When sailing there is little
need to move forward
unless flying the spinnaker
or gennaker as all controls
are led aft including
reefing the mainsail. This
makes sailing much safer
and enables the 28 to be
easily shorthanded.
The folded boat in its berth
Being lightweight the
boat is intended to have
a portable anchor – say a stowage bag with a lightweight
(Fortress style) anchor, say 15m of chain and 30m warp –
that can be stowed in the cockpit and moved forward when
required. Personally I am not sure about this, being outboard
driven one might need an anchor quickly so the anchor gear
Mast raising whilst on the trailer prior to launching
would need to be available immediately the outboard is being
used. Mind you if sailing a Melges or a J109 you would not
have the anchor on the foredeck either. And if you did maybe
Exterior
you would have bought a 920 instead!
The boat only has a tiller steered option which means when
in harbour the cockpit space enables seating for six. The
All deck gear is good standard with Andersen winches,
companionway is large enabling easy access to the interior.
Ronstan blocks, Facnor roller furling and lots of substantial
There are two large draining cockpit lockers, one containing
stainless steel cleats and U bolts.
the gas bottle and two smaller lockers on the transom for
storing fuel or outboard accessories. With no forward anchor
locker greater reliance is placed on stowage in the floats
where there are opening hatches into large central stowage
areas as in the 35. This works well provided they are not
overloaded but are ideal and sufficiently spacious for stowing
a dinghy.
The cockpit has the usual array of jammers and winches
all of which are adequate for the job. The mainsheet has a
single anchor point in the cockpit relying on barber haulers
from the floats to give good control of the mainsail. Removing
the need for a mainsheet track opens up the cockpit area
and is much easier than fiddling around with traveller controls It is a big boat to trail but it is lighter than most caravans and
in the cockpit.
will tow behind a family car
The jammers are either side of the
cockpit and easily accessible
The boat is designed to dry out – where appropriate! »
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