SABRE 28-2
Specifications
Hull
| LOA | 28.42 ft |
| LWL | 22.83 ft |
| Beam | 9.17 ft |
| Draft | 4.33 ft |
| Displacement | 7,900 lb |
| Ballast | 2,900.1 lb |
| Hull speed1.34·√LWL | 6.4 kn |
Rig & Sails
| Iforetriangle height | 36.2 ft |
| Jforetriangle base | 12.3 ft |
| Pmainsail luff | 30.5 ft |
| Emainsail foot | 11.3 ft |
| FLforestay | 12.3 ft |
| Mainsail | 408.7 sq ft |
| Jib (100%) | 222.6 sq ft |
| Spinnaker | 378.5 sq ft |
About the SABRE 28-2
SABRE 28-2 refers to hulls #212-539. Shoal keel draft: 3.83 ft Photo courtesy of Adam Hunt.
Direct variant of the SABRE 28-2
Near-identical models — same hull, builder and designer, re-badged or lightly changed. Specs and owner-reported issues are typically shared across the group, so a sister model's page may carry detail this one doesn't.
Performance
Estimated Value
Low ConfidenceAsking price by model year
5 listings · boat years 1976–1979 · median $9,800
Each dot is one listing · hover for details · dashed red line marks the median · obvious data-entry outliers (top & bottom 2.5%) excluded.
Estimated Cost of Ownership
Based on 28.42ft LOA. Actual costs vary by condition, usage, and local rates.
Known Issues & Pre-Purchase Inspection
We don't have enough data on the SABRE 28-2yet to publish model-specific findings we'd stand behind — but here's a free general inspection checklist, built from our research into what actually goes wrong on boats of this kind.
Drawn from 7,029 documented issues across 2,391 models, ordered so the areas that most often turn up problems come first.
Own a SABRE 28-2? Reports from owners are what turn this into a model-specific checklist — and they're the reason the boats above it have one.
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