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Review of Ericson 28 Mk II


Basic specs.

sail specifications
The Ericson 28 Mk II is a sailboat designed by the American maritime architect Bruce King in the mid eighties. The Ericson 28 Mk II is built by the American yard Ericson Yachts.

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Hull

The hull is made of fibreglass. Generally, a hull made of fibreglass requires only a minimum of maintenance during the sailing season. And outside the sailing season, just bottom cleaning and perhaps anti-fouling painting once a year - a few hours of work, that's all.


Interior

The boat is equipped with 95.0 liter fresh water capacity.


Rig

The Ericson 28 Mk II is equipped with a fractional rig. A fractional rig has smaller headsails which make tacking easier, which is an advantage for cruisers and racers, of course. The downside is that having the wind from behind often requires a gennaker or a spinnaker for optimal speed.


Keel

Fin keel

The Ericson 28 Mk II is equipped with a fin keel. A boat with a fin keel is more manoeuvrable but has less directional stability than a similar boat with a full keel.

The boat can enter most marinas as the draft is just about 1.68 - 1.78 meter (5.51 - 5.81 ft) dependent on the load. See immersion rate below.


Engine

Ericson 28 Mk II may be equipped with an inboard Universal diesel engine

The fuel tank has a capacity of 57.0 liters (15 US gallons, 12 imperial gallons).


Sailing characteristics

This section covers widely used rules of thumb to describe the sailing characteristics. Please note that even though the calculations are correct, the interpretation of the results might not be valid for extreme boats.

Stability and Safety

What is Capsize Screening Formula (CSF)?

The capsize screening value for Ericson 28 Mk II is 2.04, indicating that this boat would not be accepted to participate in ocean races.


Theoretical Maximum Hull Speed

What is Theoretical Maximum Hull Speed?

The theoretical maximal speed of a displacement boat of this length is 6.5 knots. The term "Theoretical Maximum Hull Speed" is widely used even though a boat can sail faster. The term shall be interpreted as above the theoretical speed a great additional power is necessary for a small gain in speed.


Immersion rate

The immersion rate is defined as the weight required to sink the boat a certain level. The immersion rate for Ericson 28 Mk II is about 145 kg/cm, alternatively 813 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 145 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm. Alternatively, if you load 813 lbs cargo on the boat it will sink 1 inch.


Sailing statistics

This section is statistical comparison with similar boats of the same category. The basis of the following statistical computations is our unique database with more than 26,000 different boat types and 350,000 data points.

Motion Comfort Ratio

What is Motion Comfort Ratio (MCR)?

The Motion Comfort Ratio for Ericson 28 Mk II is 21.7.

Low High 50% 0 50 100
Comparing this ratio with similar sailboats show that it is more comfortable than 50% of all similar sailboat designs. This is an average comfort value!


L/B (Length Beam Ratio)

What is L/B (Length Beam Ratio)?

The l/b ratio for Ericson 28 Mk II is 2.80.

Slim Wide 79% 0 50 100
Compared with other similar sailboats it is more spacy than 79% of all other designs. It seems that the designer has chosen a significantly more spacy hull design.


Ballast Ratio

What is a Ballast Ratio?

The ballast ratio for Ericson 28 Mk II is 43%.

Low High 66% 0 50 100
This ballast ratio shows a righting moment that is higher than 66% of all similar sailboat designs. A righting moment (ability to resist heeling) just above average.


D/L (Displacement Length Ratio)

What is Displacement Length Ratio?

The DL-ratio for Ericson 28 Mk II is 263 which categorizes this boat among 'light crusers & offshore racers'.

Heavy Light 42% 0 50 100
42% of all similar sailboat designs are categorized as heavier. A heavy displacement combined with smaller water plane area has lower acceleration and is more comfortable.


SA/D (Sail Area Displacement ratio)

What is SA/D (Sail Area Displacement ratio)?

The SA/D for Ericson 28 Mk II with ISO 8666 reference sail is 17.2, with a 135% genua the SA/D is 20.3.

Low High 66% 0 50 100
The SA/D ratio indicates that it is faster than 66% of all similar sailboat designs in light wind.


Over- / underrigged

Low High 46% 0 50 100
The Ericson 28 Mk II has more rig than 46% of all similar sailboats, which indicates that the boat is slightly underrigged.


Maintenance

Bottom Paint

When buying anti-fouling bottom paint, it's nice to know how much to buy. The surface of the wet bottom is about 25m2 (269 ft2).
Based on this, your favourite maritime shop can tell you the quantity you need.

Note: If you use a paint roller you will need more paint than if you use a paintbrush.


Rig

Dimensions of sail for fractional rig.

mainsail specifications headsail specifications

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If you need to renew parts of your running rig and is not quite sure of the dimensions, you may find the estimates computed below useful.



Guiding dimensions of running rig
UsageLengthDiameter
Mainsail halyard 28.4 m(93.0 feet)8 mm(5/16 inch)
Jib/genoa halyard28.4 m(93.0 feet)8 mm(5/16 inch)
Spinnaker halyard28.4 m(93.0 feet)8 mm(5/16 inch)
Jib sheet 8.5 m(28.0 feet)10 mm(3/8 inch)
Genoa sheet8.5 m(28.0 feet)10 mm(3/8 inch)
Mainsheet 21.3 m(70.0 feet)10 mm(3/8 inch)
Spinnaker sheet18.8 m(61.6 feet)10 mm(3/8 inch)
Cunningham3.4 m(11.0 feet)8 mm(5/16 inch)
Kickingstrap6.7 m(22.0 feet)8 mm(5/16 inch)
Clew-outhaul6.7 m(22.0 feet)8 mm(5/16 inch)

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