Discount Sails
Boater’s Closet Non-BR
Hull: Fin with rudder on skeg
Finn w/sep.skeg rudder
Dimensions for sloop rig with bowsprit.
Prototype, (of steel construction?) was the winner of 1/4 ton cup in 1969 (RORC).
Lifting keel version was also offered.
Inboard Buhk Desiel was optional.
Based on the earlier DEFENDER 15 (IOR 1/4 ton), with more freeboard and entirely new deck.
Later a stretched version became the DEFENDER 32. The 27 was, by far, the yards most popular model.
IOR 1/4 ton.
With more freeboard and a new deck/coachroof, it became the DEFENDER 27.
Similar to HUGHES 26. (see HUGHES 26 for more details.)
First known as the NORTH STAR 600 (S&S# 2135C3).
Based on the racier 1/4 ton NORTH STAR 500.
SAIL AREAS:
Main 533 sq ft/49.60m2
Yankee 586 sq ft/54.50m2
Staysail 179 sq ft/16.70m2
Rig dimensions for ketch.
Bruntons
Electric Yacht
