Controversy 27
Masthead Sloop · Keel/centreboard · First built 1960
A fiberglass-built keel-centerboarder also known as the Mount Desert 27, offering shoal-draft versatility
Designed by E. Farnham Butler & Cyrus Hamlin, built by Mount Desert Yacht Yard.
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- Beam
- Draft (max)
- Displacement
- Hull type
- Keel/Cbrd.
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Character
Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.
Her moderate displacement on a narrow beam gives 19 — a quick, lively motion that feels every wave.
1.91 — just under the 2.0 offshore line; her beam is modest for her weight.
180 — moderately heavy for her waterline, a balanced cruising weight.
18.3 — plenty of sail for her weight; lively and quick to respond.
Light and lively — happiest day-sailing and coastal-hopping in settled weather.
- Narrower than ~79% of boats her size on file
Compared with 565 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.
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