SPIRIT 28 (VAN DE STADT)
Masthead Sloop • Fin w/spade rudder • Built 1970
Dimensions
- LOA
- 27.89 ft
- LWL
- 22.64 ft
- Beam
- 9.22 ft
- Max Draft
- 5.08 ft
- Displacement
- 5,953 lbs
- Ballast
- 2,590 lbs
Performance Ratios
- Capsize Ratio ⓘ
- 2.04 (use caution offshore)
- SA/D Ratio ⓘ
- 21.7
- D/L Ratio ⓘ
- 229
- Ballast Ratio ⓘ
- 43.5%
Sail Plan
- Sail Area
- 445 sq ft
Construction
- Hull Type
- Fin w/spade rudder
- Rig Type
- Masthead Sloop
- Hull Material
- FG
- Ballast Type
- —
Production
- First Built
- 1970
- Last Built
- —
- Number Built
- 284
Notes:
Shallow draft keel available. Draft: 1.42m / 4.66ft; Ballast: 1055kg / 2325.9 lbs
VDS design #216.
The designer himself owned a SPRIT 28 for a number of years.
Also built in Australia and probably a number of other places.
Number built above is from A.J. Van Heygen only.
Designer
- E. G. Van de Stadt (1910–1999)