Barbican 30 Sailboats for Sale

Hull Type

Monohull · long

Rig

Masthead Sloop

LOA

29.5' · 8.99 m

Disp.

10,080 lbs · 4,572 kg

First year

1989

The Barbican 30 is a quintessential Maurice Griffiths design, embodying the "goanywhere" philosophy that defined the British cruising scene during the late 1970s and 1980s. Developed as a modern GRP evolution of the traditional longkeel cruiser, the model was primarily built by Barbican Yachts and Phillips of Dartmouth. It presents a distinctive profile characterized by a modest sheer, a robust transomhung rudder, and a cutaway long keel that balances traditional tracking with improved maneuverability. As a "pocket bluewater cruiser," the Barbican 30 was designed to provide a secure platform for coastal hopping and midrange offshore passages, prioritizing structural integrity and seakindliness over modern lightair speed or interior volume.