HUGHES-COLUMBIA 27

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Sailboat Specifications

Definitions
Hull Type: Fin w/spade rudder
Rigging Type: Masthead Sloop
LOA: 27.00 ft / 8.23 m
LWL: 21.25 ft / 6.48 m
S.A. (reported): 345.00 ft² / 32.05 m²
Beam: 9.33 ft / 2.84 m
Displacement: 7,300.00 lb / 3,311 kg
Ballast: 3,100.00 lb / 1,406 kg
Max Draft: 4.00 ft / 1.22 m
Construction: FG
Ballast Type: Iron
First Built: 1978
Last Built: 1980
Builder: Hughes Boatworks Ltd. (CAN)
Designer: Alan Payne

Auxiliary Power/Tanks (orig. equip.)

Make: Yanmar
Model: 2QM
Type: Diesel
Fuel: 22 gals / 83 L

Accomodations

Water: 90 gals / 341 L

Sailboat Calculations

Definitions
S.A. / Displ.: 14.72
Bal. / Displ.: 42.47
Disp: / Len: 339.62
Comfort Ratio: 25.07
Capsize Screening Formula: 1.93
Hull Speed: 6.18 kn
Pounds/Inch Immersion: 708.41 pounds/inch

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Sailboat Links

Designers: Alan Payne
Builders: Hughes Boat Works
Related Sailboats: COLUMBIA 8.3
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Notes

Thanks to Jack Gutter for making the connection to the COLUMBIA 8.3.
Not to be confused with a much earlier HUGHES 27 (1968?) designed by Howard Hughes.