Wyliecat 30 Sailboats for Sale

Drawing Diagram

Builder drawing

Hull Type

Monohull · fin

Rig

Cat Rig

LOA

30.5' · 9.3 m

Disp.

5,500 lbs · 2,495 kg

First year

1995

In 1995, Northern California naval architect Tom Wylie set out to resolve a persistent lament echoing through marina docks and yacht club bars: the sheer difficulty of organizing a reliable race crew, the hassle of rigging a complex boat for a quick lunchtime sail, and the tedious struggle of managing heavy headsails as the wind builds. His solution was the Wyliecat 30, a highly unconventional, highperformance catrigged monohull designed to offer the blistering speed of a modern racing yacht with the effortless, singlehanded utility of a dinghy. Built to American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) standards, the Wyliecat 30 achieved exactly what Wylie intended. It took the traditional, stayless catboat concept and dragged it into the composite age, creating a fast, light, and robust vessel that remains a cult classic among shorthanded sailors and distance racers.