Description

General Specification

Designer: Neil Hunt
Builder: Easticks, Acle
LOA: 10.36m (34ft 0in)
LOD: 8.53m (28ft 0in)
Beam: 2.5m (8ft 2in)
Draft max: 1.07m (3ft 6in)
Keel: Fin

Construction

GRP hull
Original black gelcoat finish
Epoxied and copper coated below waterline from new (just requires a jet wash annually – no antifouling required!)
Custom built with unique shallow draft aerofoil keel
Custom built GRP aerofoil rudder (new 2020)
Epoxy decks (renewed 2005 and epoxy painted in 2021)
Solid mahogany cabin sides and cockpit
Lifting cabin roof
New teak and holly cockpit floor (2020)
Full professional refit completed in 2005 by Adams of Belaugh
Newly varnished rubbers, toe-rails, Bowsprit and Sampson post (2023)
Hull cut and polished (2025)
Winter boatshed stored ashore annually at respectable boatyard
Last surveyed February 2024 prior to purchase (available on request)

Mechanical & Electrical

New E-propulsion electric engine pod and battery (fitted 2025 below cabin sole boards, keel designed with electric propulsion in mind)
Removable side-mounted outboard bracket (if outboard desired)
Tiller steering
12v heavy duty leisure battery (new 2021)
DC master isolation switch
DC fuse panel

Rigging & Sails

Gaff rig with integral topsail
Solid spruce mast boom and gaff
Bowsprit
Aluminium topsail spar
Counter-balanced mast stepped in tabernacle for easy raising/lowering
Steel standing rigging (good condition)
Synthetic running rigging (good condition)
2 x Lewmar sheet winches, plus further winch at mast
All sheets lead aft to cockpit for ease of use – including topping lift
Harken Blocks
Mainsail with 3 reef points and modified with additional panel (lighter colour) inserted to provide improved performance (Jeckells, approximately 2004, good condition)
Jib (McNamara Sails, 2008, good condition)
New Jeckells jib (2022, excellent condition)
Second mainsail (slightly older, white) with integral topsail and longer boom (included)
RCC handicap -5%

Accommodation

5 berths in 1 cabin
Double berth under foredeck
Single berth and second single/pull-out double berth in main cabin area
Origo 2 burner meths/bio-fuel stove in cockpit locker
Portaloo in dedicated locker in cabin
Lifting cabin roof with canvas side curtains
Comfortable sitting headroom with cabin roof raised
12v cabin lights
Berth cushions for main berths (Jeckells, 2022, barely used)
Cockpit cushions


Equipment

Safety Equipment
Boat Safety Scheme certificate (expires May 2026)
Emergency ladder
Fire extinguisher (not guaranteed in date)
12v bilge pump with float switch
Manual bilge pump, original brass, serviced with all seals renewed

Covers & Awnings

New summer cruising cockpit awning (2023, Jeckells)
Full-length lightweight mooring cover (very good condition)
Tonneau-style mooring cover (very good condition)

Other Equipment

High & low mast/boom crutches
Mud weight
Rhond anchors
Various warps
Fenders (2022)

Remarks:

This very well presented and maintained Easticks 28 Broads River Cruiser Class yacht is one of only a handful of custom designed and Easticks 28 built to special order.

She benefits from a large, extra length cockpit which can easily accommodate 5 adults, though 2 can sail her comfortably, and she has a single cabin with berths to accommodate 5 adults and cooking facilities provided in the cockpit. She is rigged with an integrated topsail which has been optimised to provide superb sailing enjoyment and performance in a wide range of wind conditions and is particularly good in light/medium winds.

Having enjoyed much success in both river and broad regattas, she is renowned for being one of the fastest Easticks 28s on the Broads! With her copper coated hull and epoxy decks, she is also a very low maintenance yacht, with very low hours required to get her ready each season – usually a hull clean and polish, and re-varnish of rubbers and mast is all that is required. (It is noted that the mast would currently benefit from being varnished.)

This is a rare opportunity to own a well known and distinctive river cruiser, which is equally suited to family Broads cruising or RCC racing. Now for sale now due to the purchase of another boat she is ready to go, sail away and enjoy.

Although not raced by the current owner, below is a selection of some of this yacht’s previous racing successes demonstrating her racing pedigree:

Three Rivers Race winner (1992) for “First Boat Home” winning the “Elias” Trophy and also “First Cruiser Home” winning the “Mora” Trophy
Ames Cup (TMOR)
Yare Navigation Race Overall including the Jeckells Trophy
Two times winner of the Sabrina Trophy
Two times winner of the Claret Jug
Mora Trophy (Three Rivers)
Two times winner of the Balderston Fife
Buckworth Trophy (Wroxham Week B Fleet)
Two times winner of Autumn Trophy Down River Race
Satyr Cup (Wroxham Week B Fleet)
Simon Kremer Memorial Trophy (Wroxham Week)

MOORING: It’s understood that this vessel does not have a transferrable mooring.

Please note: The photos are July 2023 when she was last for sale with Topsail. We understand she is currently presented to much the same good standard.

Specifications

Disclaimer

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