Hunter 28
{{Short description|Sailboat class}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2018}}
{{Use American English|date=November 2018}}
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|location = United States
|year = 1989
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|builder = Hunter Marine
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|draft = {{convert|3.75|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|displacement = {{convert|7400|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}
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|hull type = Monohull
|construction = Fiberglass
|loa = {{convert|28.01|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|lwl = {{convert|24.17|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|beam = {{convert|10.50|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|engine = Yanmar {{convert|18|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} diesel engine
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|keel type = wing keel
|ballast = {{convert|2800|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}
|rudder type = internally-mounted spade-type rudder
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|rig type = Bermuda rig
|I = {{convert|35.00|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|J = {{convert|10.50|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|P = {{convert|37.50|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|E = {{convert|11.50|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|sailplan = Fractional rigged sloop
|sailarea main = {{convert|215.63|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
|sailarea headsail = {{convert|183.75|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
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|previous = Hunter 28.5
|successor = Hunter 280
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The Hunter 28 is an American sailboat that was designed as a racer-cruiser and first built in 1989.{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/hunter-28|title = Hunter 28 sailboat specifications and details|access-date = 8 November 2018|last = Browning|first = Randy|work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2018|archive-url = https://archive.today/20220405000753/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/hunter-28|archive-date = 5 April 2022|url-status = live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/hunter/28|title= Hunter 28|access-date= 4 April 2022|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220405000752/https://sailboat.guide/hunter/28|archive-date= 5 April 2022|url-status= live}}
The Hunter 28 is a development of the 1985 Hunter 28.5.
Production
The design was built by Hunter Marine in the United States between 1989 and 1994, but it is now out of production.{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/builder/hunter-marine-usa|title = Hunter Marine|accessdate = 4 April 2022|last = McArthur|first = Bruce|work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2022|archive-url = https://archive.today/20200730183858/https://sailboatdata.com/builder/hunter-marine-usa|archive-date = 30 July 2020|url-status = live}}
Design
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 {{convert|7400|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} and carries {{convert|2800|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} of ballast.
The boat has a draft of {{convert|3.75|ft|m|abbr=on}} with the standard wing keel fitted.
The boat is fitted with a Japanese Yanmar diesel engine of {{convert|18|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} Universal Atomic 4. The fuel tank holds {{convert|18|u.s.gal}} and the fresh water tank has a capacity of {{convert|30|u.s.gal}}.
The design has a hull speed of {{convert|6.59|kn|km/h|2|abbr=on}}.{{cite web|url = http://www.sailingjoy.com/sailboat_specs/sailboat_specs/view/5709/hunter-28 |title = Sailboat Specifications for Hunter 28 |access-date = 8 November 2018|work = Sailing Joy|author= InterVisionSoft LLC|year = 2018|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181108224455/http://www.sailingjoy.com/sailboat_specs/sailboat_specs/view/5709/hunter-28|archive-date= 8 November 2018|url-status= dead}}
Operational history
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."{{cite web|url = http://www.yachtsurvey.com/boatreviews/hunter28.htm|title = Hunter 28|access-date = 8 November 2018|last = Pascoe|first = David|work = www.yachtsurvey.com|date = 1 August 1998|archive-url = https://archive.today/20220405000803/https://www.yachtsurvey.com/boatreviews/hunter28.htm|archive-date = 5 April 2022|url-status = live}}
See also
Related development
Similar sailboats