[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] The boat was the one design class for the Tour de France à la voile from 1999 to 2010, until it was replaced by the M34 in 2011.

[12][13] The design was built by Beneteau in France, dk Yachts in Malaysia, McDell Marine in New Zealand, Ovington Boats in the United Kingdom, Carroll Marine and Waterline Systems, both in the United States.

[1][2][3][4][5][12][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29] The Farr 30 is a lightweight racing keelboat, with both the hull and deck built predominantly of an E-glass and balsa sandwich.

The hull has a nearly plumb stem, an open reverse transom, an internally mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed fin keel wkith a swept, weighted bulb.

[1][2][3][4][5] The boat is fitted with a Japanese Yanmar 1GM10 diesel engine of 10 hp (7 kW) for docking and manoeuvring.

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.