Pacific Dolphin 28
Description
The Pacific Dolphin 28 represents a quintessential example of 1970s Southern California fiberglass craftsmanship, designed by Robert Finch and built by Pacific Dolphin Inc. in Oceanside starting in 1975. This boutique-era sailboat emerged from the maritime hub during a golden age of custom boatbuilding, widely recognized by maritime historians as sharing lineage with the Yankee 28 design. Her substantial displacement provides a comfortable, sea-kindly motion, while her generous sail plan delivers excellent light-air performance, making her well-suited for coastal cruising with occasional overnight passages. Finch intended the vessel to bridge the gap between a spirited club racer and a legitimate coastal cruiser, characterized by a high ballast-to-displacement ratio and traditional aesthetic that eschews the voluminous "wedge" shaped hulls of modern production cruisers in favor of a balanced, sea-kindly underwater profile. The boat features fiberglass construction with a fin keel and rudder on skeg configuration, representing the evolution from full-keel designs toward more performance-oriented underbodies
Construction Details
| Designer | Robert Finch |
|---|---|
| Builder | Pacific Dolphin Inc. |
| Length | 27.750 ft |
| LOA | 27.750 ft |
| LWL | 21.830 ft |
| Beam | 8.580 ft |
| Displacement | 6500 lb |
| Ballast | 2750 lb |
| Max Draft | 4.670 ft |
| Year Built | 197 |
The standard boat dimensions
| i | 35 ft |
|---|---|
| j | 11.75 ft |
| p | 30.75 ft |
| e | 10 ft |
| p2 | - |
| e2 | - |
| i2 | - |
| j2 | - |
| I | J | P | E | P2 | E2 | I2 | J2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35 ft | 11.75 ft | 30.75 ft | 10 ft | - | - | - | - |
Sails
Pacific Dolphin 28 - MAINSAIL
| Luff | * 28.91 ft - (8812 mm) |
|---|---|
| Foot | * 13.5 ft - (4115 mm) |
| Leech | * 31.19 ft - (9507 mm) |
| Tack Angle | * 88 ° |
| Diagonal | * 31.48 ft - (9595 mm) |
| Head (inches) | * 6 in - (152 mm) |
| Area | * 201.41 ft² |
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Pacific Dolphin 28 - JIBSAIL
| Luff | * 27.8 ft - (8473 mm) |
|---|---|
| Foot | * 11.99 ft - (3655 mm) |
| Leech | * 24.68 ft - (7522 mm) |
| Percentage LP | * 115.03 % |
| Length Perpendicular | * 10.64 ft - (3243 mm) |
| Deck Angle | * 12.03 ° |
| Area | * 147.87 ft² |
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Pacific Dolphin 28 - GENOA
| Luff | * 33.02 ft - (10064 mm) |
|---|---|
| Foot | * 14.71 ft - (4484 mm) |
| Leech | * 31.35 ft - (9555 mm) |
| Percentage LP | * 149.95 % |
| Length Perpendicular | * 13.87 ft - (4228 mm) |
| Deck Angle | * 4.04 ° |
| Area | * 228.97 ft² |
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Pacific Dolphin 28 - GENOA
| Luff | 32 ft - (9754 mm) |
|---|---|
| Foot | 12.75 ft - (3886 mm) |
| Leech | 30.25 ft - (9220 mm) |
| Percentage LP | * 129.95 % |
| Length Perpendicular | * 12.02 ft - (3664 mm) |
| Deck Angle | * 4 ° |
| Area | * 192.38 ft² |
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Pacific Dolphin 28 - ASYMMETRICAL
| Luff | 34 ft - (10363 mm) |
|---|---|
| Foot | 16 ft - (4877 mm) |
| Leech | 32 ft - (9754 mm) |
| Perc LP | * 165 % |
| Area | * 408 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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