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Gulfstream 28 X

Designed by Jacques Mertens

A 28 ft offshore powerboat by Jacques Mertens of Bateau, the options version of the GulfStream 28. The X plans add a flared bow, a closed transom for a bracket or a rounded transom for a stern drive, an optional skeg keel, gas or diesel inboard power, and a choice of open cockpit or forward jump cabin. Beam is 8 ft 2 in, displacement 5,000 lb, power 125 to 300 hp.

Plywood cored epoxy composite on a jig, or foam sandwich over a slat mold. The designer's figure is 180 hours for the plywood hull shell and 400 to 600 for a finished boat, or about 300 hours for a foam shell. The medians below come from builders who logged this boat here.

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