Great Dane 28
Description
The Great Dane 28 is a classic Danish-built cruising sailboat, known for its robust construction, seaworthiness, and comfortable motion in rough conditions. It's a heavy-displacement, full-keel (long keel with transom-hung rudder) design that's popular among bluewater enthusiasts for its stability and ability to handle offshore passages, though it's not particularly fast by modern racing standards.
Construction Details
| Designer | Aage Utzon |
|---|---|
| Builder | Klaus Baess / Sandersens Plasticboats |
| Length | 28.000 ft |
| LOA | 28.000 ft |
| LWL | 21.330 ft |
| Beam | 8.160 ft |
| Displacement | 8500 lb |
| Ballast | 3968 lb |
| Max Draft | 4.500 ft |
| Year Built | 1965 |
The standard boat dimensions
| i | 35.70 ft |
|---|---|
| j | 9.98 ft |
| p | 30.42 ft |
| e | 11.88 ft |
| p2 | - |
| e2 | - |
| i2 | - |
| j2 | - |
| I | J | P | E | P2 | E2 | I2 | J2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35.70 ft | 9.98 ft | 30.42 ft | 11.88 ft | - | - | - | - |
Sails
Great Dane 28 - MAINSAIL
| Luff | * 30.42 ft - (9272 mm) |
|---|---|
| Foot | * 11.88 ft - (3621 mm) |
| Leech | * 32.03 ft - (9763 mm) |
| Tack Angle | * 88 ° |
| Diagonal | * 32.27 ft - (9836 mm) |
| Head (inches) | * 5.25 in - (133 mm) |
| Area | * 186.47 ft² |
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Great Dane 28 - JIBSAIL
| Luff | * 29.65 ft - (9037 mm) |
|---|---|
| Foot | * 12.96 ft - (3950 mm) |
| Leech | * 26.28 ft - (8010 mm) |
| Percentage LP | * 115.03 % |
| Length Perpendicular | * 11.48 ft - (3499 mm) |
| Deck Angle | * 12.01 ° |
| Area | * 170.22 ft² |
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Great Dane 28 - GENOA
| Luff | * 35.22 ft - (10735 mm) |
|---|---|
| Foot | * 15.89 ft - (4843 mm) |
| Leech | * 33.43 ft - (10189 mm) |
| Percentage LP | * 150 % |
| Length Perpendicular | * 14.97 ft - (4563 mm) |
| Deck Angle | * 3.98 ° |
| Area | * 263.62 ft² |
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Great Dane 28 - ASYMMETRICAL
| Luff | 36 ft - (10973 mm) |
|---|---|
| Foot | 17 ft - (5182 mm) |
| Leech | 34 ft - (10363 mm) |
| Perc LP | * 165 % |
| Area | * 459 ft² |
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Disclaimer. Boats are not all the same -- even when produced in the same factory of the same model. Sailrite does its best to publish accurate dimensions, but we often find it worthwhile to have our customers measure their boats carefully before we produce kits for them. You should take the same precautions, especially when the data is not from Sailrite. The information on this site is not guaranteed to be accurate. Sailrite offers this content as a service to our community, but takes no responsibility for the reliability of the data provided.
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