varied conditions. Production was limited (exact quantity not widely documented but considered a small series, likely dozens of hulls based on similar era UK designs), with examples still actively sailed and occasionally listed for sale in the UK and Europe.
Construction Details
| Designer | David Thomas |
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| Builder | Hummingbird Yachts / Peter Webster Ltd. (UK) |
| Length | 30.000 ft |
| LOA | 30.000 ft |
| LWL | 24.000 ft |
| Beam | 9.250 ft |
| Displacement | 7160 lb |
| Max Draft | 5.000 ft |
| Year Built | 1978 |
The standard boat dimensions
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Sails
Hummingbird - MAINSAIL
| Luff | 12.5 ft - (3810 mm) |
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| Foot | 7.75 ft - (2362 mm) |
| Leech | 13.08 ft - (3987 mm) |
| Tack Angle | 76 ° |
| Diagonal | 13.02 ft - (3968 mm) |
| Area | 47.1 ft² |
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