28.25' TPI Alerion Express 28

Alerion Express 28, Shoal Draft LARK, 2007, Hull # 365! Superior design (Carl Schumacher) & speed, advanced engineering, refined styling, stunning & classic beauty and stable/easy to sailLARK has it all! She has four very special features: 1. Shoal Draft (38), great for rivers, lakes and coastal waters; 2. Harken 35ST electric chrome cabin-top halyard winch--no more huffing & puffing to hoist the mainsail!; 3. Yanmar 2-cyl, 14 hp diesel/sail drive & Gori folding prop, power to get through the tide, current & headwind; and 4. New (May 24) topside paint, professionally sprayed Flag Blue Awlcraft , and bottom paint, with Pettit Trinidad XSR in bright red. She is easy and forgiving to sail, fast (3-time club champion!) and receives complements on her good looks everywhere she sails-the prettiest girl at the dance! PHRF 186, USCG Documented, clear title!

The current owner has invested in many other upgrades, including those mentioned above. LARK has a full complement of North sails (stored & serviced annually by North), including 2018 North 3Di full batten main, jib (on Hoyt Jib Boom) & 155% genoa. Plus, a North asymmetric spinnaker (never used), flown from factory bowsprit w/Profurl Spinex top-down furler & continuous line furling. Additionally, LARK includes a B&G Vulcan touchscreen GPS navigation chart plotter, B&G Trident 2 instrument, wired B&G transducers for wind, speed, depth and temperature plus an external B&G GPS/compass antenna, all connected via a NMEA 2000 Backbone. Currently stored on land in Galesville, MD, Lark is ready to sail (or ransported) away to a new how and delighted new owners!
HULL & DECKS:
Beautiful New (May 2024) & professionally spray-painted Flag Blue Awlcraft paint, white boot stripe and gold accents on topsides, with grey & white decks, fiberglass hull & decks using the durable Composites Resin Infusion SCRIMP system by TPI, Warren, RI. New red antifouling bottom paint (May 2024) in best-in-class Pettit Trinidad XSR. Teak trim, four oval portlights, forward hatch w/vent & swim ladder.
ACCOMMODATIONS and GALLY:
Sleeps 3w/full cockpit & cabin cushions in very good condition; Teak & Holy cabin sole; Custom ladder into cabin; Cooler; Forward V-birth cabin includes privacy curtain & portable marine toilet w/6-gal removable holding tank;
ELECTRONICS & NAVIGATION:
B&G Vulcan GPS Chart plotter on RAM mount; B&G Triton2 sailing instrument; B&G wired wind, depth, speed and water temperature transducers; B&G GPS/Compass antenna; NEMA 2000 backbone connecting chart plotter, instruments & transducers; Standard Horizon HX870 VHF/FM radio w/DSC; PFDs, safety equipment, anchor & rode; mooring lines.
ELECTRICAL:
Batteries (2) 12 v AGM w/Blue Sea Sys Dual Circuit Battery switch & Automatic Charging Relay (ACR); Victron Smart Shunt Battery Monitor (bmv-712) w/Blue Tooth; installed ProMariner smart battery charger; ProMariner galvanic isolator; Bass 12v circuit breaker panel; lightening grounding system to keel; LED running lights, cabin lights.
RIGGING:
Hoyt Jib Boom with single line sheeting; 4 Chrome winches: 1 Harken 35 2-spd Electric Self-Tailing (ST) main halyard winch w/digital system switch; 2 Lewmar 30 ST 2-spd genoa winches; 1 Andersen 28 ST 2-spd cabin-top jib/spinnaker halyard winch; Genoa track and fairleads; Harken jib/headsail roller furler system; Harken mainsail sheeting system w/Barney Post; Harken traveler with cam cleat controls; 6 Spinlock Power Clutches; Hall mast, boom and rigid vang; Lazy Jacks; Stackpack style mainsail handling & cover system (dark blue), mainsail cover (dark blue). Full cockpit cushions--good condition.
SAILS
2018 North 3Di Full Batten Mainsail; 2018 North 3Di furling 90% furling jib for self-tacking Hoyt Boom; 2018 North 3Di furling 155% genoa; 2018 North asymetric gennaker (never used); factory bowsprit, Profurl Spinnix top down furler w/continuous line furling system.
ENGINE & MECHANICAL:
Yanmar 2YM15 (14 hp/2 cyl) w/new (May 2024) belts, filters, oil, service); Yanmar Sail Drive SD20 w/Gori 2-blade folding prop/new anodes & gear oil service (May 2024); Bilge pumps: electric (Rule w/electronic switch) & manual (Whale Gusher). Balanced inboard rudder with varnished tiller steering.
DISCLAIMER:
Seller offers details in good faith but does not guarantee or warrant information.