Pearson Yachts 27 (TRITON 27)

Masthead Sloop · Fin w/spade rudder · 1984–1985

Specifications

Dimensions

Weights

Ballast / displacement

32.4%

Rig & sail area

Rig

Masthead Sloop

Ratios

SA / displacement

14.9

Displacement / length

222.0

Comfort ratio

19.8

Capsize screening

2.07

Hull speed

6.5 kn

Pounds / inch immersion

789

Hull

Hull type

Fin w/spade rudder

Construction

Fiberglass

Production

Years built

1984–1985

Designer

Doug Peterson

Builder

Pearson Yachts

Design & history

The Pearson 27 is the same as the Triton 27, built from molds Pearson purchased from US Yachts (a Bayliner division) in 1984-85.

Class · Distantly related to an IOR 1/2 ton design (CHASER 29, 1975).

Notable features

Shoal draft: 3.50'/1.07m

Variants

TRITON 27
US 27
CHASER 29

Design

Distantly related to the CHASER 29, an IOR 1/2 ton design by Doug Peterson (1975); similar to the earlier US 27 by US Yachts.

Production

In 1984-85 Pearson sold a line called the Tritons; molds were purchased from US Yachts, a division of Bayliner Inc. (the Buccaneer series of sailboats).

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