1984 Caliber 28

This 1984 Caliber 28 is a Michael McCreary design built by Caliber Yachts in Clearwater, Florida and is hull #4. As reported by the manufacturer, the hull construction is solid FRP (fiber reinforced plastic) with plywood cored decks. The hull is heavily build, fin keel, reverse stern design with a single piece lead ballast and spade rudder. The Vessel is sloop rigged with roller furling. The cabin sleeps three with private head/shower, galley and navigation station.

The Sellers bought Tara in 2009 and over two years they accomplished a full refit. The boat was brought to a bare hull and rebuilt from the ground up. She originally had a good amount of Rot in her so they thought to go deep. Including the total rebuild of her interior.  They  dropped the keel and inspected her keel bolts and then resealed and set the keel again.

 She originally had non opening ports (the Plexi kind) so they filled the original holes with a blend of ¼'' Hydra Teak and 11oz woving glass and then continued to beef up with layers of hydra teak to make the dog house a solid 1'' thick. They then bought new found metals opening ports and installed 4 on each side. The original anchor lockers were very small and shallow.  They cut out the old and enlarged it to accommodate adequate ground tackle.  Moving towards the bow, they had a custom stainless stem piece made, which holds dual anchor rollers and a electric windlass.  Much more work has been put into her,

If you can touch it, it is new or rebuilt…

Boat Refit 2010-11 ALL NEW: Repainted hull, topsides and mast with Easypoxy, with Easydecks nonskid, bilge coat in bilge and engine room.  Bottom painted with Sr40 Ablative.  Rudder remade and inspected, with added bearing support. Beta marine B16 diesel engine 100hrs, C gauge cluster, with new shaft and three blade prop.  Second Aluminum diesel tank added.  Groco bronze fuel selector.  Racor 500 filter, Groco strainer, metal engine beds, flanged bronze Groco thru hulls. Most brought to above waterline.  Teleflex throttle with new Morse Cables.  All wiring has been replaced with ABYC tinned, with Blue Sea system breaker board, three Trojan group 27; 115amp/hr for house, 1 starting separated in engine room.  Auto relay for battery combination. 1000watt inverter charger with 40 amp charging.  All lights on boat inside and out have been converted to Bembi LED.  Inside fixtures are new.  Two 23watt solar panels have been built into the Bimini.  Rutland 914 wind generator.   All Plumbing has been redone with new fixtures.   3 gallon aluminum hot water tank with 110v and engine heating, added 25gallon hard plastic water tank.  A large manual whale bilge pump with replaced diaphragm.  Jebesco large electric bilge pump small auto bilge pump.  Jebesco Sump pump for shower. Jebesco Manual head with all new septic hose, manual waste pump added. Head features a pull out faucet for showering.  Keel has been dropped and resealed bow section has been reinforced with 11oz fiberglass.  A large ¼'' stainless steel front stem piece was made with two stainless anchor rollers. Lewmar electric windlass.  Anchor locker enlarged and reinforced,   8'' large aluminum cleat.  Manson Supreme 25lb anchor.  250' 5/8'' 8 plait with 30' of 5/16'' HT. 300' 5/8'' three strand with 30' of 5/16'' HT nylon.  All stanchions have been replaced with new uncoated life lines with swageless terminals. Toe Rail has been replaced with clear anodized Taco aluminum toe rails,  deck to hull joint resealed, new stainless bolts with nylon lock nuts.  Built in rear anchor locker. Two large stainless mooring cleats.  20x20'' Vetus forward hatch.  8 opening new found metals ports. Aluminum track has been re-powder coated.  Mast has fold out aluminum steps with monel rivets.  Mast head and step has been re-powder coated, with stainless accessory plate added.  5'' Chart plotter with west coast maps.  7'' Furuno monochrome radar with Edson mast mount.  Victron battery monitor. Raymarine Tridata. 406hrz Epirb.  Standard horizon VHF. Engel 12v/110v refrigeration (low draw about 1.5amp).  All bulk heads and walls have been stripped with ¾'' pine strips, stained and then sealed with varnish.  Inside hull and ceiling has been repainted to a gloss white.  Eno gimbled two burner stove.  Fiberglass 10lb propane tank hangs on rear pulpit.  Fireboy solenoid and propane alarm.  New outer stay with hi-mod terminals,  all other standing rigging was replaced in 2007 but taken down and inspected in 2011.  Chainplates