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Bènèteau Evasion 28				Price Guide	£15,000 to £20,000
Builder	Bènèteau, France
Length OA	28' 0"	Sail Area
Length WL	21' 7"	Rig	Sloop	Brief Notes
Beam	9' 4"	Cabins	1	The Evasion 28 is the smallest of a range of motorsailers manufactured in the 1980s by Bènèteau. With a sailing yacht hull, and good sail area, they offer a very useful compromise between sailing ability and comfort. Although fitted with a powerful diesel, the Evasion 28 is also a capable sailing yacht.
.Draught	4' 1"	Berths	4
Displacement	4.43 tons	Engine type	Volvo MD11C
Ballast	1.3 tons	Engine bhp	25
Keel type	Long fin keel

The Bènèteau Evasion 28 represents an unusual type of yacht, a small motor-sailer that is also a genuine sailing yacht. Unlike the more familiar Colvic Watson motor-sailers, which are based on motor fishing boat lines, and are very slow under sail, the Evasion is quite capable of being used as a pure sailing yacht, with performance comparable to most other long-keel cruisers of similar lengths. In unpleasant weather, however, the owner of an Evasion can retreat to the interior steering position in the pilothouse, and either sail or motor in comfort.

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There is virtually nothing else on the market which resembles the Evasion - a small comfortable motorsailer with genuine cruising performance under sail. Similar yachts are available in larger sizes (Moody Eclipses, Southerlys and some Westerlys) but within this size (and price) range there are few others to choose from.

The Evasion 28 has one quarter berth in the wheelhouse, aft of the removable helmsmans seat, and in the saloon there is a dinette, convertible to a double berth by lowering the table, and a single settee berth. There is no forecabin: the forward part of the boat forming the heads compartment.