Same hull as EVOLUTION 26 but with different stern, keel, rudder, deck, interior and rig.
Evolution Non-BR
Discount Sails
Boater’s Closet Non-BR
Hull: Lifting Keel
formerly Drop Keel.
Cruiser racer also known as the JUNO 28 and HIGHLANDER. Available with either lifting fin keel or fixed fin keel as well as masthead and fractional rigs.
Inside ballast: 300 kg
Daggerboard:300kg
Mainsail area:22 m²
Genoa area:12 m²
“Twin asymmetric retracting bilge boards and twin rudders make this a fast and versatile cruiser racer with a large volume interior, great windward performance and high stability.”
‘Flat-pack-kit’ lifting keel trailer sailer sponsored by the Sunday Mirror newspaper. One of the class, built from a kit, was sailed around the world single handed crossing the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans.
Thanks to the designer for supplying data and images.
Sail Areas
Mainsail: 92 m²/990 sq ft
Self Tacking Jib: 59 m²/635 sq ft
Furling Genoa: 104 m²/1119 sq ft
Asymmetric Gen: 188 m²/2,024 sq ft
Fixed Ballast: 5,000 kg
Keel: 3,350 kg.
Later renamed SOUTHERLY 590.
Still later (2020) renamed DISCOVERY 57S
Fixed keel also available.
Bruntons
Electric Yacht
