DescriptionThe FarEast 28R is quite simply the best sailing bang for your buck available. It is an uncomplicated, cost-effective, high-performance racing boat. Upwind at over 6kts and downwind planing at 12-18kts is quite normal. Extended periods of sailing at 16-20kts during Round the Island races was an exceptional experience for the current owners
Sea Dragon has been dry sailed from Royal Southern YC and is ready to race in 2025. It provides close racing against similar HP30 style boats or competes well against the larger IRC yachts.
Whilst some upgrades to deck pockets, companionway cover etc are needed, the boat is structurally in excellent condition and is the best way to get exhilarating, high-performance sailing on a modest budget.
The boat is easy to sail fast due to the low wetted surface. It offers very good control with the very deep spade rudder and the high form stability of the hull. Deck layout is clean and straightforward and the very large cockpit makes it easy for the crew to handle the boat. For racing, 5 crew is ideal but simple evening racing could be done with just 3.
Yacht InformationBoat Name: Sea Dragon
Builder: FarEast
Year: 2015
Engine: Mariner 2.5hp long shaft outboard
Location: Royal Southern Yacht Club, Hamble
DimensionsDesigner: Simonis-Voogd
Length overall: 9.07m
Length hull: 8.55m
Length waterline: 8.07m
Displacement: 1360kg
Ballast: 600kg
Mainsail area: 26.00m2
Jib area: 19.00m2
Asymmetric spinnaker area: 80.00m2
CE Certification: Class C
2024 IRC Rating: 1.050
EngineMariner 2.5hp long shaft outboard (2022)
Service History: Yes
Last service: 2023
BuildVacumn infused sandwich hull with isopolyester resin
Lifting T-shaped keel with carbon fin, lead bulb
Carbon rudder and tiler, tiller extension – new 2023
Sandwich build deck with antislip surface. Reinforced laminate plates at mounting positions of deck fittings
ElectronicsThe boat has B&G units from 2019 giving speed, depth and wireless wind data on a single display unit on the mast.
There is also a Raymarine wireless Race Master digital compass displayed on the mast
Deck Equipment1 deck organiser and 1 set of cleats
1 roof halyard winch Harken 20
2 Jib sheet winches Harken 35.2
2 Jib sheet tracks with cars
Mainsail track with traveller 3:1 and control lines
600mm Pulpits in S/S and stanchions with lifelines
2 ropes and winch storage bags (requires upgrade)
Gennaker drop bag
Companionway cover (requires replacement)
2 x winch handles
Masthead windex
4 fenders and 2 warps
Sails & RiggingSelden aluminium mast, mast foot, 2 aft swept spreaders
Selden boom with outhaul, cunningham, 1 reefing line
Bowsprit 1.75m
Selden rodkicker
Selden S/S standing rigging and Selden forestay (all original)
1 main halyard (replaced 2021), 1 jib halyard, 1 Gennaker halyard (replaced 2021)
One Sails Main from Vektor2 membrane with Dyneema fibres – 2021
One Sails Code 3.5 jib from Vektor2 membrane with Dyneema fibres – 2021
One Sails A2 Spinaker from AIRX 650 with radial panel layout – 2021
Incidence Sails A3 Spinaker – 2016
Incidence Dacron Mainsail – 2016

Safety & Miscellaneous2 Owners from new – current since 2020
Used for Hamble and Solent Inshore Racing
Royal Southern Dry Store Berthing contract available by negotiation until Feb 2026 (Launched when needed using Royal Southern YC crane and stored ashore on the road trailer)
Keel box re-enforcement completed
Twin axle Galvanised trailer
Hull has antifouling sanded to fine finish
Dealer DescriptionsRacing at its best, over 500 boats sold worldwide. The FarEast28R is HP30 Class compliant and extremely quick. It has the potential to win the HP30 Class as demonstrated in 2022 at the HP30 Class nationals. This is uncomplicated, cost effective, high performance racing.

The Fareast 28R is a proven race winner and has beaten many bigger boats over the line in races throughout the world. The 28R is not purely designed for one design racing, she performs very well under handicap and sits comfortably within the parameters of the HP30 Class, so you don’t have to wait for large fleets of boats to appear, in your area, before you can enjoy some great racing.

The FAREAST 28R is easy to sail fast due to the low wetted surface which hardly changes shape nor surface when the boat starts to heel. It offers very good control with the deep spade rudder and the high form stability of the hull. Deck layout is clean and straightforward, the very large cockpit makes it easy for the crew to handle the boat. For racing a crew of 4 – 5 is ideal, however the simplicity of the 28R makes it possible to go out for a fun spin or twilight with as little as 3, even setting the kite in a stiff breeze won’t be a problem.

The Fareast 28R is an ISAF approved One-Design class and numbers are growing fast. The keel is fully retractable and the boat sits nice and low on the custom made trailer, reassuring a comfortable and safe drive to events. The boat is ramp launchable and the mast deck stepped. The 28R is also an ideal boat for dry-sailing, as it has a single lifting point on the keel fin and the bulb takes up the boat in the hoist, reducing the workload of removing the keel-fin from the boat.

Fareast has invested heavily in CNC machines, everything from moulds and plugs to foam and glass are now cut on high tech milling machines, routers, laser and water jet cutters. A huge 5 axis milling machine is used for manufacturing hull and deck moulds but also for milling and drilling deck hardware patterns. These modern production methods result in extreme high accuracy, further quality improvement and reduction of labour cost.

The Fareast 28R is constructed using a ISO polyester – foam core sandwich, resin is pre weight and vacuum infused. This advanced building technique guarantees a rigid, light and stiff construction. The one piece infused inner structure “the spine” takes up all the forces from the keel and rigging.

The Fareast 28R is very well equipped with the best hardware available from Harken, Spinlock and Selden for the rigging. No compromises have been made when it comes to quality.

The Fareast 28R offers great value for money. No more antifouling, high repair bills or expensive sails and high mooring fees. Literally owners can save thousands per year on campaign costs, compared to running bigger yachts, but with no less associated fun.
DisclaimerThe Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.