Hinterhoeller Nonsuch 30 Classic Buyer's Guide
The Hinterhoeller Nonsuch 30 Classic is a cat-rigged 30-foot cruiser built in Canada from 1978 through 1989, with roughly 1,080 hulls produced across the original Classic and later Ultra layouts. Its unstayed wishbone mast and voluminous cabin make it a recognizable presence on the used market for sailors who value simplicity over convention.
Layouts on the Used Market
Owner three-cabin layouts are the more common on the used market, but both are available; ex-charter examples are common. The standard arrangement places a double berth to starboard and a single to port, with quarterberths aft of a midships port galley and opposite head, while the forward six feet is given to hanging lockers and storage. The Ultra generation introduced a forward double-berth stateroom around 1983 for those wanting a dedicated bow cabin.
Equipment and Common Upgrades
A chartplotter and autopilot are commonly fitted, reflecting the boat's natural singlehanding character, and electric winches are often seen to ease cockpit work. Beyond those, a buyer will less commonly find air conditioning, solar, bimini, dodger, swim platform, dinghy davits, life raft, or a short-handed setup as owner upgrades. The most consequential clusters for viewing are power and energy — solar and electric winches signal a self-sufficient tidal cruiser — and canvas and sail handling, where a bimini and dodger speak to temperate-season comfort rather than offshore prep.
What to Inspect
The coamings and seat corners on this design pack many tight-radius molding turns, so a buyer should look there first for crazing in the gelcoat that appears sooner than on the rest of the hull. Inside the cockpit lockers, check that the aluminum rudder quadrant stops have not sawed into the exhaust line with their sharp edges. Below the waterline, most through-hulls use gate valves rather than seacocks or ball valves, and the drains and exhaust lines at the transom bottom carry no valves at all — confirm each is free, seated, and not degraded.
Availability and Buyer's Takeaway
These boats turn up in the United States, Canada, and France. Before committing, walk the cockpit radii for cracks, trace the locker exhaust line for quadrant chafe, and exercise every gate valve and transom drain. Confirm which engine generation is installed — Volvo saildrive or Westerbeke shaft — and sit in the cockpit with thick cushions to judge forward visibility.
Price & volume trends
Monthly asking-price and listing-volume trends for the Hinterhoeller Nonsuch 30 Classic. The line shows the median ask each month; the bars show how many listings appeared.
Monthly breakdown · 11 rows
| Month | Listings | Median ask | Δ vs. last mo. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 25 | 1 | $26,900 | — |
| Aug 25 | 2 | $37,000 | +37.5% |
| Sep 25 | 2 | $34,999 | -5.4% |
| Oct 25 | 1 | $61,900 | +76.9% |
| Jan 26 | 1 | $26,312 | -57.5% |
| Feb 26 | 1 | $27,500 | +4.5% |
| Apr 26 | 1 | $26,546 | -3.5% |
| May 26 | 2 | $57,042 | +114.9% |
| Jun 26 | 3 | $29,900 | -47.6% |
| Jul 26 | 2 | $41,856 | +40.0% |
| Aug 26 | 2 | $33,000 | -21.2% |
Where they're listed
Hinterhoeller Nonsuch 30 Classic listings appear across 3 countries. United States has the most listings with 10 (66.7%), followed by Canada and France.
Country view
15 listings · 3 countries| Country | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | $33,000 | 10 | 6 | 66.7% |
| Canada | $26,546 | 3 | 0 | 20.0% |
| France | $57,042 | 2 | 0 | 13.3% |
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7 similar designs| Model | LOA | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonsuch 30 | 30.33' | $ 39,900 | 76 | 25 |
| CS Yachts 30 | 30' | $ 24,499 | 27 | 5 |
| Cape Dory 30 C | 30.21' | $ 17,000 | 19 | 3 |
| Nonsuch Nonsuch 30 ClassicYou are here | — | $ 33,000 | 16 | 7 |
| Victoria Victoria 30 | 29.67' | $ 27,088 | 14 | 4 |
| Nonsuch 33 | 33.42' | $ 62,628 | 9 | 4 |
| Hinterhoeller 30 | 30' | $ 38,000 | 7 | 7 |