BRISTOL 27-2

BRISTOL 27-2

Beta Marine

Beta Marine

Sailboat Specifications

Definitions
Hull Type: Fin with rudder on skeg
Rigging Type: Masthead Sloop
LOA: 27.00 ft / 8.23 m
LWL: 22.08 ft / 6.73 m
S.A. (reported): 386.00 ft² / 35.86 m²
Beam: 9.42 ft / 2.87 m
Displacement: 8,300.00 lb / 3,765 kg
Max Draft: 4.92 ft / 1.50 m
Construction: FG w/balsa cored deck
Ballast Type: Lead
First Built: 1987
Builder: Bristol Yachts Inc. (USA)
Designer: Dieter Empacher

Auxiliary Power/Tanks (orig. equip.)

Make: Yanmar
Type: Diesel
Fuel: 15 gals / 57 L

Accomodations

Water: 42 gals / 159 L

Sailboat Calculations

Definitions
S.A. / Displ.: 15.11
Disp: / Len: 344.22
Comfort Ratio: 27.45
Capsize Screening Formula: 1.86
Hull Speed: 6.30 kn
Pounds/Inch Immersion: 743.18 pounds/inch

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Sailboat Links

Designers: Dieter Empacher
Builders: Bristol Yachts
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Notes

Introduced (1987) at a time when the boating industry was in a state of near collapse.
Also promoted as DIMENSION 27. It's not certain that even a prototype was actually built.