1978 Truman 30

The Truman 30, designed by Angus Primrose. She is the same hull as the Moody 30 but better built! 

The fit out of these boats is much better quality and she has stood the test of time accordingly. This is a robust cruising yacht with 7 berths, ideal for a family but easy to sail short handed too.

They don't come up often as only 7 were built!

Dimensions & general info.

• LOA - 9.14m
• LWL - 7.62m
• Beam - 3.20m
• Draft - 1.15m
• Displacement - 3840kg
• Ballast - 1410kg
• Designed by - Angus Primrose
• Builder - Nick Truman Yachts Ltd.

Hull, deck & superstructure

The manufacturers words

• The hull and deck are built well above minimum specifications. Strong woven roving fibreglass layers are used in both.
• The saloon roof is balsa cored for rigidity and insulation.
• The hull and deck are bonded together and through fastened with no less than 130 stainless steel bolts.
• A traditional cast iron ballast keel is fixed with massive keel bolts which provides a tough level keel for drying out.

General

• Original gelcoat cream hull with painted Grey deck edge stripe.
• Cream textured non slip deck with raised aluminium toerail.
• Deep bow well for safety.
• Good sized cockpit with deep port cockpit locker.
• Substantial fin keel with iron ballast bolted to a stub moulding.
• Full skeg hung rudder.
• Tiller steering.

Interior & accommodation

Fit out

• Substantial fit out, well engineered and laid out with good storage.
• Solid teak elements and teak veneered marine ply.
• Burgundy upholstery.
• A total of 7 berths.

Additional items

• Diesel fired warm air central heating. New 2022.
• Stereo radio player with bulkhead mounted speakers.
• Bulkhead mounted monitor.
• Clock & barometer.
• Brass porthole style mirror.

Forward cabin

• V berth with infill to create a large double berth.
• Deep curves shelves outboard and storage beneath.
• Access to chain locker.
• Deck hatch.

Heads

• The heads is to starboard between the forward cabin and the saloon.
• GRP moulded sink unit with hot and cold water via a mixer tap.
• The faucet extends to double as a shower.
• Electric shower 750gph sump pump.
• Storage beneath the unit.
• Dedicated wet hanging locker.
• Large mirror.
• Jabsco manual flushing toilet.
• Holding tank.
• Toilet role holder
• Coachroof side window.
• Deck head vent.

Hanging lockers

• Opposite the heads are two large hanging lockers. One full height and one 3/4 height.
• Deck head vent.

Saloon

• To port is a single settee berth with trotter box.
• Outboard is general storage.
• To starboard is an L shaped seating area which can be used as a single berth or double with infill.
• The central table is large and substantial with internal storage for bottles.
• There is a section of the table which is either configured for dinning or used to fill the gap for the double berth with use of an additional extension piece.
• Outboard to starboard is further shelved storage.
• Deck head opening hatch and two coachroof side windows.

Galley

• Aft to port.
• Round stainless steel sink with hot and cold water via a mixer tap.
• Large refrigerated cold storage box with Isotherm refrigeration unit.
• Storage - Outboard are shelves with sliding door access. A drawer and door fronted lockers beneath the work surface. Dedicated cup and crockery storage at the aft bulkhead. Plenty of work surface which is extended with a cover piece over the cooker.
• Plastimo Neptune 2000 stainless steel gimballed gas cooker with 2 burners, grill and oven.
• Deck head vent.

Navigation Station

• To starboard aft.
• Large forward facing chart table with internal storage.
• Navigators seat.
• Storage outboard in shelf lockers.
• Instrumentation and the ships electrical distribution panel.
• Deck head vent.

Aft double berth

• Admittedly this is a cozy double or an extra large skippers berth.

Deck equipment

• Stainless steel pulpit with twin uncovered stainless guard wires run aft via stainless steel stanchion posts to two quarter stainless steel pushpits with opening gate.
• Aluminium toerail with machined holed for scuppers or attaching deck gear.
• Lewmar 12v electric anchor windlass. New 2022.
• 10kg Danforth anchor and approx. 40m of chain.
• Stainless steel stem head fitting with two rollers.
• Mooring cleats forward, mid ship and aft.
• Bridge deck mounting point for Liferaft.
• Mooring warps and fenders.

Winches

• 2 x Lewmar 40 2 speed self tailing primary winches.
• 2 x Lewmar 16 2 speed mast mounted winches for halyards and reefing.

Rig, rigging & sails

• Silver anodised single spreader aluminium mast with stainless steel standing rigging.
• Age of rigging unknown.
• Boom with slab reefing and solid strut vang.
• Mast mounded pole track with pin stop ring.
• Pole for setting the Genoa.
• Rotostay roller reefing system.

Sails

• Dacron partialy battened mainsail with Burgundy stack pack.
• Dacron roller reefing genoa.
• Second headsail.
• Storm Jib.

Engine

• Volvo Penta 2003, 3 cylinder diesel engine with saildrive to 2 blade aluminium prop.
• Engine hours unknown but thought to be in the region of 2000-2500.
• Morse, single lever engine controls.
• Engine easily accessible.

Electronics & navigation equipment

• Raytheon R10 radar. At chart table.
• Furuno GP31 GPS navigator.
• Garmin GPS 50 personal navigator.
• ICOM ICM421 DSC Marine VHF.
• Autohelm ST4000+ autopilot.
• Autohelm Speed.
• Autohelm depth.
• Plastimo 130 bulkhead compass.

Electrical

• 12v ships system with electrical distribution panel at the chart table.
• 1 x SuperBatt 12v/120Ah engine start battery and 2 x Delphi Freedom Marine domestic batteries.
• Engine alternator charging.
• Integral Hi-Tec 25A battery charger via shore power.
• 240v shore power system with RCD for safety.
• 12v lighting.
• Galvanic isolator.

Tankage & systems

• Stainless steel fuel tank. Approx 114L
• Stainless steel water tank. Approx 180L
• Holding tank. Capacity unknown but has a full indicator light. The holding tank operates as a through flow system so fills when the hull seacock is closed.
• C-Warm calorifier tank which heats via shore power or engine heat exchanger.
• Hot and cold pressurised water to the sink and galley.
• Cooker supplied by gas with a 4.5kg callor gas bottle.

Canvas work

• Burgundy stack pack with lazy jacks for the mainsail.
• Burgundy sprayhood.
• Burgundy cockpit canopy which attached to the sprayhood via zips.
• Burgundy dodgers with the ships name.
• Burgundy cockpit seat cushions.

Safety gear & equipment

• Navigation lighting at deck level, steaming light and masthead tricolour.
• EPIRB. Needs new battery.
• PILOT gas monitor/alarm.
• 1kg ABC Powder fire extinguisher.
• Horseshoe life buoy in pushpit mounted bracket.
• Manual bilge pump.
• Shower sump pump.
• Coachroof grab handles.
• Deep well deck forward for safety whilst working with the anchor.
• Boarding ladder.