Columbia Yachts 8.3
Masthead Sloop · Fin keel, spade rudder · 1976–1981
An Alan Payne-designed masthead sloop with a fin keel, also marketed as the Hughes 27
Designed by Alan Payne.
- LOA
- Beam
- Draft (max)
- Displacement
- Ballast
- Hull type
- Fin w/spade Rudder
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 moderate beam gives 25 — a moderate, middle-of-the-road motion.
1.91 — just under the 2.0 offshore line; her beam is modest for her weight.
340 — heavy for her waterline, built to carry stores and ride steadily.
14.7 — modest power for her weight; easygoing rather than lively, and happier with a breeze.
42% of her weight is ballast — stiff, standing up well to her sails.
A capable cruiser that sits just inside the offshore line — coastal work with real passages in her.
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