Sunday, March 16, 2014

FABIAN CONTE and the CONTE 28

Argentina is home of some of the best world yacht designers among them German Frers, JK, Soto Acebal and many others, some that I don't know. Recently I saw a beautiful 28ft performance cruiser and looking for his creator found another Argentinian talented Naval Engineer, Fabian Conte. Just look at this beauty:



The boat is light with just 2100 kg, relatively narrow, with 2.82m, a lifting keel possibility (0.40/2.30m) and certainly a big B/D ratio that allows a huge SA upwind (56.60m2) and comes after the success of several smaller racing boats :
 http://www.capehornmarine.com/
The boat is built in Argentina by Contructora Naval Norte Argentina and I am sure the price is an interesting one. The boat has a surprisingly good cruising interior and it looks as good in the photos as in the drawings:
                                 

And more interesting things are on the way:


http://www.contedesign.com.ar/corum410.html
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4 comments:

  1. aaccooMarch 16, 2014 at 8:06 PM

    Hi Paulo. Big fan from Norway. Thank you for all the excellent work on sailnet. Is it possible to have a page-index on this blog? Makes it easier to navigate in older posts.

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  2. RMSJune 21, 2019 at 3:05 AM

    Conte 28 looks awesome. Are they being produced, or are there other similar boats on the market?

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    1. PauloJune 23, 2019 at 10:46 AM

      Ask the designer. The links don't work anymore but he has a facebook page. Send him a message: https://www.facebook.com/conteyachtdesign/

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  3. AnonymousDecember 27, 2022 at 12:31 AM

    I appreciate this old thread. Great boats all scales and taste. Ignore the arguments. Same petty crowd today in social competition.

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