28.5' J Boats TPI J-28 J28 J/28

J-28 Moon River
One of the rare cruiser-racer designs from J-Boat. The successor to the J-40 and the predecessor to the J-32 cruiser racers. Newer design than the more common J-29 and J-30.

The J/28 is designed to perform with two people sitting in the cockpit, sailing to windward in 20 knots of wind. In fact, J/28 may be the fastest 28-footer in the world in those conditions.
https://jboats.com/j28-performance
Fractional tapered rig. Fast well balanced sailing with loads of interior space for a 28 footer.

Built by TPI Tillotson-Pearson in Rhode Island. Rare boat on the West coast.
Designed by Rod Johnstone of J Boats. Production ran from 1986 to 1988 and during that time 75 hulls were built. Hall Spars constructed the keel-stepped single spreader fractional rig.

Engine 1 x Electric 20hp, Elco EP20.
No engine maintenance, no fuel quality issues, no oil filter changes!
No cooling system concerns, no exhaust manifold corrosion concerns!
4x 135 watt-hr Dakota Lithium battery bank with NOCO 20 amp GX industrial 120v charger
Recent professional installation of electrical system.
Professional 2026 full battery testing and system tests.
Sophisticated Victron battery management system including battery balancers
Bluetooth Victron app monitoring real-time power usage and remaining power.
Dakota Lithium powered house battery bank. Charge house bank from propulsion bank while underway

New cutlass bearing, new Zinc Anodes. Newly installed 2 blade prop.
Expensive ORIGO 2 burner alcohol stove with OVEN
Head with holding tank
30 gallons of potable water
V berth forward, almost 6 feet wide at the head with plenty of space and ventilation, changing headroom, hanging locker, and duffel storage area.
Twin settee in the salon. the port one pulls out for a double.

NEW Standard Horizon VHF with NMEA 2000. MMSI blank, awaiting the new owner.
Raymarine AutoPilot 4000ST at the helm.
SIMRAD NSE8 chartplotter NMEA 2000
NMEA 2000 network aboard.
Speed, wind and depth via older Datamarine instruments
CoRezyn VE-8110 vinylester resin for the hull laminate.

Spinnaker, pole, topping lift.
Six opening BALMAR ports. Three overhead LEWMAR opening hatches provide good cross-ventilation.
Halyards and all other line controls are led back to the cockpit.
Mainsheet, traveler and jib winches are within reach of the helmsman.
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