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Precision 28

LOA -28' 0"
LWL -- 23' 0"
BEAM -- 10' 0"
DRAFT -- 3' 8"
Displacement -- 5500 lbs.
Ballast -- 1900 lbs
Sail area -- 356 sq. ft.
Mast height above DWL -- 42' 0"
Engine -- Yanmar 2GMF 18 hp
Designer: -- Jim Taylor

Features:

Hull & Deck
• Hand laminated FRP
• ISO/NPG Gelcoat Finish
• Vinylester Resin Skin Coat on hull
• Bolt on lead keel w/efficient "end plate" and bulb
• Transom swim platform w/boarding ladder
• Stainless steel bow and stern rails
• Tapered stanchions & double lifelines
• Bomar lexan forward hatch
• 10-Lemar opening ports w/screens
• Anchor locker on deck for 13 lb. Danforth
• Molded toe rails w/drains
• 4-7 in. 4 bolt mooring cleats
• Teak handrails
• Waterline & sheer stripes

Cockpit
• 7' "tee" shaped cockpit
• Contoured helmsman seat
• Harken mainsheet traveler
• Harken 4:1 mainsheet
• Harken self tailing sheet winches
• Harken halyard & reefing winches w/Spinlock clutches
• Yanmar instrument panel
• Edson wheel steering w/wheel brake and pedestal guard
• Richie 2000 compass
• Stainless steel throttle and shift controls
• Emergency tiller
• Ice chest under helmsman's seat
• 2-cockpit storage lockers

Engine Room
• Freshwater cooled 18 HP Yanmar diesel
• Racor fuel filter
• Bronze water strainer
• Sound insulated engine box w/3 access hatches
• 1 in. Monel shaft & 2 blade bronze prop
• Hinged access to stuffing box
• 9 gallon fuel tank
• Water lift muffler

Cabin
• Molded "structural grid" interior liner
• Fabric covered cushions
• 6 berths
• Backrest cushions w/storage behind
• Nav station with fold down table
• Drop-leaf salon table
• Shelves over V-berth
• Enclosed private stateroom aft
• Large double berth
• Vanity counter w/locker
• Storage shelf
• Electrical outlet (AC)
• Backrest cushion
• Solid teak door

Head
• Marine head w/9 gallon holding tank
• Vanity
• Stainless steel sink w/hot & cold
• pressure water
• Electrical outlet (AC)
• 2 storage cabinets
• Shower
• Wet hanging locker
• Solid teak door

Electrical
• AC/DC electrical panel w/circuit breakers & battery
condition meter
• 3 position master switch (MBB)
• Dual battery system
• 8 interior lights
• Running lights
• Foredeck & anchor lights
• 110 volt shore power w/4 GFI protected outlets
• 6 gallon AC or engine hot water heater

Spars, Sails & Rigging
• Anodized mast and boom
• Full battened mainsail & 110% lapper
• Low stretch Dacron halyards
• Split backstay
• Topping lift
• Stainless steel rigging w/open body turnbuckles

Galley
• Convenient "L" galley
• 3 drawers
• Galley top storage locker
• Dish locker & trash bin
• 2 burner, flush mount, alcohol stove
• Stainless steel sink w/hot and cold pressure water
• Electrical outlet (AC)
• 22 gallon water tank

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Designer's Notes:

The new Precision 28 is our sixth design for Florida's Precision Boat Works, and she is an unabashedly direct evolution of their popular 27-footer, with the extra hull length devoted to an even more expansive interior forward and to an attractive transom boarding ladder aft. This new flagship of the Precision line shares her smaller sisters' well-deserved reputation for exquisite tooling, as well as for sound construction and thoughtful detailing. To their everlasting credit, Precision Boat Works has always eschewed flash-in-the-pan gimmickry in favor of structural integrity and long term functionality, and this straightforward approach has earned them an enviable reputation in the marketplace.

The Precision 28 achieves her performance objectives of winning speed, safety, and reliable handling by means of a very carefully refined combination of a fine water-line entry, substantial flare to the top sides forward, and powerful sections aft that taper to an only moderately broad transom. This precise fore and aft balance of hull volume avoids the trim and handling problems that less symmetrical hulls suffer when heeled, and it gives reassuring margins of both reserve buoyancy forward and of "knockdown stability." Much of the popularity of the entire Precision line is due to their delightful characteristics under sail, which the new Precision 28 is certain to share.

The fixed keel of the Precision 28 is a deliberate departure from that of her smaller keel/centerboard sisters, which are all designed to be easily tailored and thus feature draft too shallow for a fixed keel of any kind to give acceptable performance. The Precision 28 is large enough so that trailering on a regular basis is impractical and her standard keel can thus draw a substantial 3.6 feet. (Fixed keels with significantly less draft, even if fitted with wings, have proven to perform poorly upwind). The Precision 28 keel is an external lead casting that features a very carefully developed "end plate effect bulb" at the tip, our well-proven design that provides excellent upwind efficiency and stability, that is less troublesome than wings, and that approaches the all around performance potential of the deep-draft elliptical fin.

The long and careful thought that designer and builder put into the development of the Precision 28 is perhaps most clearly reflected in her meticulous deck and cockpit detailing. Wheel steering is standard, and both main and genoa sheets are led aft near the helm for easy short-handed sailing. Inboard chain plates and genoa tracks allow close-winded sheeting angles and easy passage past the low, sleek cabin house. The cockpit is longer than typical and features reassuringly deep seats and a closed transom to keep both crew and gear securely inside. The high coamings are precisely angled for maximum comfort both upright and heeled, and there is no awkward bridge deck to clamber over when going below. There is a generous anchor locker forward and two huge cockpit lockers aft.

Precision Boat Works continues to focus entirely on small boats, and their long experience and expertise in this niche is all brought to bear in their newest offering. Their commitment to high-quality construction and function is unwavering, and they understand firsthand what makes sailing fun. Sophisticated buyers are sure to be impressed with the new Precision 28!