H-28 (HERRESHOFF)

Masthead Ketch · Long keel w/trans. hung rudder · 1942–present

Specifications

Dimensions

Weights

Ballast / displacement

26.7%

Rig & sail area

Rig

Masthead Ketch

Ratios

SA / displacement

15.2

Displacement / length

395.0

Comfort ratio

42.3

Capsize screening

1.46

Hull speed

6.4 kn

Pounds / inch immersion

652

Hull

Hull type

Long keel w/trans. hung rudder

Construction

various

Production

Years built

1942–present

Designer

L. Francis Herreshoff

Builder

Cheoy Lee Shipyard

Design & history

The Herreshoff H-28 is a sailboat design available as a sloop or ketch, built by multiple builders worldwide in various variants.

Notable features

Sloop or Ketch rig

Variants

BERMUDA 30

Production

Builders and variants include: Compass Yachts Ltd. (NZ) 1970-1984 FG (modified by John Lidgard); Far East Boats Ltd. (Japan); International Marine (Japan); Cheoy Lee Shipyard (Hong Kong) as BERMUDA 30; Walker Boat Co Ltd. (AUS); Parkins Marine - Ft. Lauderdale, FL (USA); Middleton Marine - La Crosse, FL (USA); Gallart Shipyard (ESP).

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