Nor'Sea Marine 27
Masthead Sloop · Long Keel w/trans. Hung Rudder · First built 1976
A masthead sloop with a versatile rig and ballast configuration, designed for trailerable offshore cruising
Designed by Lyle C. Hess, built by Heritage Marine.
- LOA
- Beam
- Draft (max)
- Displacement
- Ballast
- Hull type
- Long Keel w/trans. Hung Rudder
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The Nor'Sea Marine 27, on the water
The fleet's own footage — the truest look at how she really moves.
Footage from Garrett’s Adventure
Is it for you?
Character
Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.
Her heavy displacement on a narrow beam gives 32 — a sea-kindly motion in a seaway.
At 1.60 she sits well under the 2.0 line — a solidly ocean-capable hull for her size.
297 — heavy for her waterline, built to carry stores and ride steadily.
14.6 — modest power for her weight; easygoing rather than lively, and happier with a breeze.
38% of her weight is ballast — moderately stiff, a middle-of-the-road stability.
Built heavy and sea-kindly — a boat made to cross oceans and forgive a rough night.
- Draws less than ~79% of boats her size on file
Compared with 304 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.
The living fleet
Sailed by the fleet
Where the fleet has filmed this boat.
Seen 2 times across one channel of the fleet.
On the water
The Nor'Sea Marine 27 on video
What they go for
Market signal
Where the fleet has seen this model come up for sale.
The creator is selling this boat after purchasing a larger one
from Garrett’s Adventureseen December 2025watch
Owner needs to clean up and sell this boat after acquiring the new one
from Garrett’s Adventureseen December 2025watch
From the fleet's own footage — our observed signal, not broker listings.
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