An all-carbon skiff with a rack for five people

Impressively, the primary Cayman 28 boat’s second outing was the 96-mile Blue Riband race round Lake Balaton, the place it was one in every of 600 boats in a mass begin. “It was debatable whether or not our shake-down sail must be one of many world’s largest races, but it surely was lovely,” Mills reported on the end.

“Racing down Lake Balaton in firm with virtually 600 starters and ending after an evening time battle reaching with 42-footers with Code 0s [was] memorable!”
A easy backstayless rig units Doyle load-sharing sails, whereas coarse and nice adjustment for the primary and jib sheets eliminates the necessity for winches. A low profile Harken Snubbair winch on the rack is used to deal with the uneven spinnaker sheets.

The racks have capability for as much as 5 folks and when absolutely prolonged improve beam to three.9m, creating an enormous quantity of further righting second. One of many early boats has already clocked up speeds of greater than 21 knots.

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Cayman 28 specs:

LOA: 8.52m 28ft 0in
LWL: 8.37m 27ft 6in
Beam (racks in): 2.53m 8ft 4in
Displacement: 1,100kg 2,425lb
Draught (shallow): 1.67m 5ft 5in (deep) 1.92m 6ft 4in
Worth: €167,000 ex VAT
Contact particulars: cayman28.com

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