Chris Craft Sportster Series 28 For Sale

Chris Craft / Chris Craft Sportster Series 28

The Chris Craft Sportster Series 28 is a stunning embodiment of classic design and contemporary innovation. Renowned for its meticulous craftsmanship and unparalleled attention to detail, this yacht offers a perfect blend of luxury, comfort, and performance. At 28 feet in length, the Sportster 28 ensures ample space for social gatherings and leisurely cruising. The open-deck layout is designed to maximize relaxation and entertainment, featuring plush seating, a well-equipped helm station, and a spacious sunbed, making it ideal for both day trips and extended excursions.

Powered by robust inboard engines, the Sportster 28 boasts impressive cruising and top speeds, ensuring a thrilling yet smooth ride across the water. Its GRP hull and planning configuration provide stability and efficiency, allowing it to glide effortlessly through various sea conditions. The yacht’s interior is a testament to Chris Craft’s commitment to quality, with high-end materials and finishes that create a sophisticated atmosphere. With two comfortable cabins, the Sportster 28 can accommodate overnight stays, offering the perfect retreat after a day on the water.

Designed by Chris Craft’s in-house team, this model exudes the timeless elegance that the brand is celebrated for. Whether you’re exploring coastal waters or enjoying a sunset cruise, the Chris Craft Sportster Series 28 promises an unforgettable maritime experience. With a legacy of excellence in boat building, this yacht is a testament to Chris Craft’s enduring reputation for quality and style.

Length

8.5M

Beam

2.9M

Draft

Day Guests

Sleeping

Cabin

Cruise Speed

26KT

Max Speed

43KT

Fuel

270L

Range

200NM

Engine

Volvo Penta V8 350 HP

Option 1

Volvo Penta V8 380 HP

Option 2

Mercury 6.2L 350 HP

Naval

Chris Craft Design Team

Exterior

Chris Craft Design Team

Interior

Chris Craft Design Team

Chris Craft Sportster Series 28 Price

New Starting From

€220,000

High Price Brokerage

€200,000

Low Price Brokerage

€180,000

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Not every day boat needs to choose between speed and a place to sleep. The Sportster Series 28 does both, and comfortably so. She is the largest of Chris Craft’s current Sportster line, at 8.5 metres over a wide 2.9 metre beam, and she carries that scale into genuine overnight capability: a single cabin sleeping two, tucked below a deck built for sunbathing and entertaining by day. Power comes as a real choice rather than a single fixed spec. A 350 horsepower Volvo Penta V8 is standard, with a more muscular 380 horsepower Volvo Penta or a 350 horsepower Mercury 6.2 litre sterndrive available as alternatives, each owner free to set the balance between acceleration and economy. The result is a yacht that reaches 43 knots at full throttle and settles into a 26 knot cruise, covering 200 nautical miles on her 270 litre tank. For a buyer who wants a boat substantial enough for a proper weekend away, yet nimble enough for an afternoon on the water, the Sportster 28 sits exactly where Chris Craft intends her to: at the top of a very capable range.

Performance

Forty three knots, with three ways to get there.

Chris Craft offers a genuine choice of power for the Sportster 28, rare for a yacht this size. The standard 350 horsepower Volvo Penta V8 sterndrive gives a 26 knot cruise and a 43 knot top end, numbers that put her ahead of plenty of boats twice her price. Owners wanting more can step up to a 380 horsepower Volvo Penta, or switch brand entirely to a 350 horsepower Mercury 6.2 litre unit, each driving through a sterndrive leg tuned for quick planing and confident handling in a chop. A 270 litre fuel tank delivers 200 nautical miles of range at cruise, enough for a full day on the water with margin to spare, and enough to make the Sportster 28 a realistic cruising boat rather than just a quick blast around the bay.

Exterior Design

Her lines borrow from decades of Chris Craft history without feeling like a tribute act.

The Sportster 28 keeps the brand’s low, confident sheer and runs it into a modern open deck plan. A broad 2.9 metre beam gives her the deck space for a full sunbed forward and proper seating for up to eight day guests aft, while the helm station sits low and central, built for a driver who wants to feel the boat rather than just steer it. Fit and finish follow Chris Craft’s long standing reputation: GRP construction for a stiff, quiet hull, with teak accents, bright stainless hardware and a leather wrapped wheel that read as classic rather than dated. At 1 metre, her draught is shallow enough for skinny anchorages most 28 footers would avoid, and a planning hull keeps her settled and level at speed rather than fighting the helm.

Interior & Accommodation

One cabin, but a real one.

Below decks, the Sportster 28 trades some cockpit volume for a single cabin that sleeps two, a genuine point of difference against sportsboats of similar length that offer no accommodation at all. It is a compact space by design, built for an overnight stop or a quiet retreat from the sun rather than extended cruising, and finished with the same materials and attention found throughout the rest of the boat. For a couple who want the performance of a day boat with the option, not the obligation, of staying aboard, that single cabin changes what the Sportster 28 can actually do. It turns a fast afternoon boat into a genuine short break boat, without adding the bulk or cost of a full cruiser layout.

Engineering

The engine room is where Chris Craft lets the owner decide.

Three sterndrive options sit behind the transom: a standard 350 horsepower Volvo Penta V8, an upgraded 380 horsepower Volvo Penta, and a 350 horsepower Mercury 6.2 litre alternative for owners who prefer that brand’s service network. All three drive through a sterndrive leg, trading the shallow draught and easy manoeuvring of outboard power for the smoother ride and quieter cabin a sterndrive installation typically offers. It is a practical piece of engineering, designed to let an owner match the boat to the way they actually use her, whether that is relaxed family cruising at 26 knots or pushing on to the 43 knot top end when conditions allow. No crew is required to run her, keeping ownership straightforward for a private owner.

Range & Autonomy

Two hundred nautical miles is a long way for a boat this size.

A 270 litre fuel tank gives the Sportster 28 a 200 nautical mile range at cruise, a genuine point of difference for a 28 foot day boat, where many comparable yachts are built around short hops rather than longer passages. Combined with the option of an overnight cabin, that range opens up multi day itineraries along a coastline rather than a single afternoon out and back. It is the kind of figure that matters less at the marina and more three hours into a passage, when the question of whether there is enough fuel to get home, and perhaps somewhere new first, becomes the only one worth asking. For an owner who cruises actively rather than staying close to a home port, it is a meaningful part of the Sportster 28’s appeal.

The right yacht is about more than specifications. Compare the Chris Craft Sportster Series 28 side by side with related models, from same-range siblings to its closest rivals, and see length, beam, guests, cabins and speed line up at a glance. A clearer view of where the Chris Craft Sportster Series 28 stands, and a faster path to the yacht that fits.