BoatsZ28 DS

Z28 DS

Fractional Sloop · Lifting Keel w/bulb; trans. Hung Rudder · First built 2020

A modern 8.45-metre day sailer with a high power-to-weight ratio and flexible electric or outboard propulsion

Designed by Pablo Mastracchio, built by Zonda Yachts.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Lifting Keel w/bulb; trans. Hung Rudder

Is it for you?

Character

Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.

Shoal draftDraws 0.85 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.
LivelySea-kindly

Her light displacement on a beamy beam gives 13 — a quick, lively motion that feels every wave.

Comfort ratio 13
CoastalBluewater

At 2.33 she sits above the 2.0 line — beamy for her weight, and happiest coastal.

Capsize screening 2.33
LightHeavy

120 — light for her waterline, so she is easily driven and quick to accelerate.

Displacement / length 120
EasygoingPowered-up

22.3 — a lot of sail for her weight; powered-up and eager, a real performer.

Sail area / displacement 22.3
TenderStiff

45% of her weight is ballast — stiff, standing up well to her sails.

Ballast 45%

Light and lively — happiest day-sailing and coastal-hopping in settled weather.

  • Beamier than ~84% of boats her size on file

Compared with 566 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
45.5%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Fractional Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
22.3
Displacement / length
119.7
Comfort ratio
13.4
Capsize screening
2.33
Hull speed
6.9 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
923
Hull
Hull type
Lifting keel w/bulb; trans. hung rudder
Construction
GRP w/ honeycomb sandwich
Production
Years built
First built 2020
Designer
Pablo Mastracchio
Builder
Zonda Yachts

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