J/28

The J/28 is an American sailboat designed by Rod Johnstone and first built in 1986.

Production
The boat was built by J/Boats (Tillotson Pearson) in the United States. The company completed 71 examples between 1986 and 1988, but it is now out of production.

Design
The J/28 is a small recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a fractional sloop rig, an internally-mounted spade-type rudder and a fixed fin keel. It displaces 7900 lb and carries 3000 lb of ballast.

The boat has a draft of 5.00 ft with the standard keel fitted.

The boat is fitted with a Japanese Yanmar 2GM diesel engine of 18 hp. The fuel tank holds 20 u.s.gal and the fresh water tank has a capacity of 35 u.s.gal.

The design has a hull speed of 6.57 kn.