Cal 28 Sailboats for Sale & Market Overview

Drawing Diagram

Builder drawing

Hull Type

Monohull · fin

Rig

Masthead Sloop

LOA

28' · 8.53 m

Disp.

6,000 lbs · 2,722 kg

First year

1963

Designed by the legendary C. William "Bill" Lapworth and built by Jensen Marine between 1963 and 1969, the original Cal 28 (frequently referred to as the Cal 281 or "flat top" Cal 28 to distinguish it from the later, mid1980s C. Raymond Huntdesigned Cal 282) was a pioneering example of the modern production racercruiser. At a time when the market was dominated by traditional, heavydisplacement, fullkeel wooden boats, the Cal 28 offered a radical departure: a solid fiberglass hull, a highaspect fin keel, and a balanced spade rudder. The boat's defining aesthetic is its distinctive flushdeck profile. While this design choice was polarizing compared to traditional trunkcabin competitors of the era, it was a stroke of engineering genius that maximized interior volume and provided a massive, unobstructed deck working area.