O'day 27
Masthead Sloop · Fin With Rudder On Skeg · 1972–1979
An Alan Gurney-designed masthead sloop featuring a skeg-mounted rudder for stable, predictable coastal cruising
Designed by Alan P. Gurney.
- LOA
- Beam
- Draft (max)
- Displacement
- Ballast
- Hull type
- Fin With Rudder On Skeg
Is it for you?
Character
Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.
Her moderate displacement on a moderate beam gives 23 — a moderate, middle-of-the-road motion.
1.91 — just under the 2.0 offshore line; her beam is modest for her weight.
254 — moderately heavy for her waterline, a balanced cruising weight.
15.4 — moderate power for her weight; steady, all-round performance.
33% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.
A capable cruiser that sits just inside the offshore line — coastal work with real passages in her.
- Draws less than ~77% of boats her size on file
Compared with 1924 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.
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