Mariner 28 Sailboats for Sale & Market Overview

Drawing Diagram

Builder drawing

Hull type

Monohull · fin

Rig

Masthead Sloop

LOA

28.17' · 8.59 m

Displ.

7,450 lbs · 3,379 kg

First year

1978

The Mariner 28, designed by naval architect Scott Canning and built by the Mariner Yacht Co. of East Rochester, New Hampshire, represents a quintessential era of New England boatbuilding where "overbuilt" was the standard. Introduced in the late 1970s, this vessel was intended to provide a robust, offshorecapable platform within a footprint manageable for a solo sailor or a couple. Unlike the more common Far East Mariner 28 (a ketchrigged vessel with heavy wood accents), the Canningdesigned Mariner 28 is a modernprofile fiberglass sloop featuring a fin keel and a skeghung rudder. It was part of a focused lineup that included its larger siblings, the Mariner 31 and the Mariner 36, all of which shared a design DNA characterized by high ballast ratios and substantial displacement for their respective lengths.