Fin w/spade rudder
Specifications LASER 28
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LASER 28 Sailboat Data
Hull Type: Fin w/spade rudder Rigging Type: Fractional Sloop LOA: 28.41 ft / 8.66 m LWL: 23.62 ft / 7.20 m S.A. (reported): 365.00 ft² / 33.91 m² Beam: 9.48 ft / 2.89 m Displacement: 3,950.00 lb / 1,792 kg Ballast: 1,500.00 lb / 680 kg Max Draft: 4.98 ft / 1.52 m Construction: FG/Termanto PVC foam Hull & deck Ballast Type: Lead First Built: 1983 Last Built: 1990 Builder: Performance Sailcarft/Laser International Designer: Bruce Farr
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Type Engine: Diesel HP: 8.2 Hull Speed: 6.51 kn
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Laser 28 is a 28 ′ 4 ″ / 8.7 m monohull sailboat designed by Bruce Farr and built by Performance Sailcraft between 1983 and 1990.
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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)
Farr design #91. Those involved in original project: Ian Bruce- Performance Sailcraft Bruce Farr Tim Coventry Norman Frost - Plastics engineer Peter Hicks Piers Fipps-Financial advisor
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In 1978 Performance Sailcraft, builders of the Laser, started to consider the development of a performance cruiser for the thousands and thousands of Laser owners who would not sail Lasers forever. As a first step, a design competition was held and four international caliber yacht designers asked for study concepts based on the following guidelines:
1. The boat should be absolutely One-Design in the Laser concept, that is, every boat would be identical and class rules would deter any changes or alterations to the boat, her equipment or sails. This would ensure that an owner of modest means would have equal chances of success to those of a more wealthy owner. In addition, the cost of maintaining a competitive boat would be kept within reach of all.
2. The boat should have outstanding performance characteristics. This would be essential to assure a long product life within the confines of a strict One Design discipline, where modification or improvement once in production would be unacceptable unless of a very minor nature. The design would not, therefore, attempt to follow the IOR or any other level rating rule, thus giving the designer a free hand to design a fast, stable and responsive yacht that would not become out-dated by the artificial influences of the rule makers.
3. The design should be for a quality product incorporating the best of modern design and technology without recourse to over complication.
4. The selling price of the yacht in a ready-to-race state must represent a "best buy" in the market place, in that the specification and equipment must be of unrivalled value by comparison to others, the intention being to produce a 28 foot yacht with a performance of a 35 foot yacht at the price of a 25 foot yacht. New Zealander Bruce Farr was chosen as the project designer, not only for his outstanding design ability but also for the considerable engineering and production experience he brought to the project. Over 500 of his trailer yachts have been produced in Australia and over 100 of his 38' fast cruisers have been built worldwide.
At the start of 1980 the project took a new tack. Ian Bruce, then President of Performance Sailcraft, took the project out of Performance Sailcraft and an independent entity was set up free of any commercial pressures to undertake the first step of the development. A partnership was formed between Ian Bruce's development company Bruce Yacht R&D Inc. (BYRD), Bruce Farr and a UK group headed by Tim Coventry, then President of the International Laser Class.
Those involved in the partnership were as follows:
Ian Bruce - Industrial designer - President and founder of Performance Sailcraft.
Bruce Farr - Yacht designer - Chosen as the project designer.
Tim Coventry - President of International Laser Class Owners' Association - Involved in Laser from outset. Project coordinator.
Norman Frost - Plastics engineer - Specialist in GRP structures and production systems.
Peter Hicks - Experienced off-shore yachtsman.
Piers Phipps - Financial advisor to project.
This team possessed a wide range of skills and talents: industrial design, yacht design, engineering, production systems, project management, marketing and finance. Bruce, Coventry, Farr and Hicks are all experienced and successful yachtsmen, holding between them many world and international titles in the sport of yacht racing.
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Hello,I have been helping a freind of mine to find a new boat. He has some sailing experience and plans to daysail on an inland lake that typically has lgiht air. He is currently looking at the Laser 28 in Jacksonville and is pretty impressed. I have no experience with this boat at all and am relunctant to tell him anything outside of typical things to look for on a used boat. My questions are; Are these well made boats? Are they relatively easy to daysail? Are they bad about blisteing? Are there any typical problems to look for? Are they tender? It sounds as if these have more tweeks that a Star and I am concerned that it may be to complicated for a daysailer. Thank you Dirt
I owned a Laser 28 for roughly 14 years. I really loved the Laser 28. It was fast, easy to handle and a surprisingly comfortable coastal cruiser. The Laser 28 was a potent racer under PHRF, IMS, and MORC. During the time that I owned the Laser 28, I had the opportunity to sail her in a very wide range of conditions. I thought that the Laser 26 was a great daysailor, weekender, single-hander and race boat. My wife and I had cruised her for periods of 11 days or more in good comfort. She is an excellent light air boat with quite reasonable heavy air behavior. (We got caught out in winds that were pegged the anemometer of a nearby boat at 65 knots. It definitely was survival conditions, but the Laser 28 did very well, being able to beat away from a lee shore and claw its way out of the confines of a tight river under a double reefed mainsail.) I thought that these boats were extremely well engineered and constructed. They were a very clever design where most of the interior components were non-structural allowing the boat to extremely easily maintained and updated. The boats were built in one of three ways. The first boats were polyester resin and Kevlar. At some point they were built using Vinylester resin and Kevlar (which is an amazingly rugged way to build a very light weight boat). The hulls and decks were produced using an interior and exterior mold into which the resin was injected and then vacuumed down, producing a very dense laminate and doing away with the need for liners. This saves a lot of weight and makes an easy to maintain boat. The stock Laser 28 came with a very workable deck layout with all halyards lead aft. Because I single-handed so often, I modified mine so that I could both reefs in without leaving the cockpit. Although the gear looks light, it is proportionate to the weight of the boat and since the Laser 28 was conceived as a race boat for families, the loads on all of the control lines were quite light. I very much disagree with the idea that these are complex boats to sail. The boats came stock with all of the control lines that one would expect on a modern performance sailboat. The controls are extremely well laid out so that they are convenient to a race crew or a single-hander. The fabric interiors were absolutely brilliant. They provided a lot of storage and could be taken home and washed at the end of the season. I found the interior extremely workable for a couple or single-hander. The short comings on the boat is that they do require some skill to sail well, especially in gusty condition where they can be a little skittish until you get used to them. Once you learn how to sail them the steering is quite surgically precise. I would not say that these boats were tender but they carry a lot of sail area and so did not tolerate carrying too much sail. The fractional rig with adjustable backstay allows quick response to changing conditions. The Lasers were designed with a wonderful little lapper (109% Jib that was cut like the leading edge of a genoa) that was a great sail in winds from 3- 5 knots up to winds approaching 20 knots. Without crew weight on the rail, you will need to reef somewhere around 15-18 knots, at which point you have a very balanced masthead rigger. I liked the little Buhk engine which was up to the task in almost all conditions, quite reliable, and easy to work on. I am not a huge fan of the saildrive because all routine maintenance on the sail drive requires the boat to be hauled. It meant that you had to haul out every other year, which was not the end of the world. Feel free to email me at [email protected] Jeff
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Below is an article that was published in March 1985. While not a complete history of the boat, it does offer insight into the early years.
Manufacturing started in March of 1984 and, despite my best will and intentions, we were unable to achieve the production levels we had hoped for and only demonstrator boats were built for our representatives during the summer. The first customer boats were delivered at the time of the Annapolis Boat Show in October 1984 and since then our output has steadily increased to the point where, at the time of writing, the factory is producing in excess of three boats per week. That level will increase to four by the end of March, and if our level of quality can be maintained, we will be at one a day by early summer. No changes have been made to the basic layout, rig, or structure of the boat, but those of you who saw the original prototype in Annapolis in 1983 would find the quality of the interior significantly improved in the small detailing.
Perhaps because of the importance given to the closed-mold in the original literature, a mystique appears to have built up around the process, which is really without foundation. The raison d’être for the closed-mold has always been a reduction in the cost of manufacturing the boat as no liner or interior finishing is needed. There are no performance advantages of one over the other. The weight differences are within the normal tolerances of the hand-laid process and no one who has a hand-laid deck will be at any advantage or disadvantage on the race course. We have shipped three boats so far with closed-mold decks and are slowly changing over the line as all the small technical bugs that relate solely to the quality of the finish are ironed out. Sometime in 1985 we will be fully converted.
The following map (not included) shows the location of the boats that will be sailing by May 1st and the numbers in the circles correspond with the list of representatives that follow the map. These Reps all own boats that are available to be seen or sailed and, in addition, have a supply of VHS or Beta video tapes of the Laser 28 being sailed and manufactured that they will be delighted to mail, on loan, to anyone inerested enough to contact them. Approximately 140 boats will be sailing by August 3 1st, 1985 and we will decide at that point whether or not to increase production beyond the one-a-day level. Although it is still too early to confirm anything, the wheels are now in motion to introduce the production of the Laser 28 in Europe at approximately that same time and a demonstrator boat is now actually sailing in England.
There are no plans whatsoever to develop a “line” of boats of incremental lengths on either side of the Laser 28 as most sailboat manufacturers have done. The Laser 28 is our “big Laser” and our only big boat. It represents a multi-million dollar investment and one to which we are giving all our attention; the same level of attention that the original Laser received. Believe it or not, that little boat will be 15 years old in October, yet still represents the finest investment in dollars per sailing hour available on the market today. This is because the boat has never been modified or produced in an “improved model”, continues to have its activities as a Class fully supported by the Company, (it is the strongest Class in the world) and enjoys an unsurpassed resale value. The plans for the Laser 28 are no different and we will not dilute our efforts across a line of boats.
On this same subject, however, many people who knew the boat have asked what plans we have for the very fast, cruising, Farr 38, a prototype of which we built and exhibited at Annapolis in1981, called Early Byrd. There are over 100 of these Farr designed 38’s sailing worldwide and the boat is truly a “big brother” of the 28; a very fast (PH RE 81), comfortable, good looking, easily handled fractional rig which is not designed to any rule. All the production tooling and moulds were finished prior to the Laser 28 project and are now sitting in storage, but we do not have the human resources at this time to mount its production even though it obviously would not require the same time and effort to develop the Class profile that the Laser 28 needs. In a few years, however, when the 28 is firmly established, we will undoubtedly approach Bruce Earr for a license to produce the boat as the final link in a chain of boats spanning the full spectrum of sailing from age 1610 60! Meanwhile, Early Byrd is in Annapolis and is now for sale.
On a final marketing note, we are extremely pleased that Steve Colgate’s Offshore Sailing School at Captiva on the west coast of Florida, off Ft. Myers, is now running its Advanced Race Program in 4 Laser 28’s. These are one-week programs with intensive on-the-water instruction yet carefully scheduled to provide ample free time during the day so that the week can also be a marvelous holiday. Each week Steve brings down a Guest Expert who is well known in the yachting world and it is a fantastic opportunity to sit and listen for a week to the likes of a Bill Shore or an Ed Baird tell you how it’s done. I’ve been lucky enough to be chosen by Steve on several occasions as the Guest Expert and can say, unequivocally, that it is an outstanding value.
The Laser 28 Class Association has been formed with a provisional Governing Council to run its affairs until the first general class meeting at the North American Championship in Kingston, Ontario in August (see Regatta Schedule). The Council is made up of our U.S. Rep. Lucy Minihan, from Sodus, New York on Southern Lake Ontario, our Canadian Rep., Don Morgan from London, Ontario and Paul Lestock, who represents the manufacturer. Tim Coventry, of the U.K., who was a President of the worldwide International Laser Class for 10 years and who with Bruce Farr and with myself instigated the Laser 28 project, is also an ex-officio member of the Council. The Class will have a provisional Constitution and Class Rules which will be mailed to members in the First Class Newsletter in early April. Owners will automatically receive this information, but should anyone else be interested, they should drop us a line and we will be glad to forward it.
Apart from the many open regattas available, a sanctioned Laser 28 regatta schedule has been set up for the summer which will include four events. These events will be sailed under Class rules which means using only Class approved factory sails, sailing with maximum crew weight of 1100 lbs (weight in usual street clothing) and sailing with all interior furnishings in their normal position. The Class has elected to go with a maximum crew weight after discussion with many sailors in other types of boats who have seen their racing destroyed by huge heavy-weight crews which a family, for example, cannot compete against. The schedule is as follows: Estimated attendance 10-15 boats.
Annapolis, Maryland, May 25, 26 & 27
A permanent trophy has been presented by Michelob and it is envisaged that this regatta will change venue up and down the coast each year. May25: A series of very short races run back to back with a break for lunch. The idea here is to keep the Fleet very close together and provide a learning experience for new crews. The goal is 6 races, 3 to 4 miles in length.
May26: Long Distance Race. Approximate distance 20 miles.
May 27:Two Olympic courses, approximately 8 miles each.
Estimated attendance 10-12 boats.
Montreal, Quebec, June 7, 8 and 9
Host: Royal St. Lawrence Yacht Club, Championship is run as part of their June regatta.
June 7: Launching and, at 2:00 pm, an on-the-water clinic with Ian Bruce.
June 8 and 9: 3-5 races (6 8 mile races)
Estimated attendance 15-20 boats.
Cleveland, July 12, 13 and 14
Hosts: Edgewater Yacht Club, Cleveland. Regatta run in conjunction with Cleveland Race Week, July 12-21.
July 12: Laser 28 Class runs three moderate length triangular courses of its own.
July 13: Cleveland Race Week starts. Laser 28’s start in PHRF Fleet. Approximately 17 mile race.
July 14: Laser 28’s start in PH RE. Approximately 17 mile race. This is end of US Nationals, but Cleveland Race Week continues through the 21st for those Laser 28 sailors who wish to compete in the week.
Estimated attendance 30 boats.
Kingston, Ontario August 16-22
Run as part of the CORK Offshore Regatta
August 16: Launching and Registration.
August 17: Laser 28 Class runs three short triangular races of about 8 miles on inside course.
August 18 and 19: 28’s start with CORK Offshore PHRF Fleet. 15-30 mile races each day.
August 20: Start 1 70 mile Long Distance Race. This is not counted as part of Laser 28 North American Championships, although many will take part who are competing for the CORK trophies. The Class Association is organizing a cruise to the 1000 Islands on the 20th and 2lstforthe remainder of the fleet.
August 22: Final CORK PHRF race. 15-30 mile course race.
There is no question asked more frequently of us than “what is the PHRF of the Laser 28?” The answer, of course, varies for each area of the country but the profile across North America looks like this:
| St. Lawrence Valley YRA | 120 | | Lake Ontario | 126 | | Lake Erie | 129 | | Long Island Sound | 120 | | Naragansett Bay | 126 | | Chesapeake Bay | 117 | | Galveston Bay | 117 | | Dallas | 126 | | Los Angeles | 120 | | Vancouver | 132 | | Average | 123 |
It should be borne in mind that some of the low numbers are a result of a single boat being sailed by an exceptional sailor and it is highly unlikely that an average club sailor could sail to these numbers. A case in point is the 117 that our Rep. O.J.Young in Houston has been given. O.J. is not your average sailor having won SORC, the J24 Mid Winters, and a host of other championships too numerous to mention. In his first outings in the Laser 28 he won the Clear Lake R.A. December Series and tied for first in the Houston Y.C. Turkey Day. I am confident however, that over a season the Laser 28 cannot sail to this number. An educated guess after sailing the prototypes and the production boat for four years is that the boat will eventually settle down with a 1 26. (Note: Just before printing, the Galveston Bay Cruising Association raised the Laser 28 to 120.) News Snippets from Around the Country Robert Dunkley of Nassau, Bahamas, took delivery of his boat on Saturday morning in Ft. Lauderdale, put the sail up and sailed straight to Nassau with two friends. (That’s putting a lot of pressure on your builder, Robert!) They sailed through 30 knot north winds in the Gulf Stream with 10-15 foot waves. When asked if there were any problems, two surfaced: the Compass gimbal had been broken in transit from Montreal and when they arrived in Nassau “the rigging was slack”! (This would be normal after the first few times of even normal sailing as all toggles, shroud attachment recess, etc., bed in.) Please, don’t anyone else do that! Judy and Frank Button from Vancouver sailed their Laser 28 to a fourth straight win in the IYC winter series. Judy, the skipper, has only been racing two years having raced their Tanzer 7.5 for the first two years. Boats in the fleet include: Dash 34, C & C 33, C & C 34, Mirage 33, Reliant 37. Frank and Judy are moving back east to Grimsby, Ontario and plan on attending the Quebec Open in June. Paul Kaplan, well known sailor on San Francisco Bay and our Rep for that area, singlehanding his Laser 28 on only its fourth outing sailed to a first in class and first overall in a 38 boat fleet in San Francisco’s Singlehanded Sailing Society’s “Three Bridge Fiasco Race”. Paul’s only comment "The boat is outstanding!" His wife, Chris, meanwhile, sailed the Laser 28 with an all girl crew to third overall in their Women’s Racing Association winter series. Nearly 50 percent of the boats sold so far have been sold with trailers. At $2,450 US or $3,000 Can. the trailer pays for itself quickly, especially if the owner picks up his own boat. Add to this the saving of a yard cradle and the ability to store the boat on one’s own property or in some other non-revenue location and it pays for itself in a couple of years. The Laser 28 is the only true one-design racer/cruiser on the water today. It is the only racing/cruising class with one design sails where the test is not going to be who has the latest cut, but rather who is the best sailor. The sails were developed over five years by Hans Fogh of North Sails, Olympic Medalist and World Champion, working hand in hand with Bruce Farr and myself as we slowly perfected the rig. Not only are they perfectly cut for the Laser 28’s simple, lightly tensioned rig, they use cloth materials selected to last for the longest possible time (one of the final prototype mains is going into its fourth season). Thirty, identical Laser 28’s at CORK with identical sails will be a first in yachting. (The IOD is the only other keel boat to our knowledge that has one-design sails but it does not qualify as a cruising boat.) Good sailing! Ian Bruce - Yacht Listings
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Homepage » Yacht Listings » 28′ Performance Sailcraft Laser 28 28' Performance Sailcraft Laser 28Listing No. 4767 Specifications Price/ $ 18,500 Hull Material/ Fiberglass Colour/ White Engine/ 1987 Beam/ 9.48ft Draft/ 4.98' Displacement/ 3950 lbs Host Office/ West Vancouver Location/ sales dock WV Moorage/ no The Laser 28 is simply one of the best Bruce Farr designed racer/cruisers. She has the performance of a much larger boat and a hull shape that will allow her to plane in the right conditions. Fast and easy to handle, the design has a clean workable deck layout with all halyards leading aft. An excellent light air sailor, the functional open plan interior offers sleeping accommodation for 5, with an enclosed head, galley, and a large walk-in wet locker located aft that is rarely seen in boats of this size. There is an active fleet of local Laser 28’s, some of whom are dry sailed, that would love to see another racer out on the course. This boat comes with a full sail inventory: 2 mainsails, 3 genoas, 2 jibs and 2 spinnakers. Contact Sonia Telford at 604-315-7157 for an appointment to view. See other boats/yachts46′ c&l marine corp 46 trawler. Offsite w/ moorage in Ladner or Richmond 11’6″‘ Highfield Om 350Thunderbird West Vancouver LASER 28 Detailed Review If you are a boat enthusiast looking to get more information on specs, built, make, etc. of different boats, then here is a complete review of LASER 28. Built by Performance Sailcraft and designed by Bruce Farr, the boat was first built in 1983. It has a hull type of Fin w/spade rudder and LOA is 8.66. Its sail area/displacement ratio 23.44. Its auxiliary power tank, manufactured by Bukh, runs on Diesel. LASER 28 has retained its value as a result of superior building, a solid reputation, and a devoted owner base. Read on to find out more about LASER 28 and decide if it is a fit for your boating needs. Boat InformationBoat specifications, sail boat calculation, rig and sail specs, auxillary power tank, contributions, who designed the laser 28. LASER 28 was designed by Bruce Farr. Who builds LASER 28?LASER 28 is built by Performance Sailcraft. When was LASER 28 first built?LASER 28 was first built in 1983. How long is LASER 28?LASER 28 is 7.2 m in length. What is mast height on LASER 28?LASER 28 has a mast height of 10.1 m. Member Boats at HarborMoor | | | | | Welcome Visitor Member: [ ] | Laser 28 Class Home Page |
"Racer/Cruiser" - is a worn-out cliché. You can race anything that floats. But, if you want the feel of performance instead of driving a truck, you can knock out 95% of the 28 ft. market. If (heaven forbid!) you also wanted to stand up below and do more than race around the bouys, there go all the rest - but one, the Bruce Farr designed Laser 28.
This boat has 5' 10 1/2" standing headroom, sleeps four (or a family of five) in comfort in a double V berth (6 3") and a large converted dinette (6' 7"). There is a full galley, 2 coolers, an enclosed head aft with marine toilet and through-hull and behind it a cavernous walk-in wet locker which you won't find in any other boat this size.
A carefully engineered grid system picks up all the keel and rig loads and distributes them out evenly into the fully cored sandwich construction. There is no simpler rig on the market.
With its roots in the original Laser Class Association, the Laser 28 International Class Association builds on that foundation to be a resource to all owners and prospective owners.
If the ability to cruise in comfort and race hard, all the while being able to have a friendly cocktail with friends is of interest to you - we think you're in the right boat, the .
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A boat with a BN of 1.6 or greater is a boat that will be reefed often in offshore cruising. Derek Harvey, "Multihulls for Cruising and Racing", International Marine, Camden, Maine, 1991, states that a BN of 1 is generally accepted as the dividing line between so-called slow and fast multihulls.
Find detailed information about the Laser 28, a 28.41ft fractional sloop designed by Bruce Farr and built by Performance Sailcraft. See main features, ratios, hull, rigging, engine, accommodations and builder data.
The Laser 28 is a small recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fibreglass, with a Termanto PVC foam hull and deck. It has a fractional sloop rig and a spinnaker, an internally-mounted spade-type rudder and a fixed fin keel. It displaces 3,950 lb (1,792 kg) and carries 1,500 lb (680 kg) of lead ballast.
LASER 28 Sailboat Data. Hull Type: Fin w/spade rudder Rigging Type: Fractional Sloop LOA: 28.41 ft / 8.66 m LWL: 23.62 ft / 7.20 m S.A. (reported): 365.00 ft² / 33.91 m² Beam: 9.48 ft / 2.89 m Displacement: 3,950.00 lb / 1,792 kg Ballast: 1,500.00 lb / 680 kg Max Draft: 4.98 ft / 1.52 m Construction: FG/Termanto PVC foam Hull & deck Ballast Type: Lead First Built: 1983 Last Built: 1990 ...
Laser 28 is a 28′ 4″ / 8.7 m monohull sailboat designed by Bruce Farr and built by Performance Sailcraft between 1983 and 1990. ... 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. Formula. D/L = (D ÷ 2240) ÷ (0.01 x LWL)³ D: Displacement of the boat in pounds. LWL ...
Complete Sail Plan Data for the Laser 28 Sail Data. Sailrite offers free rig and sail dimensions with featured products and canvas kits that fit the boat. ... Sailboat Data ; Laser 28 Sail Data ; Laser 28 Sail Data. Pinit. SKU: X-SD-4770 . Quantity discounts available . Quantity Price; Quantity -+ Add to Cart . Details. Details. LWL 23.62 ...
The boat should be absolutely One-Design in the Laser concept, that is, every boat would be identical and class rules would deter any changes or alterations to the boat, her equipment or sails. ... the intention being to produce a 28 foot yacht with a performance of a 35 foot yacht at the price of a 25 foot yacht. New Zealander Bruce Farr was ...
Sailboat data, rig dimensions and recommended sail areas for Laser 28 sailboat. Tech info about rigging, halyards, sheets, mainsail covers and more. Sailboat Data directory for over 8,000 sailboat designs and manufacturers. Direct access to halyards lengths, recommended sail areas, mainsail cover styles, standing rigging fittings, and lots more ...
The official web site of the Laser 28 International Class Association. Related Sailboats: Sort by: ... 1 Sailboats / Per Page: 25 / Page: 1. 0 CLICK to COMPARE . MODEL LOA FIRST BUILT FAVORITE COMPARE; LASER 28: 28.41 ft / 8.66 m: 1983: ShipCanvas. KiwiGrip. Bruntons. Rudder Craft ...
12450 posts · Joined 2000. #2 · Jan 15, 2006. I owned a Laser 28 for roughly 14 years. I really loved the Laser 28. It was fast, easy to handle and a surprisingly comfortable coastal cruiser. The Laser 28 was a potent racer under PHRF, IMS, and MORC. During the time that I owned the Laser 28, I had the opportunity to sail her in a very wide ...
History of the Laser 28 Below is an article that was published in March 1985. While not a complete history of the boat, it does offer insight into the early years. ... There are no plans whatsoever to develop a "line" of boats of incremental lengths on either side of the Laser 28 as most sailboat manufacturers have done. The Laser 28 is our ...
The Laser 28 is simply one of the best Bruce Farr designed racer/cruisers. She has the performance of a much larger boat and a hull shape that will allow her to plane in the right conditions. Fast and easy to handle, the design has a clean workable deck layout with all halyards leading aft. An excellent light air sailor, the functional open ...
If you are a boat enthusiast looking to get more information on specs, built, make, etc. of different boats, then here is a complete review of LASER 28. Built by Performance Sailcraft and designed by Bruce Farr, the boat was first built in 1983. It has a hull type of Fin w/spade rudder and LOA is 8.66. Its sail area/displacement ratio 23.44.
Learn about the Laser 28, a versatile boat that can race and cruise with performance and comfort. Find out the history, features, and events of the Laser 28 International Class Association.
A boat with a BN of 1.6 or greater is a boat that will be reefed often in offshore cruising. Derek Harvey, "Multihulls for Cruising and Racing", International Marine, Camden, Maine, 1991, states that a BN of 1 is generally accepted as the dividing line between so-called slow and fast multihulls.
The Laser 28 is a 28.41ft fractional sloop designed by Bruce Farr and built in fiberglass by Performance Sailcraft between 1983 and 1990. The Laser 28 is a light sailboat which is a very high performer. It is stable / stiff and has a low righting capability if capsized. It is best suited as a racing boat. This boat is not a good fit for your usage.
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Download some of the original marketing brochures for the Laser 28 in Acrobat format. The Adobe Acrobat Reader may be downloaded here if needed. In 1978 Performance Sailcraft, builders of the Laser, started to consider the development of a performance cruiser for the thousands and thousands of Laser owners who would not sail Lasers forever. As ...
Laser #2069 was 13'10-1/2" in length, but I still can't remember if that included the gudgeons, been too long for me to be sure either way. That boat above doesn't look bad, nicely proportioned for a fractional rig, maybe it's just the angle of the photo but the mast rake looks a bit severe, perhaps that owner likes it that way.
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May 12, 2019. #20. We had a bright red Laser 28 for teaching at Offshore Sailing School in the mid 1980s. I liked that the Bukh diesel could be started with a pull cord if necessary. Enjoyed the boat so much I'd go day sailing on it on a day off after teaching on boats all week.