Development | |
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Designer | Roger Hewson |
Location | United States |
Year | 1971 |
No. built | 199 |
Builder(s) | Sabre Yachts |
Name | Sabre 28-1 |
Boat | |
Displacement | 7,400 lb (3,357 kg) |
Draft | 4.33 ft (1.32 m) |
Hull | |
Type | Monohull |
Construction | Fiberglass |
LOA | 28.00 ft (8.53 m) |
LWL | 22.83 ft (6.96 m) |
Beam | 9.17 ft (2.80 m) |
Engine type | Universal Atomic 4 30 hp (22 kW) gasoline engine |
Hull appendages | |
Keel/board type | swept fin keel |
Ballast | 2,900 lb (1,315 kg) |
Rudder(s) | sskeg-mounted rudder |
Rig | |
Rig type | Bermuda rig |
I foretriangle height | 36.20 ft (11.03 m) |
J foretriangle base | 11.80 ft (3.60 m) |
P mainsail luff | 30.90 ft (9.42 m) |
E mainsail foot | 11.60 ft (3.54 m) |
Sails | |
Sailplan | Masthead sloop |
Mainsail area | 179.22 sq ft (16.650 m2) |
Jib/ genoa area | 213.58 sq ft (19.842 m2) |
Total sail area | 392.80 sq ft (36.492 m2) |
The Sabre 28 is a series of American sailboats, designed by Roger Hewson and first built in 1971. [1] [2]
The boat was built in three versions by Sabre Yachts in the United States between 1971 and 1986, with a total of 588 built. [1] [2] [3]
The Sabre 28 was the first design for the newly-formed company. Its design goal was to build the finest 28-foot sailing yacht available, using the state of the art materials and techniques available at the time and construct the boat on a modern assembly line basis, to realize good economy and production quality. [3]
The Sabre 28 is a small recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with extensive teak wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig, a raked stem, vertical transom, skeg-mounted rudder controlled by a ship's wheel and a swept fixed fin keel. [1] [4]
The accommodations include a double "V" berth in the forward cabin, single and double bunks in the main cabin, and a quarter berth. The forward cabin has a door for privacy. The head includes a hanging locker and a dorade vent. The main cabin has a folding table that stows against a bulkhead. The galley features a recessed stove. [4]
The cockpit is over 7 ft (2.1 m) in length. The foredeck mounts an anchor locker. Other features include a foredeck hatch, four opening and four fixed ports, internal halyards for both the mainsail and the genoa, raised by a mast-mounted winch. The mainsheet traveler is mounted on the cabin roof and genoa tracks are provided. The genoa is controlled with dual two-speed winches, mounted on the cockpit coaming. [4]
All models have hull speeds of 6.4 kn (11.85 km/h). [5]
The Sabre 28 was inducted into the now-defunct Sail America American Sailboat Hall of Fame in 2003. In honoring the design, the hall cited, "If Roger Hewson and his associates at Sabre Yachts hadn’t hit a sweet spot with the 28 – bringing the look and feel of a yacht into the pocket-cruiser size range – they wouldn’t have had a 15-year production run, nor gone on to build close to 2000 larger sail and power boats. Perhaps the truest testimony to their success in crafting a boat of lasting quality is the price a 28 fetches on the used boat market today. Depending on maintenance and updates, prices can range from $15,000 to $30,000. As Hornor writes, “The Sabre 28 is rather high priced for its size and accommodations. However, the boat has proven to be a good investment due to its ability to attract buyers willing to pay a little more”" [11]
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