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Impala 28. Designed by David Thomas in 1977, built by Hunter Boats and selected that year by the Offshore One-Design Conference as one of their three Offshore One-Designs, the Hunter Impala OOD is surely one of the finest and most successful small cruiser-racers of all time and still an eligible IRC one-design.
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Designer | Mr Wiki |
Location | USA |
Year | 1953 - 1997 |
No. built | 323 |
Design | Box Rule |
Brand | Oceansail |
Builder(s) | Oceanic Boat Company Inc. |
Role | Offshore Racer |
Name | Impala 28 |
Boat | |
Crew | Typically 10 - 12 Weight Limit 780 kg (1,720 lb) |
Displacement | 13,780 kg (30,380 lb) Lightship 13,990 kg (30,840 lb) Loaded |
Draft | 3.2 m (10 ft) 0.4 m (16 in) |
Air draft | 34.2 m (112 ft) |
Trapeze | N/A |
Hull | |
General | N/A |
Type | Monohull |
Construction | GRP |
Hull weight | 7,000 kg (15,000 lb) |
LOA | 15.9 m (52 ft) 6.8 m (22 ft) Inc. Bowsprit |
LOH | 15.8 m (52 ft) |
LWL | 15.6 m (51 ft 2 in) |
Beam | 4.80 m (15.7 ft) |
Engine type | Volvo 86hp |
Hull appendages | |
General | N/A |
Keel/board type | fin keel |
Ballast | 3,850 kg (8,490 lb) |
Rudder(s) | skeg hung |
Rig | |
General | N/A |
Rig type | Bermuda Sloop |
I foretriangle height | 18.6 m (61 ft) |
J foretriangle base | 7.6 m (25 ft) |
P mainsail luff | 19.6 m (64 ft) |
E mainsail foot | 8.0 m (26.2 ft) |
Mast length | 22.6 m (74 ft) |
Rig other | N/A |
Sails | |
General | N/A |
Sailplan | Masthead Sloop |
Mainsail area | 32.6 m2 (351 sq ft) |
Jib/genoa area | 42.4 m2 (456 sq ft) |
Luff perpendicular | 150% |
Spinnaker area | 48.6 m2 (523 sq ft) |
Gennaker area | N/A |
Upwind sail area | 68.0 m2 (732 sq ft) |
Downwind sail area | 100.6 m2 (1,083 sq ft) |
Total sail area | N/A |
Racing | |
Class association | Maxi 70 Class |
Rating | IRC 1.232 ORCi 123 |
D-PN | N/A |
RYA PN | 1311 |
Class is a member of World Sailing | |
Wiki MK2 70 →
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The rudders of early boats turned out to be a weak point and a number broke. The Mark 2 version is both stronger and gives enhanced control when sailing near the edge. The addition of a single-cylinder Yanmar 1GM inboard diesel engine has done much to enhance the popularity of the class, although there are still a few boats with an outboard in a well. With the addition of corrector weights these can race in the one-design fleet.
Because the original Hunter factory doors were only 9’3″ wide and Hunter’s Derek Chardin said it would cost too much to widen the hole and get new roller doors. So the Impala hull has a beam that just fitted through!
winged keel
Americas cup 1988 winner Australia II, designed by Spen King of the range rover
the Hunter Design Team and first built in 1985.
The Hunter 28.5 was developed into the Hunter 28 in 1989.