Sun Odyssey 28.1

{{Short description|Sailboat class}}

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|designer = Tony Castro

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|location = France

|year = 1994

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|builder = Jeanneau

|role = Cruiser

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|draft = {{convert|4.92|ft|m|abbr=on}}

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|displacement = {{convert|5732|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}

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|construction = fiberglass

|loa = {{convert|27.89|ft|m|abbr=on}}

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|lwl = {{convert|23.29|ft|m|abbr=on}}

|beam = {{convert|9.84|ft|m|abbr=on}}

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|engine = Yanmar {{convert|19|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} diesel engine

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|keel type = fin keel

|ballast = {{convert|1764|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}

|rudder type = spade-type rudder

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|rig type = Bermuda rig

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The Sun Odyssey 28.5 is a French sailboat that was designed by Tony Castro as a cruiser and first built in 1994.{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/sun-odyssey-281-jeanneau|title= Sun Odyssey 28.1 (Jeanneau) sailboat |access-date= 11 January 2023|last= McArthur|first= Bruce|work= sailboatdata.com|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20230111165803/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/sun-odyssey-281-jeanneau|archive-date= 11 January 2023|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/jeanneau/sun-odyssey-281|title= Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 28.1|access-date= 11 January 2023|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20230111165816/https://sailboat.guide/jeanneau/sun-odyssey-281|archive-date= 11 January 2023|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/designer/castro-tony|title= Tony Castro|access-date = 11 January 2023|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20211207025005/https://sailboatdata.com/designer/castro-tony|archive-date= 7 December 2021|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/tony-castro|title= Tony Castro|access-date= 11 January 2023|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20221017222349/https://sailboat.guide/tony-castro|archive-date= 17 October 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://www.jeanneau.com/en/boats/sailboat/2-sun-odyssey/516-sun-odyssey-28-1/|title= Sun Odyssey 28.1|access-date= 11 January 2023|author= Jeanneau|author-link= Jeanneau|work= jeanneau.com|archive-url= https://archive.today/20230111165800/https://www.jeanneau.com/en/boats/sailboat/2-sun-odyssey/516-sun-odyssey-28-1/|archive-date= 11 January 2023|url-status= live}}

The design was originally sold as the Sun Way 29.

Production

The design was built by Jeanneau in France, starting in 1994, but it is now out of production.{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/builder/jeanneau-fra|title = Jeanneau (FRA)|access-date = 11 January 2023|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20230104184016/https://sailboatdata.com/builder/jeanneau-fra|archive-date= 4 January 2023|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/jeanneau|title= Jeanneau|access-date= 11 January 2023|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220418125800/https://sailboat.guide/jeanneau|archive-date= 18 April 2022|url-status= live}}

Design

The Sun Odyssey 28.1 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a fractional sloop rig, a raked stem, a reverse transom with steps, an internally mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed fin keel or optional keel and centerboard. It displaces {{convert|5732|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} and carries {{convert|1764|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} of ballast.

The boat has a draft of {{convert|4.92|ft|m|abbr=on}} with the standard fin keel fitted.

The boat is fitted with a Japanese Yanmar diesel engine of {{convert|19|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} for docking and maneuvering. The fuel tank holds {{convert|12|u.s.gal}} and the fresh water tank has a capacity of {{convert|26|u.s.gal}}.

The design has sleeping accommodation for four to six people, with a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin, two straight settees in the main cabin and an aft cabin with a double berth on the port side. The galley is located on the port side at the companionway ladder. The galley is L-shaped and is equipped with a two-burner stove, an ice box and a sink. A navigation station is opposite the galley, on the starboard side. The head is located aft, opposite the galley, also on the starboard side.

The design has a hull speed of {{convert|6.47|kn|km/h|abbr=on}}.

Operational history

In a 1995 Cruising World review, Quentin Warren described the design as, "a high-volume mini-cruiser designed by Tony Castro ... and another in the French mega-builder's line of finely turned out family oriented sailing vessels."{{cite web|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=cbA2Sw1wqGQC&pg=RA10-PA5|title= Peeking Under the Curtain at the New Fleet|access-date= 11 January 2023|last= Warren|first= Quentin |work= Cruising World|date= October 1995}}

See also

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