30' Cal 2-30

Price Reduced, Offers Considered

This 1970 Cal 2-30, Haiku is a well maintained and very race oriented CAL 2-30. Last in the water summer of 2024, she is being offered for sale by her 4th owner. Haiku's equipment list and latest use is certainly slanted toward the race coursed but these boats are very capable offshore cruisers as well. The Mahogany interior wood is a touch from the past and appreciated. She features a Large comfortable V-Berth, Dinette and Twin Quarter berths as accommodations. Haiku is currently out of the water and ready for your inspection.

Haiku History

Haiku is a CAL 2/30 and was built in 1970 by Jensen Marine. She was modified at the factory to meet MORC race parameters. She is a mast head rig, most Cal 2/30s are fractional rigs. The mast is set back for a larger headsail. The transom is chopped off about two inches to get the boat under 30 feet, a MORC requirement. The first owner was John of Oxford, on the eastern shore of Maryland. Her original name was Windsong.



In 1972 Willard and Paul bought Haiku. They raced her until about 1989, when they won the PHRF C Region 1 High Point Championship. She then sat on land for four years. I raced with Paul on the J/30 Shaken Not Stirred. He owned and raced the J/29, Torture. He now owns the S2 9.1, Torch.



In 1994 Gordon and John bought Haiku. They kept her in Middle River, north of Baltimore. Gordon and his dad basically rebuilt the boat with new standing rigging in 2003. The engine was rebuilt about 1999. The boom was replaced and the mast step rebuilt. John completely rewired the boat. They won the PHRF C Region 1 High Point Championship in 2001.



In 2000 Gordon and Becky bought the J/30 Shaken Not Stirred and raced her in Annapolis. John and Gordon continued to race Haiku in Middle River. Under Gordon and John, Haiku won many races in the PHRF class C.



In 2005 we bought Haiku and kept her in Mill Creek, near Annapolis. That first summer, we only got her out sailing about five times. The bottom finish was a race bottom called Balto Plate, very smooth, it needed to be cleaned by a diver every week. We didnt do that and ended up having her pulled out for four weeks and the bottom painted with a cruising bottom that required very little maintenance. We had her put up for the winter at Whitehall Marina and got a slip there for the 2006 season.

Haiku sail inventory
North sails:
Main, Dacron 2004
Genoa #1 155% Kevlar/carbon, 2004 (0 to 14 knots) very little use
#3 Jib 110% Dacron, 2012 Performance Series 200, cloth NSP Radian NDR 7.5, with battens. Only used a few times

Mack sails:
#2 Genoa 130% Dacron, 2020 (this is the work horse cruising sail) Dacron 6.77

Other sails:
#1 Genoa 155% Kevlar in a Banks bag, very marginal

Spinnaker .75 oz. red/green in North bag

Spinnaker 1.5 oz. heavy weather spinnaker green/yellow in red bag

Improvements

Holding tank installed 2015
New cushions 2005
New carpet 2022
Partially painted headliner 2022
New fire extinguishers 2022
New forward hatch 2010
Replaced cabin top mahogany handrails 2023
New bilge pump 2015
ENGINE

Baffling exhaust installed
Battery smart charger installed 2019
Replaced cutlass bearing 2024
LASDROP shaft seal repacked 2015
New fuel pump 2018
Rebuilt carburetor 2019
New batteries 2019
New motor mounts 2015
SAILS

New #2 genoa 2021
New #3 Jib
New mainsail cover 2021
RIGGING AND MAST

Traveler rebuilt
Newer halyards
Replaced upper shrouds 2015
Replaced spinnaker halyard blocks Harken Carbo Air 2019
Main halyard sheave replaced 2014
Completely rewired the mast and replaced mast lights with LED's 2019
Cleaned and lubed primary and secondary winches 2016