Broom 30 & Skipper
Sharing the same round-bilged GRP hull as the Ocean 30, designed by Mr R.M. “Rip” Martins who was a naval architect, the Broom 30 is distinguished by its midships wheelhouse saloon, with sliding doors on both sides. The superstructure and interior were designed by Mr Martin Broom and four pre-1968 boats had a mahogany superstructure and teak-laid deck, after which time the construction was all GRP. Wooden uprights in the forward windscreen and wooden wheelhouse door frames were also phased out in later models.
Most people are surprised by the spaciousness of the interior, which provides four single berths in two cabins, a wheelhouse/saloon with a convertible settee and sunroof, two bathrooms and a ‘corridor’ galley. Some boats have had a helm position retro-fitted to the aft cabin roof, behind the wheelhouse/saloon, increasing air draught to 9ft. The ‘Skipper’ variant of the Broom 30 was produced with a soft-top and hinge-down windscreen and sides to the wheelhouse/saloon to give an air draught suitable for the Upper Thames, the Broads and other cruising grounds with low bridges. On these models, the wheelhouse is smaller, with a larger saloon and galley aft.
Engines are mostly Perkins 4-cylinder diesels ranging from 35 to 70hp in either single or twin configurations. The difference in top speeds between these is only about 1 knot.
| LOA: | 30ft 0in / 9.14m |
| Beam: | 10ft 4in / 3.15m |
| Draught: | 2ft 6in / 0.76m |
| Min. Air Draught: | 8ft 0in / 2.44m (6ft 6in on Skipper) |
| Hull/Deck: | GRP/Wood or GRP |
| Hull Form: | Displacement |
| Cruise Speed: | 7 knots |
| Max. Speed: | 9 knots |
| Fuel Capacity: | 40 gals / 182 ltr |
| Water Capacity: | 90 gals / 410ltr |
| Build Period: | 1966 – 1981 |
| Number Built: | 250 |
| Previous Model: | Bosun |
| Successor Model: | Broom 29 |
| Market Value: | £25,000 – 35,000 |
4 Comments
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Louise Busby
Thanks Don. I have added a email link on the Broom Models page so that members can send me their updated boat photos. I will be adding a gallery of each model as one of my forthcoming projects :-)
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Giovanni Balderacchi
Dear Luise good evening from Italy, I live on the Lake of Iseo northern region. We are professional fishermens on the Lake and occasionnally we found for sale a very old Broom Ocean 30 year 1979 to refit. It's the right boat for a lake and for fishing tourism. At the moment we have not engines' documents (lost in the past years) and we ask to the Group if it's possible to have a copy of them for two Mercedes engines, so we can describe engines data to italian Boat Authority with the marinization Manufacturer and obtain two new ones. Also boat's owner user manual will be very useful. We want to refund all expenses and other costs thank you in advance Giovanni
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Louise Busby
Hi Giovanni, We do have boat manuals and technical advice available to Broom owners club members. Perhaps you would consider the small investment of joining the club in order to access the knowledge of the Broom boat owning community. We do have members from 14 different countries so far and would be glad to add Italy to the list!
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Donald & Marjorie Walker
This all looks very impressive. Enjoying looking through the models gallery where it would be god to have more photos. I also need to provide a "current news and events section for the European page, which I will do before the site goes live. Other comment to Louise by e mail.