Westerly Merlin 28 Fin keel
Sailboat
28′ 8″
Monohull
Since 1984
Overview
- Builder
- Westerly
- Model
- Merlin 28 Fin keel
- Type
- Sailboat
- Category
- Monohull
- Built
- 1984–1990
- Designer
- Dubois Naval Architects
- Hull material
- Hull and deck: GRP (glass reinforced polyester)
- Rig
- Sloop Marconi 7/8
Dimensions
- Length overall
- 28′ 8″ (8.74 m)
- Waterline length
- 23′ 7″ (7.19 m)
- Beam
- 9′ 11″ (3.02 m)
- Draft
- 5′ (1.52 m)
- Displacement
- 7,694 lb (3,490 kg)
- Ballast
- 2,987 lb (1,355 kg)
Power and tanks
- Engine
- 1 inboard engine
- Fuel
- 21 gal (79 L)
Sails and rig
- Sail area
- 443 sq ft (41.2 m²)
Accommodation
- Cabins
- 2
- Berths
- 4
- Heads
- 1
Design ratios
- Sail area / displacement
- 18.2
- Displacement / length
- 262
- Ballast ratio
- 39%
- Capsize screening
- 2.01
Power from the sails for the boat's weight. Under 16 is modest, 16–20 a typical cruiser, over 20 lively.
How heavy the boat is for its waterline. Under 200 is light, 200–300 moderate, over 300 heavy.
Share of the weight that is ballast. Higher generally means stiffer in a breeze.
Under 2 is generally considered better for offshore use.
More details
- Appendages
- Keel : fin without bulb
- Ballast ratio
- 39 %
- Cockpit
- Closed aft cockpit
- Construction
- Hull and deck: GRP (glass reinforced polyester)
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Genoa area
- 236 ft²
- Helm
- Single tiller
- Jib area
- 129 ft²
- Mast configuration
- Deck stepped mast
- Number of levels of spreaders
- 1
- Rigging type
- Sloop Marconi 7/8
- Rotating spars
- No
- Rudder
- Single transom hung rudder
- Spars construction
- Aluminum spars
- Spreaders angle
- Swept-back
- Standard public price ex. VAT (indicative only)
- N/A €
- Standing rigging
- 1x19 strand wire continuous
- Stormjib area
- 46 ft²
- Symmetric spinnaker area
- 410 ft²
- Trailerable
- No
- Unsinkable
- No
- Version
- Fin keel
Data from boat-specs.com. Check details with the builder before relying on them.