My Guess, based on limited info...
http://www.yachtworld.com/core/list...units=Feet&access=Public&listing_id=7346&url=
Is this the listing?
I will go out on a limb a bit and say that there is no such thing as a Universal M28. At least not according to the Westerbeke/Universal web site.
A straight across replacement for the original M25 (21 hp) or perhaps maybe a M25XP (23 hp) would have been a new M25XPB (26 hp). I imagine that for more money and interior modification a larger Universal could be shoehorned in, but that would been a four cylinder engine.
:nerd:
Now, the broker will take the tack that he only parrots what the owner tells him.... but anyone in the sailboat biz should know stuff like this before writing up the listing.
Since this is "full price" listing for this model, it better
not be needin' much fixin'.
IMHO.
The list of quality Nexus stuff sounds
really nice, albeit these might be orphans in the present US market. Distribution could be restored any time, and maybe it already has... Seach under Silva when researching.
Some rigging is listed as having been replaced, and that's to the good; but why not all?
A good survey will tell the "rest of the story", and you have already done some research on your own. Owners of sisterships should be checking in here after the holiday is over.
Good luck. Those are attractive and fast boats. Gorgeous, actually.
Loren
ps: you might want to get a preliminary boat yard quote on a keel rebedding -- plan to spend anywhere from 1.2K to 2K. (very rough guess)