1979 Contessa 28

Additional Specs, Equipment and Information:

Designed by Doug Peterson and built by Jeremy Rodgers in 1979.

• LOA 8.43m.
• LWL 6.71m.
• Beam 2.88m.
• Draft 1.49m.
• Displacement 3.16 tonnes.
• Keel ballast 1.27 tonnes.
• Cruising speed 5kts.
• Maximum speed 6kts.
• 10gal fuel tank.

The hull, deck and superstructure are all in white GRP and she has a fin keel and a spade rudder with tiller steering in an aft style cockpit.

5 berths in total in 1 cabin plus the saloon, comprising 2 double berths and 1 single berth.

Forward cabin with double berth in "V" with infill and ample storage space.

The heads are between the forward cabin and the saloon and comprise a Lavec Marine toilet and a wash basin with manual cold fresh water.

Saloon has a folding leaf table with settee berths port & stbd and the stbd berth converts to a double berth.  The galley is "L" shaped and to port aft in the saloon and comprises a Flavel Vanessa gas cooker with oven, grill and 2 burners, plastic sink with manual fresh water.  Navigation station is to stbd aft in the saloon with a quarter berth aft.

• Dark wood interior with blue cloth upholstery.
• 12v electric cabin lighting.
• FCC Precision clock & barometer.

Powered by a Yanmar 2GM 20F 18hp inboard 2 cylinder marine diesel engine with shaft drive to a 3 blade fixed prop.

• Fresh and sea water cooled via a heat exchanger.
• Single teleflex lever controls.
• Engine last serviced May 18.
• Engine model serial No E10011.

The 12v ships electrical system is powered by 2 12v batteries.

• 1 x Yuasa 12v 80ah domestic battery - new May 18.
• 1 x Yuasa 12v 80ah engine start battery - new May 18.
• Engine alternator charges batteries.
• Shore power with cable.
• Rutland 305 wind generator - new in 2008.

Masthead sloop rigged with silver anodised mast and boom which is supported by stainless steel standing rigging.

• Braid on braid running rigging may need to be replaced.
• Silver anodised spinnaker pole with working piston ends.

Sails Inventory

• Mainsail by Saturn in fair condition.
• Genoa by Nicholson Hughes in fair condition.
• Spinnaker by Bruce Banks in fair condition.

Easily navigated side decks lead from the cockpit to the foredeck which is all secured by a stainless steel pulpit, stainless steel stanchions with alloy bases and toerail with double pvc coated stainless steel guardwires and stainless steel quarter pushpits.

• Single bow roller.
• Bruce anchor and chain, with short end warp.
• 2 warps.
• 4 mooring cleats.
• Various fenders.
• Boathook.
• Clip on rope boarding ladder.
• Sprayhood.
• 2 xLewmar 30 ST 2 speed manual winches
• 2 x Lewmar 16 2 speed manual winches.
• 3 winch handles.

• Kelvin Hughes VHF radio.
• Vtronic cockpit speaker.
• Garmin 120 GPS.
• Plastimo Contest int/ext bulkhead compass.
• Raymarine Tridata ST60 speed and log.
• Raymarine ST60 wind direction and speed.

• Manual bilge pump.
• Fire blanket.
• 2 manual dry powder fire extinguishers.
• Gas detector.
• Navigation lights.

The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.