C&C 30
US Watercraft · Mark Mills · 2014
Updated
The C&C 30 is a 9.15 m planing racing yacht designed by Mark Mills and built by US Watercraft, first launched in 2014. It races in Class C. Across the measured fleet it goes better than its own numbers promise, ahead of 99% of the designs it races against.
Goes better than its own measurements promise, and does it better than 99% of the boats it races against.
2nd of 159 in its class.
Updated — First Race Edge for this design. Enough boats of this design have now been measured to rank it.
Not verified. On planing hulls this score has no match in the race results we hold: designs scoring the same win anywhere from one race in ten to seven in ten. Read it as what the measurements say, not as a ranking.
This design has been found in real race results — 21 starts across 2 events — not only in measurement files.
Length
9.15 m
30′ 0″
Beam
2.98 m
Draft
2.30 m
Displacement
2.0 t
Sail area
60 m²
On the podium
Where a C&C 30 finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
48%
of 21 starts by 1 boat
Wins
19%
Read from 21 starts by 1 boat between 2025 and 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a C&C 30 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
43. Montfort Cup2026
ORC European Championship 2025 / 43rd Copa del Rey MAPFRE2025
Raced one we are missing?
Report a regattaRound the buoys, or offshore
A short windward-leeward and a night at sea ask different things of a boat. Here is how this one does in each.
Round the buoys
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Not enough data yet: 8 races of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.
Offshore & coastal
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Not enough data yet: 1 race over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The designs a C&C 30 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Some of the boats it races against
How the C&C 30 has fared against each of them, boat against boat on corrected time. Ordered by how often the two meet, not by who wins.
Speed at every angle
The shape of this design's speed, drawn from the measured fleet. Pick a wind and watch it stretch.
Upwind VMG
5.37
38°
Beam reach
9.60
90°
Broad reach
12.74
135°
Downwind VMG
11.14
170°
Speed in knots at 20 knots of true wind. Green marks the angles that pay: the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Where it wins and where it pays
Every boat is judged against its own measurements — length, weight, sail area. The quicker those say it should be, the more it has to deliver just to break even. Going fast is not enough: it has to go faster than its own numbers promised.
This is a boat that wants breeze. On a windy coastal course it is in its element; on a light-air windward-leeward it has to be sailed well to hold on.
Where it gains
Its best ground is downwind when it blows, where it outruns what it looks like on paper, and by a margin worth having. It holds that advantage on a broad reach as well, so the gain is not down to one leg of the course.
Where it pays
It falls short on the beat once it pipes up, giving away time it never gets back. That is a hull that wants to get up and go, and needs pressure to do it.
Above the line it delivers more than promised and gains on the fleet. Below, it falls short. Move the wind: plenty of boats sit on one side in the light and the other when it blows.
Full width is 2.8 kn either way.
At 10 knots this design makes back more than its rating asks on the broad reach.
How fast is a C&C 30
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.90 | 5.01 | 5.27 | 5.37 |
| 52° | 5.88 | 7.09 | 7.39 | 7.58 |
| 60° | 6.17 | 7.32 | 7.71 | 8.00 |
| 75° | 6.38 | 7.61 | 8.24 | 8.73 |
| 90° | 6.31 | 7.68 | 8.69 | 9.60 |
| 110° | 6.52 | 8.09 | 9.11 | 10.45 |
| 120° | 6.42 | 8.22 | 9.57 | 11.47 |
| 135° | 5.77 | 7.94 | 9.91 | 12.74 |
| 150° | 4.84 | 7.02 | 8.76 | 12.87 |
| Run VMG | 4.19 | 6.08 | 7.58 | 11.14 |
How they are set up
The range each sail spans across the fleet.
Nearly all carry a folding propeller. A bowsprit is standard across the fleet. Crew weight is declared around 570 kg.
Rigging
C&C 30 rig and sail dimensions
A C&C 30 carries 12.75 m of mainsail hoist on a 4.26 m boom, a forestay 12.50 m above the deck and a 5.64 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 9 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails
The spinnaker spreads widest of all — 106 to 120 m² depending on bowsprit and set-up. Before ordering a sail, read the figure on your own measurement record rather than the typical one for the design.