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H-28 (Herreshoff)

H-28 (Herreshoff) is a 26 ′ 11 ″ / 8.2 m monohull sailboat designed by L. Francis Herreshoff and built by Cheoy Lee Shipyard, Gallart Shipyard (Astilleros Gallart), and Compass Yachts Ltd. starting in 1942.

Rig and Sails

Auxilary power, accomodations, calculations.

The theoretical maximum speed that a displacement hull can move efficiently through the water is determined by it's waterline length and displacement. It may be unable to reach this speed if the boat is underpowered or heavily loaded, though it may exceed this speed given enough power. Read more.

Classic hull speed formula:

Hull Speed = 1.34 x √LWL

Max Speed/Length ratio = 8.26 ÷ Displacement/Length ratio .311 Hull Speed = Max Speed/Length ratio x √LWL

Sail Area / Displacement Ratio

A measure of the power of the sails relative to the weight of the boat. The higher the number, the higher the performance, but the harder the boat will be to handle. This ratio is a "non-dimensional" value that facilitates comparisons between boats of different types and sizes. Read more.

SA/D = SA ÷ (D ÷ 64) 2/3

• SA : Sail area in square feet, derived by adding the mainsail area to 100% of the foretriangle area (the lateral area above the deck between the mast and the forestay).
• D : Displacement in pounds.

Ballast / Displacement Ratio

A measure of the stability of a boat's hull that suggests how well a monohull will stand up to its sails. The ballast displacement ratio indicates how much of the weight of a boat is placed for maximum stability against capsizing and is an indicator of stiffness and resistance to capsize.

Ballast / Displacement * 100

Displacement / Length Ratio

A measure of the weight of the boat relative to it's length at the waterline. The higher a boat’s D/L ratio, the more easily it will carry a load and the more comfortable its motion will be. The lower a boat's ratio is, the less power it takes to drive the boat to its nominal hull speed or beyond. Read more.

D/L = (D ÷ 2240) ÷ (0.01 x LWL)³

• D: Displacement of the boat in pounds.
• LWL: Waterline length in feet

Comfort Ratio

This ratio assess how quickly and abruptly a boat’s hull reacts to waves in a significant seaway, these being the elements of a boat’s motion most likely to cause seasickness. Read more.

Comfort ratio = D ÷ (.65 x (.7 LWL + .3 LOA) x Beam 1.33 )

• D: Displacement of the boat in pounds
• LOA: Length overall in feet
• Beam: Width of boat at the widest point in feet

Capsize Screening Formula

This formula attempts to indicate whether a given boat might be too wide and light to readily right itself after being overturned in extreme conditions. Read more.

CSV = Beam ÷ ³√(D / 64)

Sloop or Ketch. Some builders of this design, or it’s 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) 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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L.F. Herreshoff H-28

Herreshoff “H-28” Specifications

LOA: 28′ 0″ * LOD: * LWL: 23′ 1.5″ * Beam: 8′ 9″ * Draft: 3′ 6″ * Displacement: 10,500 lbs * Ballast: 2,800 lbs Sail Area: 343 sq ft * Design Number: 80 * Yard Number: * Rig: Masthead Ketch * Designer: L.F. Herreshoff * Built by: * Year First Built: 1942 * Restored By: * Current Name: * Current Owner: * Sail Number:

Known Racing History: ?

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Was the boat name and/or owner of the lovely H28 in the photo, above, ever identified? I would appreciate an opportunity to exchange emails regarding the design, particularly the addition of the bowsprit.

Regard from “down under”

Yes, as it happens, she’s mine … and that’s me in the photo, just stumbled on it now. Her name is “Gwylan” and she was built in 1977 by McKie (“Nick”) Roth in Westport, Maine. I’m the second owner. She’s built almost entirely as designed, except for the bowsprit, no spreaders on the mizzen, and no cedar bucket. I highly recommend the bowsprit. With the forestay on a removable turnbuckle, I can set and easily handle a good sized genoa on the headstay, which is a blessing in light air as this is quite a heavy boat. The sprit also makes a wonderful place to hang the anchor – safe, out of the way, and easy to single-hand, which I do much of the time. I sail her on the Delaware River around Philadelphia (location of the photo) and do a cruise on the Chesapeake in the Spring and Fall. I’ll be glad to talk about these sweet boats at great length!

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One Man's Boat: Herreshoff H28

A classic sloop-rigged h28 which has undergone a full restoration.

Bunbury boatbuilder Jim MacDonald built about half a dozen of L. Francis Herreshoff's famous cruising and racing H-28 yachts in the 1950s. At the time the H-28, which L. Francis had designed in the early 1940s, was one of the most popular yachts in Australia.

It could be cruised anywhere, it was quick around the buoys in everything from a zephyr to a gale, and its lines were beautiful. Herreshoff said he wanted to design a yacht that combined "grace of line, stability and sea kindliness" It would be, he said, a cruising ketch for the man who has only limited time to sail and who "must report to the office without fail on Monday morning". Dozens of H-28s were built by do-it-yourselfers around the world and hundreds more by professional boat yards such as that run by Jim McDonald in the pretty town of Bunbury, south of Perth.

While McDonald was working on this yacht, acclaimed Australian film maker Charles Chauvel was working on the first full-length colour feature film made in Australia. The film, called Jedda after the lead character played by Ngarla Kunoth, was a huge hit when it was released. MacDonald launched this yacht in1959, named her Jedda, and so she still is today.

Retired South Australian sailor Tony Gerlach, and a syndicate comprised of two of his mates and their three wives, became the fifth owners of Jedda almost three years ago when they bought her from a bloke who had brought the sloop with him to Adelaide from Perth a few years before.

In Perth the yacht, rigged as a Bermudian sloop rather than the ketch Herreshoff originally designed, had been used by all her previous owners for racing and an occasional bit of coastal cruising. As with many boats of that more carefree time, she had never been fitted with a pulpit, pushpit or safety lines – things most of today’s Adelaide sailors regard as necessities.

She was also fairly bare below decks; but her hull was sound and watertight and free of rot.

MacDonald had built the hull of 32mm Karri that was carvel planked. Her full-length cast-iron keel was filled with lead ingots and she displaced three and a half tonnes.

Gerlach and his two partners, assisted by shipwrights Klaus Becker and Rob Ayliffe, set to work on a full restoration and interior fit-out -- a job that took almost two years. "We did spend a lot of time and money on Jedda but she had been sitting, unloved, for a couple of years and needed a lot of love and attention," Gerlach told BoatPoint.

The deck and cabin were restored and repainted in 2011. The two-cylinder 10hp Nanni diesel was fully serviced and restored in 2010 and new mounts and a new propeller fitted. A 40-litre stainless-steel fuel tank was also installed. The mast was refurbished and re-rigged in 2010 and navigation and anchor lights fitted, along with the new stanchions and safety lines, bow cap, rollers and an electric anchor winch.

A furling headsail was fitted and the main sail was fitted with a stacking sail pack and lazy jacks.

The interior was rebuilt to house a small galley and large cooler, a manual head and comfortable sleeping accommodation for four. For day sailing the cockpit holds six with a squeeze and six people can enjoy a meal at the table in the saloon.

Now with other interests competing for their time, the syndicate partners have placed Jedda on the market for $35,000, a price Gerlach says is very reasonable considering the time and money that was spent bringing her back to top notch condition.

Details: Make: Herreshoff H-28. Timber cruising sloop, Built 1959. Length: 28ft. Beam: 9ft 6ins. Draft: 4ft 6ins. Engine: Nanni 10hp diesel. BoatPoint reference number: SSE-AD-917638 Location: Wirrina Cove marina, South Australia. Price: $35,000.

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Buy with Confidence

A quick look on Trade Me normally reveals a few H28 for sale. Find H28 Yachts on TradeMe The price of an H28 tends to vary between around $10,000 and $35,000. This is quite a spread, so let’s take a look at some of the costs you can anticipate. The cheaper the boat, often the more costs will be incurred. Of course, there’s always bargains to be had, but often if it’s too good to be true, then it is!

Like the purchase of any used asset, one essentially has the choice of paying a top price for a boat in very good condition, where minimal other expenditure is needed to enjoy a reliable good H28, or paying a lower price for an H28 needing some upgrade work to bring it up to that “enjoyable/reliable” state.

Unlike a motor car on the road, when something goes wrong on your H28 and you are out on the water, it’s not always a simple task to get assistance quickly. The reliability of your H28 yacht and its equipment is just as important (if not more important in many circumstances) as the reliability you aim for with your motor car. Peace of mind and reliability has a cost.

So is spending $35,000 for a top-condition, supposedly reliable H28 a better bet than buying one for $20,000 and spending some extra to bring it up to your preferred level of enjoyment and reliability?

Below is listed some typical H28 maintenance and upgrade costs, based on 2012/2013 costs using new gear and boat maintenance contractors for the labour where specific trade skills are desirable. Some may be able to lower these costs by finding “used” items and by using their own labour. Maintenance or Upgrade Work Description as of 2022 Approx Cost ($) Boat haul-out, clean, 5-days hardstanding and antifouling (by self) . Antifouling & polishing (by self) $300 Antifouling & polishing (by self) $300 Hull scraped back to gel-coat / any marks treated-filled / hull re-priming and new antifouling applied (including haul-out costs) $5,500 Replace mast-rigging, halyards & the in-mast electrics . Remove mast, replace all SS rigging & re-step mast $3,000 Replace all halyards & in-mast electrical wiring / lights etc. $1,000 New mainsail and genoa . Mainsail (Dacron fully battened 2-reefs) $3,000 Genoa (150% OL) $4,000 Replace canvas covers . Dodger $800 Mainsail cover $400 Cockpit Lee cloths $400 Full engine service check (without replacing any major parts) $400 Replacement of the engine with a new 20 /22 hp engine & gearbox . Purchase engine $12,000 Installation work $6,000 Replace prop-shaft, stern-tube & shaft bearings and fit a drip-less stern-gland / seal (assuming boat on hardstand for other works) $2000 Change hanked headsail to a furled headsail system . Furler purchase and fitting with new forestay $3,500 Modify genoa for furling $600 Modify other headsails (each) $500 Fit an anchor-winch system (operation from cockpit) . Purchase of anchor winch $2,500 New bow-roller, anchor chain and warp $1,000 Boat building work to fit $2,000 Electrical fitting $1,500 Replace VHF radio (including fitting) $500 Install a chart-plotter / fish-finder / depth-sounder unit (fitting work by yourself) $1,200 Purchase 2 inflatable life jackets and a flares pack $300 Fitting a heads holding tank & discharge pump etc (installation by yourself) $700 Replace dinghy / tender . Replace dinghy / tender $2,500 New 2 hp outboard motor $700 New batteries . Engine cranking battery $200 House battery (105 A-hr) $350 Freezer system not working / convert to electric refrigerator system . Purchase refrigeration compressor unit & cold-plate $1,200 Fitting work into existing freezer chest (by self) $200 Cost to transport an H28 from say Wellington to Auckland $3,500 You won’t do all of this but you will undoubtedly do some of it. If you choose to purchase a very low-cost H28 (less than $20,000) with the aim of spending extra to achieve better reliability or comfort, it’s easy to see that your total end cost could quickly exceed $30,000 or $35,000 … unless you’re a total “do it yourself” person, with the skills to deliver reliably.

Most likely, even if you spend $30,000 to buy an H28, you will end up spending more for some additional “nice to haves” … so that you get maximum enjoyment from your boating investment.

All this indicates that the popular H28 yacht is really undervalued in the market place. Good quality, well fitted out H28 should probably be on the market at $35,000 to $45,000. If there’s competition in the market however, from the number of H28 for sale or from the many other 30-ft yacht types available … then it does force selling prices down.

For more information, take a look at POINTS TO CONSIDER WHEN BUYING AN H28

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