Aloha 28

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|name = Aloha 28

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|designer = Edward S. Brewer and Robert Walstrom

|location = Canada

|year = 1972

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|builder = Ouyang Boat Works/Aloha Yachts

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|draft = {{convert|4.33|ft|m|abbr=on}}

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|displacement = {{convert|6750|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}

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|hull type = Monohull

|construction = Fiberglass

|loa = {{convert|28.00|ft|m|abbr=on}}

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|lwl = {{convert|24.50|ft|m|abbr=on}}

|beam = {{convert|9.42|ft|m|abbr=on}}

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|engine = Inboard motor

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|keel type = fin keel

|ballast = {{convert|3000|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}

|rudder type = transom-mounted, skeg-mounted rudder

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|rig type = Bermuda rig

|I = {{convert|35.50|ft|m|abbr=on}}

|J = {{convert|12.00|ft|m|abbr=on}}

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|sailplan = Masthead sloop

|sailarea main = {{convert|159.60|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}

|sailarea headsail = {{convert|213.00|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}

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The Aloha 28 is a Canadian sailboat, that was designed by Edward S. Brewer and Robert Walstrom and first built in 1972.{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/aloha-28|title = Aloha 28 sailboat specifications and details|accessdate = 5 June 2018|last= Browning| first = Randy |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2018 |archive-url= https://archive.today/20211203164230/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/aloha-28|archive-date= 3 December 2021|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url =https://sailboatdata.com/designer/brewer-edward-s|title = Edward S. Brewer|accessdate = 5 June 2018|last= Browning| first = Randy |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2018 |archive-url= https://archive.today/20210902203750/https://sailboatdata.com/designer/brewer-edward-s|archive-date= 2 September 2021|url-status= live}}

The Aloha 28 design was developed into the Aloha 8.5 in 1983.{{cite web|url =https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/aloha-85|title = Aloha 8.5 |accessdate = 5 June 2018|last= Browning| first = Randy |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211029064040/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/aloha-85|archive-date= 29 October 2021|url-status= live}}

The Aloha 28 should not be confused with the Aloa 28, the successor to the Aloa 27 that has been built by the French shipyard Aloa Marine since 1972.{{cite web|url= http://www.occyachting.com.tr/sailing-boats/aloa-serie/new-aloa-28.html|title= New Aloa 28|access-date= 23 August 2021|author= OCC Yachting|work= occyachting.com.tr|year= 2013|archive-url= https://archive.today/20210823114334/http://www.occyachting.com.tr/sailing-boats/aloa-serie/new-aloa-28.html|archive-date= 23 August 2021|url-status= live}}

Production

The boat was built by Ouyang Boat Works in Whitby, Ontario, Canada under its Aloha Yachts brand between 1972 and 1988, but it is now out of production.{{cite web|url =https://sailboatdata.com/builder/ouyang-boat-works-can|title = Ouyang Boat Works (CAN)|accessdate = 5 June 2018|last= Browning| first = Randy |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2018 |archive-url= https://archive.today/20210729152832/https://sailboatdata.com/builder/ouyang-boat-works-can|archive-date= 29 July 2021|url-status= live}}

Design

File:Aloha 28 sailboat Ondine 2560.jpg

File:Aloha 28 sailboat Cyrano II 2586.jpg

File:Aloha 28 sailboat Cyrano II 2505.jpg

The Aloha 28 is a small recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig, a raked stem, a vertical transom, a transom-hung rudder mounted on a skeg and a fixed swept fin keel. It displaces {{convert|6750|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} and carries {{convert|3000|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} of ballast.

The boat has a draft of {{convert|4.33|ft|m|abbr=on}} with the standard keel fitted.

Several masts and rigs were supplied during the course of production, including a tall masted version, with a mast about {{convert|1.6|ft|m|abbr=on}} taller than standard.

With the tall mast fitted the design has a PHRF racing average handicap of 195 with a high of 202 and low of 192. It has a hull speed of {{convert|6.63|kn|km/h|2|abbr=on}}.{{cite web|url = http://www.sailingjoy.com/sailboat_specs/sailboat_specs/view/799/aloha-28|title = Sailboat Specifications for Aloha 28|accessdate = 5 June 2018|work = Sailing Joy|author = InterVisionSoft LLC|year = 2018}}{{Dead link|date=June 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite web|url = http://www.sailingjoy.com/sailboat_specs/sailboat_specs/view/935/aloha-28-tm|title = Sailboat Specifications for Aloha 28 TM|accessdate = 5 June 2018|work = Sailing Joy|author = InterVisionSoft LLC|year = 2018}}{{Dead link|date=June 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Operational history

In a review Michael McGoldrick wrote, "The Aloha 28 was designed by Ted Brewer, a Canadian who has gained a considerable reputation for drawing some serious cruising boats. The Aloha 28 certainly qualifies on this count. Although Aloha wasn't designed for racing, a long waterline makes it a fast boat. It also had a long production run, stretching from the early 1970s to the mid 1980s ... In its final years of production, this boat was also marketed as the Aloha 8.5. The Aloha 8.5 had a different window configuration and a better forward hatch."{{cite web|url = http://sailquest.com/market/models/aloha28.htm|title = Aloha 28 |accessdate = 24 July 2018|last=McGoldrick |first=Michael |work = Sail Quest|year = 2018 |archive-url= https://archive.today/20211203164116/http://sailquest.com/market/models/aloha28.htm|archive-date= 3 December 2021|url-status= live}}