The O'Day 28 is an American sailboat, that was designed by C. Raymond Hunt Associates and first built in 1978.
Production
The design was built by O'Day Corp. (owned by Bangor Punta and later Lear Siegler) in the United States between 1978 and 1986, but it is now out of production. A total of 507 examples were completed.
Design
The O'Day 28 is a small recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig, a raked stem, a slightly reverse transom, an internally-mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a wheel and a fixed fin keel or centerboard. It displaces and carries of ballast. Starting with serial number 323, produced in 1980, the boats displace and have a slightly shorter waterline length.
The keel-equipped version of the boat has a draft of , while the centerboard-equipped version has a draft of with the centerboard extended and with it retracted, allowing beaching or ground transportation on a trailer. In later production the centerboard version was replaced by a shoal draft keel model with a draft of . A deep keel version was also produced with a draft of . There was also a tall mast version, with a mast about higher.
The boat is fitted with a Universal 12 diesel engine. The fuel tank holds and the fresh water tank has a capacity of .
The design has a hull speed of . Serial numbers starting with 323 have a hull speed of .
See also
List of sailing boat types
Similar sailboats
Alerion Express 28
Aloha 28
Beneteau First 285
Beneteau Oceanis 281
Bristol Channel Cutter
Cal 28
Catalina 28
Crown 28
Cumulus 28
Grampian 28
Hunter 28
Hunter 28.5
Hunter 280
J/28
Laser 28
Pearson 28
Sabre 28
Sea Sprite 27
Sirius 28
Tanzer 8.5
Tanzer 28
TES 28 Magnam
Viking 28
References
External links
Keelboats
1970s sailboat type designs
Sailing yachts
Sailboat type designs by C. Raymond Hunt Associates
Sailboat types built by O'Day Corp.