Compass 29

Don,

I cannot comment from experience, but was very tempted by a compass 28 a few years ago. At the time the general feeling was that the 28's sailed better but had less room than the 29's. There was some talk that osmosis was a concern, but I suspect that is the case for most boats of the era.

There is a owners group for the compass yachts here.

http://compassyachts.info/web/, or Google compass yachts if the link does not work.

It it was previously very active and they are passionate about their boats, but ain't we all!

The 29 footers are just 28 footers with an extra 2" in the topsides. Both are derived from the Northerner 28 which is the same hull but with timber furniture. They are fairly small inside. I was looking after my mates boat for a few months and when I went straight from his to my boat the Currawong felt enormous inside [it isn't]. Nothing special to sail. Are cheap though but be careful which engine they have. Early Compasses had the horizontal Yanmar!

Hi all

Thanks for the feedback so far

This is the boat in question boatbrokers.com.au/boat-details/?de=175969

It has tiller steer, a sliding hatch so access to the cabin should not be a issue and a fresh water cooled Yanmar 2GM20

It looks fairly tidy in the advert and has a few useful extra's

Any thoughts ??

Regards Don

compass H28 or 29

Walker H28 below cock pit drain opening on the stern . If the cockpit was full of water its around 1/2 a tonne +


So if it was my boat Id be getting my tools ready for an up grade two things
One the cockpit drain add some big ones
the other port lights to large as there not strong enough for open ocean on the compass 29

For coastal work she'd be nice and its well fitted out Donk
But Id still fit some through hull hose tails through the stern locker and out the stern it has some already but not large enough
for my liking
Ive always admired her fit out light and aerie

HG

The other problem is that mine probably owes me around $35,000 and if this one is listed at $34,000 what could i ask for mine

My guess is that i would be lucky to get more than $25,000 and if i was looking for a boat the Compass would seem to be a better buy than my Sailmaster for around the same money if it presents as well in the flesh as it does in the advert

Regards Don

HI seabreezers
i was in the market for a compass 28 or 29 before I found my n.z compass h28
I looked at a number of them too as well as a top hat clansman and a walker h28 .
Here's my take.
I much prefer my compass h28 for its much bigger and more practical interior lay out , huge cockpit , good head room, bigger fuel and water tanks , stern hung rudder and a usable toilet
I love the big windows lots of light and good views which is nice I do have plywood covers for offshore work, never used them thou just peace of mind

there are lots of compass 28's and 29's around where I live and my boat is always faster even with a blown out mainsail. infact I regularly out pace a local mottle and clansman which surprises me every time.

they point and tack very well for a full keel boat. but do not reverse well in marinas ect. and steering is heaver than a fin keeled boat.
don't panic about cast iron punching get a good survey if there's a issue it would have shown up by now
lots of boat's have cast iron keels and punching's it pretty normal
I have drilled through the sole to try and check what sort of ballast is in mine no rust came out and I also checked over with a inspection camera everything looks good. I had the boat surveyed at purchase time too for peace of mind.

there are rumors that one boat had issues ,they where available in kit form too so maybe that owner did something different if its even true . maybe its just a myth.
they are very well built boats, built for n.z conditions heavily hand laid fiberglass mine has no osmosis or structural issues.

there has been several ocean crossings and circumnavigation`s in the n.z compass h28.
the most famous where brothers that circumnavigated the globe
I believe a previous owner of my boat may have sailed it to Fiji and back In 1987 I found documentation indicating that.

these are some passage right ups here http://h28.org.nz/index.php/main-2-passages
lots of good reading
the n.z h28 owners page use to have lots of good technical information and a good right up about getting them up n.z off shore standards (cat 1 I think) which are very though . I cant seem to access it at the moment though

one thing I would like is drain opening in the transom like the walker h28s have. I currently have 2x 1 inch drains for the cockpit which does concern me.

My takea the same kurt storm covers and add more covkpit drain
They set up nicely inside no question about that
Ive removed all my forward seacocks
As on top of my lead balast it has concerete poured over it
The edges are not sealed so ill be sealing mine up with epoxy before it goes back in the water