Pacific Seacraft Orion 27
Cutter · Long Keel · 1979–1981
A heavy-displacement cutter designed by Henry Mohrschladt for offshore stability and traditional long-keel handling
Designed by Henry Mohrschladt.
- LOA
- Beam
- Draft (max)
- Displacement
- Ballast
- Hull type
- Long Keel
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The Pacific Seacraft Orion 27, on the water
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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.
1.72 — just under the 2.0 offshore line; her beam is modest for her weight.
409 — very heavy for her waterline, a serious load-carrying cruiser.
15.3 — moderate power for her weight; steady, all-round performance.
32% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.
Built heavy and sea-kindly — a boat made to cross oceans and forgive a rough night.
The living fleet
Sailed by the fleet
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Seen once across one channel of the fleet.
What they go for
Market signal
Where the fleet has seen this model for sale, and the asking prices that came with it.
A specific Orion 27 is listed for sale at $50,000, needing mast step and bowsprit work
from Practical Sailorseen March 2026watch
From the fleet's own footage — our observed signal, not broker listings.
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