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Santana 27

Masthead Sloop · Fin keel, spade rudder · 1967–1974

A Gary Mull-designed masthead sloop with a high sail-area-to-displacement ratio, built for performance between 1967 and 1974

Designed by Gary Mull, built by W. D. Schock Corp.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Fin w/spade Rudder

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The Santana 27, on the water

The fleet's own footage — the truest look at how she really moves.

Footage from Sailing Solé

Is it for you?

Character

Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.

LivelySea-kindly

Her moderate displacement on a moderate beam gives 17 — a quick, lively motion that feels every wave.

Comfort ratio 17
CoastalBluewater

2.11 — right around the 2.0 line, the edge between coastal and offshore.

Capsize screening 2.11
LightHeavy

196 — moderately heavy for her waterline, a balanced cruising weight.

Displacement / length 196
EasygoingPowered-up

19.1 — plenty of sail for her weight; lively and quick to respond.

Sail area / displacement 19.1
TenderStiff

46% of her weight is ballast — stiff, standing up well to her sails.

Ballast 46%

Powered-up and quick to accelerate — this one likes to sail.

What the fleet has seen

The Santana 27, as the fleet has seen it

Derived from the videos the fleet has analysed of this model. ▶ marks open the moment aboard.

The Santana 27 is a 1967–1974 Gary Mull-designed masthead sloop with a fin keel and spade rudder, built by W. D. Schock Corp. It has an 8.2-meter LOA, 2.7-meter beam, 1.3-meter draft, and displaces 2268 kg. Aboard Sailing Solé, a 1969 Santana 27 purchased for $1 at a Long Beach auction was bottom-painted, had electronics replaced, and new sails bought, and is still sailed.34:44

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The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
46.0%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Masthead Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
19.1
Displacement / length
196.0
Comfort ratio
17.4
Capsize screening
2.11
Hull speed
6.4 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
724
Hull
Hull type
Fin w/spade rudder
Construction
Fiberglass
Ballast type
Iron
Production
Years built
1967–1974
Units built
210
Designer
Gary Mull
Builder
W. D. Schock Corp, Schock W.D

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