Halmatic 30 Buyer's Guide
The Halmatic 30 is a heavy-displacement long-keeled cruiser of 29ft 6in built for tidal and offshore use, and on the used market she appeals to buyers who value seaworthiness and solo-friendly handling over speed or salon glamour. Production ran from 1979 through 1988 with ninety-five built, so examples are finite but coherent in specification. This guide focuses on what to expect aboard and what to check before committing.
Layouts on the Used Market
Below decks the Halmatic 30 is configured as a practical small cruiser rather than a berth-maximised charter boat. There are no aft cabins, which preserves cockpit stowage, and she sleeps six only in close proximity — for two she is comfortable and spacious. The saloon carries over 6ft of headroom in a bright living space, while forward headroom is 5ft 8in under the raised forehatch and a stooping 5ft 6in in the forward cabin. The galley works well in a seaway though worktop space is limited, and the heads compartment is impressively roomy for a 30-footer. A delightfully practical nav station rounds out an interior designed around off-watch crew care, with grabrails and posts placed where you hold on and not too much lurch room.
Equipment and Common Upgrades
On the brokerage market, heating, a furling main, and AIS are commonly fitted to the Halmatic 30. Often seen additions include solar, lithium batteries, wind generator, radar, autopilot, chartplotter, life raft, and short-handed setups. Because the boat is well-suited to a swinging mooring and will dry out happily alongside a quay, buyers will frequently find ground-tackle and drying-out gear consistent with that usage rather than deep-water-only fitouts.
What to Inspect
The Halmatic 30's known points are largely behavioural, but a survey should confirm the external cast iron keel runs right aft and provides a shoe on which the bottom of the rudder sits, since this is central to her drying-out capability. Her low form stability means she is slightly more prone to rolling when swell hooks into an anchorage, and testers recorded that she heels quickly in light airs and once down to 25° rarely goes further — useful to confirm she has not been lightened or modified away from her designed centre-line stowage of water, batteries, fuel, and engine that gives her low centre of gravity.
Availability and Buyer's Takeaway
The Halmatic 30 is typically found in the United Kingdom. For the shopping buyer the essentials are: confirm the long-keel shoe and rudder seat; verify centre-line heavy stowage is intact; accept quick heeling in light airs and rolly anchoring in swell as design traits; check for commonly fitted heating, furling main, and AIS plus often-seen solar, lithium, and autopilot; and budget for limited galley worktop and no aft cabins as fixed layout facts rather than defects.
Price & volume trends
Monthly asking-price and listing-volume trends for the Halmatic 30. The line shows the median ask each month; the bars show how many listings appeared.
Monthly breakdown · 3 rows
| Month | Listings | Median ask | Δ vs. last mo. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25 | 1 | $ 13,412 | — |
| Nov 25 | 1 | $ 11,794 | -12.1% |
| Apr 26 | 9 | $ 17,516 | +48.5% |
Where they're listed
Halmatic 30 listings appear across 1 country. United Kingdom has the most listings with 10.
Country view
10 listings · 1 country| Country | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | $ 17,516 | 10 | 6 | 100.0% |
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2 similar designs| Model | LOA | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cape Dory 30 C | 30.21' | $ 17,000 | 22 | 3 |
| Halmatic 30You are here | — | $ 17,516 | 11 | 6 |