1985 Lippincott 30 Pre-Purchase Survey
Ironically, this survey was suspended by moisture problems in the side decks. If you were to look closely at the photo to the left, you would see . . . nothing - no crazing, no old repairs. However, the moisture meter claimed there was moisture in the plywood used for side deck coring, and a mallet produced a "thud, thud" sound unlike the solid sounds elsewhere. After a significant price reduction, we continued the survey, and the transaction went through. I don't think what we found is very common on these boats.
Lippincott 30's have solid fiberglass hulls that will be around for a long time, and have some simple but elegant details, - like no through-hull fittings visible on the outside of the hull, except on the transom for engine exhaust (and and a bilge pump in this case).
The interior does a lot with the boat's size. For instance, a large icebox extends into the port cockpit locker with a separate access hatch to allow for more storage. The head is between the mast support, and the V-berth, but has a door separating the head and shower on the starboard side from the sink on the port side. This allows a passage forward to remain clear on the port side, even when the head is in use.
The rig is very basic - a deck-stepped masthead configuration. The only drawback on this particular boat, was that this requires forward and aft lowers to stabilize the mast, and thus more penetrations through the side deck - and more moisture getting into the core.
