We ask top sailors and marine industry gurus to choose the coolest and most innovative yachts of our times. Here, Mark Mills nominates the Mumm 30\u201cI picked the Mumm 30 partly out of respect for Bruce Farr,\u201d says designer Mark Mills. \u201c[Farr] was so competitive in IOR in my teens, then equally strong in IMS as well as dominating the Whitbread Round the World Races, while penning some of the most successful \u2018big boat\u2019 one-design classes ever. Through all those different briefs he managed to maintain a fidelity to light, clean, simple design, no matter what rule pressures applied.
\n\u201cThe Mumm 30 for me is the most distilled essence of the clean, light, simple philosophy. The first production one-design to bring non-overlapping jibs on swept spreader rigs to the mainstream, it was drawn to be fast, easy to build, and straightforward to sail.
\nThe Mumm 30 remains a great deal of fun to sail. Photo: Gilles Martin-Raget
\n\u201cIt went well in all conditions but perhaps its finest achievement was 11 years of the Tour de France \u00e0 la Voile, where the variety of conditions and distances challenged many of the world\u2019s best sailors in one of its best boats.\u201d
\nMumm 30 stats rating:
\nTop speed: 28 knots
\nLOA: 9.43m\/31ft
\nLaunched: 1995
\nBerths: 4
\nPrice: $85,000
\nAdrenalin factor: 70%
\nMark Mills
\nYacht designer Mark Mills is based in Wicklow, Ireland, and has drawn some of the most stunning and successful custom yachts of the past two decades, including the WallyCento Tango, Maxi 72 Alegre 3, and IRC winners Tiamat and Mariners Cove. Mills has also created one-designs such as the Cape 31 and New York Yacht Club\u2019s IC37.<\/p>\n
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We ask top sailors and marine industry gurus to choose the coolest and most innovative yachts of our times. Here, Mark Mills nominates the Mumm 30\u201cI picked the Mumm 30 partly out of respect for Bruce Farr,\u201d says designer Mark … <\/p>\n