Hey everyone I recently bought a daydream 28 they are a custom build from 1950s-1970s from Sydney usually built in ply but mine happens to be fibreglass and is from 1974 but that's pretty much all I know about her. She has a draft of about 5ft and is a longish fin keel, different to other daydreams.
Does anyone have any knowledge of my boat such as displacement/ ballast, seaworthiness and other information? thank you!

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edgeofReality said..
Hey everyone I recently bought a daydream 28 they are a custom build from 1950s-1970s from Sydney usually built in ply but mine happens to be fibreglass and is from 1974 but that's pretty much all I know about her. She has a draft of about 5ft and is a longish fin keel, different to other daydreams.
Does anyone have any knowledge of my boat such as displacement/ ballast, seaworthiness and other information? thank you!

Daydreams are a fairly common yacht that can be found just about anywhere. I nearly bought one 20 years ago. Do a Google image search for Daydream yacht 28 and you should find all the info you need. They are very seaworthy and they have done some serious cruising.

Here is a good advert for one - timber 1960. 1.4m draft. Sold for $19k but an excellent example obviously.

www.dbyboatsales.com.au/listing/daydream-28/

www.dbyboatsales.com.au/?bdbrochure=daydream-28

Would not expect your glass boat to be "different to other Daydreams" - just built in grp and not ply and timber. However this thread (going from 2006 to 2020) indicates the grp ones had higher topsides - guess you could confirm that from the photos of the timber ones compared to yours.

www.sailnet.com/threads/daydream-yacht-info.25645/

5t is indicated here but that seems a lot for a 28fter so may not be accurate. But Cav28s have a displacement of 4.1t so it may well be right. Daydreams and Cav 28s are very different designs obviously. Daydream ballast mass is difficult to find. Very seaworthy boat designed by Ken Watts.
www.buyaboat.com.au/buyaboat/yachts-for-sale/used/sail-monohulls/daydream-28-classic-yacht/264432

Other information you need might be in the adverts or in the 14yr long thread.

The Bluebird was Ken Watts first design, before the Daydream. Obviously both are Australian designed classics. I saw a Bluebird beat a well sailed Farr727 on scratch in a twilight race on the harbour in the early 80s in a black noreaster - obviously the Bluebird was also more than well sailed..............

Thank you. I've done plenty of image searches and mine is actually a little different to the ones I found images of but I do like all they are such beautiful boats!

Thank you aswell I can confirm that it does have a 5ft draft I have a photo of it next to a 6ft ladder and it isn't a full keel which the timber/ply daydreams are so that's just some difference I notice but that's some helpful info!!!

Greato. Be interested in photos of your yacht on the slips - so I assume it has a separate longish fin keel and rudder - would assume the rudder is skeg hung? By 1974 full keels were becoming rare but they were and are still designed obviously. Realise you can't post photos as a newbie.........do you have the link of your yacht's for sale advert which is still active and shows it out of the water?

Yea it sure is except it does not have a skeg hung ruder which id much rather skeg hung. The ad on boatsales is no longer available but I'll most definitely upload a few photos/ progress photos (when I'm able to) of her as she needs a lot of repairs mainly cosmetic thankfully!!