The Lancer 28 is an American
sailboat that was designed by
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as a
trailerable daysailer and
cruiser
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, which was first built in 1977.
Production
The design was built by
Lancer Yachts in the
United States from 1977 until 1985, but it is now out of production.
Design
The Lancer 28 is a recreational
keelboat, built predominantly of
fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a
masthead sloop rig or optional
fractional rig, with a taller mast stepped further forward. The hull has a
raked stem, an angled
transom
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, an internally mounted spade-type
rudder controlled by a
tiller and a wide, hollow, fixed fin
keel. It displaces and carries of ballast.
The boat has a draft of with the standard shallow-draft keel.
The boat could be fitted with an
inboard motor or a small, well-mounted
outboard motor for docking and maneuvering. Inboard factory power options included an American
Outboard Marine Corporation saildrive, a Japanese
Yanmar, French
Renault or British
Petters Limited diesel engine or a
gasoline engine of .
The design has sleeping accommodation for six people, with a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin, a straight settee in the main cabin, a drop-table, wide single berth and two aft cabins under the cockpit with single berths each. The
galley
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is located on both sides of the cabin, just forward of the
companionway ladder. The galley is equipped with a two-burner stove to port and a sink and
icebox to starboard. The enclosed
head
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is located just aft of the bow cabin on both sides. The maximum cabin headroom is , as the cabin sole drops into the hollow keel.
For sailing the design may be equipped with a
jib or one of a series of
genoas.
The design has a
PHRF racing average handicap of 258 for the masthead sloop version and 248 for the fractional rig.
Operational history
In a 2000 review Darrell Nicholson wrote, "in a lot of ways, the Lancer 28 is a good study in the compromises that are inherent in creating a relatively big boat that can be lugged around from place to place on a trailer. Sailing performance is one of those compromises. Small boats get stability either from wide beam or deep, heavy keels. The Lancer 28 has neither ... the Lancer 28 is tippy. Most owners in our survey consider the boat about average in stability, but in our experience, an "average" rating usually means a fairly tender boat ... You don't buy this boat for speed. It's a noncompetitive daysailer and weekend trailer cruiser. ... If you need a trailerable boat that can accommodate two adults and several children for relatively short-term cruising, the Lancer 28 makes sense. But don't expect to get six berths, "full headroom," shoal draft, and trailerability in a 28' boat without some fairly substantial compromises."
See also
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List of sailing boat types
The following is a partial list of sailboat types and sailing classes, including keelboats, dinghies and multihull ( catamarans and trimarans).
Olympic classes
World Sailing Classes
Historically known as the IYRU (International Yacht Racing ...
References
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Keelboats
1970s sailboat type designs
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Sailboat type designs by W. Shad Turner
Sailboat types built by Lancer Yachts