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Skipjack
Alerion Express 28
PRICE
$81,000 USD
LENGTH
28ft 3in
YEAR
2010
TYPE
Sail

SKIPJACK is a late-model Alerion Express 28 in good condition, offering the perfect blend of timeless elegance and modern sailing performance. Widely admired as one of the most beautiful boats on the water, the Alerion Express 28 preserves its traditional topside design while incorporating a thoroughly modern underwater hull shape. Currently rigged for cruising, SKIPJACK features a spacious cockpit and cabin, making it ideal for a couple’s weekend adventures or spontaneous evening sails. It comes equipped with lifelines, a marine toilet plumbed to a holding tank, and a very manageable sailplan that includes a self-tacking jib boom, making it easily single-handed.

The Alerion Express 28 is known for its balance and responsiveness, earning praise from both die-hard racers and leisure sailors for its delightful performance under sail. While SKIPJACK is cruise-ready, it can be converted into a racing boat for those seeking a more competitive experience. Whether you’re looking for relaxed outings or spirited performance, SKIPJACK offers a versatile and manageable sailing experience. This yacht combines great style, performance, and the pride of ownership that comes with such a well-regarded design.

Specifications
Name of vessel Skipjack
Model Alerion Express 28
Year 2010
Builder
Designer
Price $81,000 USD
Location Point Richmond, CA
Length (feet) 28
Beam (feet) 8.17
Draft (feet)
Displacement (pounds)
Ballast (pounds)
Engine model Yanmar 2YM15
Engine horsepower 14
Engine hours
Fuel tank capacity (gallons) 8
Water tank capacity (gallons)
Holding tank capacity (gallons)
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Some of her recent upgrades include:

North Sails Endurance 3Di 760 Mainsail & Furling Jib w/ battens (2021)

North Sails G1 AP Furling Gennaker (2020)

Custom stainless steel bowsprit (2020)

Interior Layout with Features/Options

Forward of the mast, separated from the salon by a partial bulkhead and curtain, is a V-berth with a filler cushion, storage beneath, and teak shelving outboard and above. The marine head is located to port under a lift-out section of the berth. Overhead, a large Lewmar “smoke-tinted” Lexan opening hatch with a screen provides ventilation and natural light. The salon features a full-length settee with green Sunbrella cushions to port, while to starboard, a built-in single settee with matching cushions is complemented by drawer and locker storage forward and aft, replacing the standard sink and stove configuration. Additional storage is located in an under-counter area aft and to starboard of the companionway.

Natural light floods the space through four elliptical fixed Bomar ports trimmed in teak, along with a Lexan companionway slider and hatch board. The exposed hull sides are elegantly lined with solid ash planking, adding a touch of warmth and craftsmanship. Functional features include a teak storage rack behind the companionway for the cockpit table and hatch boards, a 38-quart cooler integrated into the companionway step with a teak and holly lid, and a custom teak-trimmed box covering the back of the nav and sailing instrument port in the salon.

Teak storage rack for cockpit table and companionway hatch boards behind companionway 38 qt. cooler/ companionway step with teak and holly lid

Custom box trimmed in teak to cover back of nav/sailing instrument port salon

Electronics and Navigation Equipment

Icom VHF IC-M504 with full featured remote for cockpit

Raymarine C90 GPS/Plotter to port of companionway

Raymarine ST60+ sailing instrument to port companionway

Raymarine ST2000+ Tiller Pilot (2017)

Compass mounted to starboard of companionway

Clarion AM/FM Stereo M309 with salon and cockpit speakers

Electrical Systems

110v electrical system

12v electrical system

Battery charger

Blue Sea Systems 12v meter

12v panel with (8) circuit breakers

(2) 12v starting batteries

Guest rotary battery switch

Hubbel 110v 30 amp shore power plug and cord

12v plug

Mast and chain plates grounded to keel for lightning protection

(2) Swivel reading lights

(2) overhead dome lights

running lights

Steaming light

anchor light

Sails Rig and Rigging:

North Sails Endurance 3Di 760 Mainsail & Furling Jib w/ battens (2021)

North Sails G1 AP Furling Gennaker (2020)

Hall double-spreader mast and boom with Hoyt self-tacking jib-boom

1×19 stainless wire standing rigging with open barrel turnbuckles

Light air extender below decks

Hall Quick Vang system

Spinnaker halyard and track on mast for pole

Lazy-jacks and single-line reefing for mainsail

Harken: roller furling jib

Internal main and jib halyards

mainsheet led thru 4:1 traveler on aft deck to a Harken mainsheet swivel block and cam cleat mounted on a barney post in cockpit

Backstay adjuster 8:1 led under aft deck to cockpit

(2) Lewmar 14 stainless self-tailing winches on cabin top

Halyards and genoa sheets led aft through deck-mounted fairleads with clutch stoppers on port and starboard cabin top

Custom port and starboard chain plates

Windex

Mechanical and Plumbing

Yanmar 2-cylinder 14 hp inboard diesel with sail drive

Hitachi 60A Alternator

Racor fuel filter and water separator; external raw water strainer

Aluminum diesel tank; starboard cockpit locker

Stainless single-lever throttle and shift control

Gori 2-bladed folding prop

Marine head with holding tank

Rule 12v bilge pump with float switch

Manual bilge pump mounted in cockpit

Deck and Hull

The hull is infusion molded (SCRIMP) GRP with biaxial and unidirectional E-glass re-enforcing fabrics with an end grain balsa core with a Vinylester resin Gelcoat reinforcing layer. Keel floors, keel sump, engine bed, mast step and longitudinal stringers are molded integrally with the hull during the SCRIMP process. Marine grade plywood bulkheads with white, low maintenance laminate and teak trim are bonded to the interior of the hull and deck. Flange-type deck joint bonded with Plexus MA550 adhesive (ABS approved) The fin keel with integral bulb is a one piece lead casting alloyed with antimony bolted to molded keel sump with 304 grade stainless steel bolts. This provides a low center of gravity to optimize sailing performance

Balanced spade rudder with elliptical profile and low drag section

Laminated teak tiller with extension

Tiller extension

Custom stainless stemhead with welded jib tack and fair lead ring

Stainless bow and stern pulpits with double lifelines with cockpit boarding gates

(6) Herreshoff-style stainless cleats; deck-mounted chocks forward w S.S. rub strakes and stainless cast chocks cut into the toe rails amidships

Varnished toe rails, cockpit coamings, companionway coaming, handrails, eyebrow, and custom cockpit table

Removable cockpit sole boards

Custom removable varnished teak cockpit table with stainless swivel support

Custom removable magnetic cockpit drink holders

Cockpit cushions (seats and backs) in white with dark green piping

Sunbrella dodger with leather trim along aft edge and leather covered stainless grab bar; removable clear side panels; large zip open center panel and two removable clear front-facing panels

Sunbrella varnish covers for laminated teak tiller and cockpit coaming boards

Sunbrella mainsail cover with cutouts and zips for lazy jacks

Pull out emergency boarding ladder at transom, and removable side-boarding swim ladder

Custom harness point padeye

Self-draining cockpit

Lexan companionway hatch board and slider

Stainless flag socket with ensign

Stainless recessed deck drains

Anchor (stowed)

Dan-Buoy

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