Ultra 30?

2 ULTRAS HAVE RECENTLY BEEN PURCHASED FROM AROUND SOUTHAMPTON AREA.  THEY ARE DBE AND ANOTHER IM NOT SURE OF THE NAME OF.  THEY ARE BEING SAILED OUT OF PENZANCE SAILING CLUB IN CORNWALL.  I CREWED DBS ON THE FIRST OUTING THERE.  WAS LOADZ OF FUN AND PRETTY QUICK TOO.  CHECK WWW.PHOTOLOUNGE .CO.UK FOR PICCYS OF THIS SAIL.  I GUESS IT SHOWS WHAT A LOAD OF NUTTY CORNISH GUYS CAN PULL OFF WHEN THEY TRY.  LONG LIVE THE FEW THAT ARE STILL GOING

Originally posted by RCrawford .  THEY ARE BEING SAILED OUT OF PENZANCE SAILING CLUB IN CORNWALL.  I CREWED DBS ON THE FIRST OUTING THERE.  WAS LOADZ OF FUN AND PRETTY QUICK TOO.  CHECK WWW.PHOTOLOUNGE .CO.UK FOR PICCYS OF THIS SAIL.

What brilliant Photos!!!!

Loved the accidental body drags. Those pictures bring back memories of watching sailing when I was younger on BBC. Was a bit shocked when I eventually first went sailing on the broads on a Mirror. Bit of a reality check !!!

The teenagers racing these days have no clue as to what the Ultra 30s are !!

Afraid i dont know how much the boats were purchased for but rumors are that they were a "bargain" price.  DBS is not in too bad a nick but i am yet to see the other one.  The photos are from the 1st relaunch of DBS was really good fun.  As can be seen a boat of this calibre did not go without teething problems.  Some of the 11 (only 9 normally) on board had little or not dinghy experience and few had trapezed regularly so falling off was an issue for some (as photos show).  The boats are, from what i hear, being sailed regularly(ish). 

Cheers Ryan

I think they were a good thing for the sport to showcase a bit of adrenaline around the usual venues and some cities.

Did they start as B14 style, only to have plastic pub beer garden seats bolted on- leg less as per previous users- then only  to get the full whack trapped up?

Who designed them? did they have a steel dagger board?

John Corby got hold of some rigs and built a few 35 foot keel boats which were quite a sight - Converting machine 1 and joyride looked space age for  their day amidst j35s and sigma 38s-&400s in their classes


Edited by damp_freddie

Originally posted by damp_freddie Did they start as B14 style, only to have plastic pub beer garden seats bolted on- leg less as per previous users- then only  to get the full whack trapped up?

AFAIK they were an OD and much the same from the beginning. Unlike the USA "Ultimate 30s" from which they were derived, which was a development class but only lasted a couple of years.