The Santana 28 is an American sailboat that was designed by

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as a

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and first built in 1976. The design was developed into the

Santana 228 The Santana 228 is an American sailboat that was designed by W. Shad Turner as a Cruising (maritime), cruiser and first built in 1978. The Santana 228 is a development of the Santana 28, which it replaced in production. It uses the same hull d ...

in 1978, after just two years in production. The 228 has a redesigned, wedge-shaped coach house house and a taller rig with 8% greater sail area and replaced the 28 in the company's product line.

Production

The design was built by

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in the United States, from 1976, until 1978, with 40 boats completed, but it is now out of production. The replacement Santana 228 also lasted two years in production, from 1978 to 1980, with 47 boats built.

Design

The Santana 28 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig, a raked stem, a nearly-plumb

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, an internally mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed fin keel. It displaces and carries of ballast. The boat has a draft of with the standard keel and is fitted with a Swedish Volvo Penta diesel engine for docking and maneuvering. The fuel tank holds and the fresh water tank has a capacity of . The design has sleeping accommodation for five people, with a double

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in the bow cabin, two straight settee berths in the main cabin and an aft

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on the starboard side. The

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is located on the port side just forward of the companionway ladder. The galley is L-shaped and is equipped with a two-burner stove, an icebox and a sink. The

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is located just aft of the bow cabin on the starboard side. Cabin headroom is . For sailing downwind the design may be equipped with a symmetrical

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of . The design has a hull speed of .

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* {{WD Schock Corp Keelboats 1970s sailboat type designs Sailing yachts Sailboat type designs by W. Shad Turner Sailboat types built by W. D. Schock Corp

Production

Design

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