Copland Boats 28
Fractional Sloop · Twin keels · First built 1988
A Julian Everitt-designed cruiser-racer featuring twin winged bilge keels for shoal-draft versatility and performance
Designed by Julian Everitt.
- LOA
- Beam
- Draft (max)
- Displacement
- Ballast
- Hull type
- Twin Keel
Is it for you?
Character
Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.
Shoal draughtDraws 1.07 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.
LivelyComfort 20Sea-kindly
CoastalCapsize 2.15Bluewater
LightD/L 258Heavy
EasygoingSA/D 15.0Powered-up
TenderBallast 35%Stiff
A balanced, easily-driven cruiser — comfortable and forgiving for coastal work.
- Draws less than ~91% of boats her size on file
Compared with 2177 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.
The record
Full specifications
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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
34.7%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Fractional Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
15.0
Displacement / length
258.0
Comfort ratio
20.3
Capsize screening
2.15
Hull speed
6.5 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
882
Hull
Hull type
Twin Keel
Construction
Fiberglass
Ballast type
Iron
Production
Years built
First built 1988
Units built
7
Designer
Julian Everitt
Builder
Copland Boats
Boats like this, on the water
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Comparable boats the fleet has on camera: same type, within a quarter of her length. Open the boat, or watch the video — a timestamp means she only appears in passing.
Watkins Yachts 278.23 mSame hull family0.4 m shorterA masthead sloop with a skeg-hung rudder, offered in rare pilot house and keel-centerboard configurations
Islander Yachts 288.51 mSame hull familyNear-identical lengthA Robert Perry-designed masthead sloop with over 400 built, favored by the designer himself for her balanced performance
Catalina Yachts 278.18 mSame hull family0.5 m shorterA prolific masthead sloop with 6,662 hulls built, offering a stable, high-volume platform for coastal cruising
Dufour Arpege 309.14 mSame hull family0.5 m longerA record-breaking production of over 1500 units, this MORC-compliant racer-cruiser defined a new standard for the 30-foot class
Maxi Yachts 959.50 mSame hull family0.9 m longerA 9.5-metre masthead sloop produced for a decade, featuring a skeg-hung rudder for predictable coastal handling
Granada Yachts 309.18 mSame hull family0.5 m longerA 30-foot fractional sloop with a 1.65-meter draft, designed for balanced, performance-oriented cruising
The family
Boats like this
Nearby designs by size, type, and era — worth a look alongside her.
Cole 23A Peter Cole-designed masthead sloop with a swing keel and high power-to-weight ratio for spirited coastal sailingClubman 8A high-performance fractional sloop from designers Keough and Jutson, featuring a lifting keel and a high sail-area-to-displacement ratioComet 33A Sergio Lupoli-designed fractional sloop with a high sail area-to-displacement ratio for spirited performance
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