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Vancouver 28 |
Brief details
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Builder |
Northshore Yachts Limited, Itchenor, Chichester |
The Vancouver 28
is an uncompromisingly cruising-orientated design, with no concessions
to racing or modern fashion. 'Yachting Monthly' describe the design
as having "....perfect manners and easy long-legged handling"
and "....she will keep going comfortably when lighter yachts
are looking for shelter". The heavy-displacement long
keel hull is very solidly built, and the hull form copes well with
added weight for stores for long passages. With a very long production
run, prices can vary considerably. Two different interior layouts
have been produced, with three or four berths. In the three berth
version there are no forecabin berths, but a quarter berth aft in
the saloon. |
LOA |
28' 0" |
Sail area |
441 sq ft - main yankee and staysail
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LWL |
22' 11" |
Rig |
cutter |
Beam |
8' 7" |
Cabins |
2 |
Draught |
4' 3" |
Berths |
3 or 4 |
Displacement |
8,960 lbs |
Engine |
Yanmar 2GM diesel |
Ballast |
3,430 lbs |
BHP |
18 |
Keel type |
Long keel with separated transom-hung rudder supported
by keel bracket |
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The Vancouver 28 is a slightly enlarged version
of the Canadian designer Robert Harris's original Vancouver
27 - first built as a one-off cruiser which was then sailed
from British Columbia to New Zealand and back. Later a second
boat was built, and moulds were taken from this for series
production, both in Canada and England. The English Vancouvers
were first built by Pheon Yachts, then later by Northshore.
The Vancouver 27/274 design was modified slightly to create
the Vancouver 28, which was until the mid 2000s still available to build to order from Northshore, although at well over £90,000 for
a new boat with the basic inventory she was one of the most
expensive 28-footers on the market.
The main difference between the 27 and 28 is a fractionally
lengthened stern, and a few inches raising of the topsides.
To date over 250 Vancouver 27s and 28s have been built, and
many have made long-distance passages, helped by the fact
that the transom-hung rudder makes it easy to fit trim tab
windvane steering.
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The hull and deck are hand laid up GRP. The
lead ballast is encapsulated entirely within the hull moulding.
The deck moulding has a balsa core which is replaced with
plywood in high stress areas where fittings are attached.
The interior fit-out is to a very high standard of joinery,
with lots of solid teak. |
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