| Hunter 28 | |
| Image Boat: | File:Hunter 28 sailboat Zack 2804.jpg |
| Location: | United States |
| Year: | 1989 |
| Builder: | Hunter Marine |
| Draft: | 3.75feet |
| Displacement: | 74000NaN0 |
| Hull Type: | Monohull |
| Construction: | Fiberglass |
| Loa: | 28.01feet |
| Lwl: | 24.17feet |
| Beam: | 10.5feet |
| Engine: | Yanmar 180NaN0 diesel engine |
| Keel Type: | wing keel |
| Ballast: | 28000NaN0 |
| Rudder Type: | internally-mounted spade-type rudder |
| Rig Type: | Bermuda rig |
| I: | 35feet |
| J: | 10.5feet |
| P: | 37.5feet |
| E: | 11.5feet |
| Sailplan: | Fractional rigged sloop |
| Sailarea Main: | 215.63square feet |
| Sailarea Headsail: | 183.75square feet |
| Sailarea Total: | 399.38square feet |
| Previous: | Hunter 28.5 |
| Successor: | Hunter 280 |
The Hunter 28 is an American sailboat that was designed as a racer-cruiser and first built in 1989.[1] [2]
The Hunter 28 is a development of the 1985 Hunter 28.5.[1] [2]
The design was built by Hunter Marine in the United States between 1989 and 1994, but it is now out of production.[1] [2] [3]
The Hunter 28 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass. It has a fractional sloop rig, a raked stem, a reverse transom, an internally-mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a wheel and a fixed wing keel. It displaces 74000NaN0 and carries 28000NaN0 of ballast.[1] [2]
The boat has a draft of 3.75feet with the standard wing keel fitted.[1] [2]
The boat is fitted with a Japanese Yanmar diesel engine of 180NaN0 Universal Atomic 4. The fuel tank holds and the fresh water tank has a capacity of .[1] [2]
The design has a hull speed of 6.592NaN2.[2] [4]
Marine surveyor David Pascoe wrote a scathing review of the design in 1998, criticizing the aft cabin, the head design, dinette, the reverse transom and swim platform, rigging dimensions, deck hatch, cockpit dimensions with regard to the wheel size and placement, winch mounting, lack of cockpit back support, the keel design, fiberglass quality and the engine mounts. In concluding he writes, "This could have been a nice, well-made boat. Parts of it are, but the builder didn't have his priorities straight. If all you're going to do is sail around the pond on balmy days, its probably fine for that. A serious deep water sailor she's not. This is a price boat, and there's altogether too much that you don't get for what you don't pay, for any serious sailor to take the Hunter 28 seriously. There's a good reason why first impressions should be taken seriously, too. What you don't pay for up front will surely be heavily loaded on the back end. Count on it ... If you wonder why people are leaving sailing like the plague just arrived, possibly this boat offers some reasons. There are too many just like it."[5]
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