First published in Rudder magazine in 1943, the H-28 emerged in the middle of a world at war. It is said that servicemen overseas kept the plans in their pockets, studying them in moments of pause, a reminder of a peaceful life back home. Designed by L. Francis Herreshoff to be economical to build, quickly gotten underway, and capable in both light air and heavy weather, the H-28 possesses a rare balance of beauty, simplicity, and purpose. In the years following the war, hundreds were built, professionally and in backyards, by people longing to return to a slower, intentional life on the water. Nearly eighty years later, the design endures, cherished not as a relic, but as a boat meant to be used, loved, and sailed.