Stiletto 27

BoatsStiletto 27

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Character

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

Ramp-launchableAbout 499 kg of hull, with a keel that raises or a draught shallow enough to float off a trailer — she can go back on the trailer at the ramp, not only into the water.Shoal draughtDraws 0.23 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.

LightHeavy

36 — light for her waterline, so she is easily driven and quick to accelerate.

Displacement / length 36

EasygoingPowered-up

50.5 — a lot of sail for her weight; powered-up and eager, a real performer.

Sail area / displacement 50.5

Lighter than ~82% of boats her size on file
Narrower than ~81% of boats her size on file

Compared with 89 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions

Weights

Rig & sail area

Rig

Frac. Sloop (Rotating Spar)

Ratios

SA / displacement

50.5

Displacement / length

35.5

Hull

Hull type

Catamaran Single Dbrd.

Construction

FG/ w/epoxy & Nomex (nylon) core

Production

Years built

First built 1976

Units built

500

Designer

Bill Higgins, Don Ansley

Builder

Force Engineering, Stiletto Catamarans (Force Engineering)

Boats like this, on the water

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Dragonfly 25-27.65 mSame hull family0.5 m shorterA high-performance trimaran with a rotating spar, available in touring or carbon-rigged sport configurations

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Corsair Marine 8808.80 mSame hull family0.6 m longerA high-performance folding trimaran with a rotating spar and an impressive 37.45 SA/displacement ratio

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How Does Sailing Transform Us? | #SAL #3423:23 from Hashtag Sal

Corsair Marine F-247.37 mSame hull family0.8 m shorterA 7.37-metre trimaran built from 1992 to 1994, featuring a daggerboard hull and a high 29.5 sail-area-to-displacement ratio

Bottom Paint Showdown - Six Paints, One Winner!0:49 from Practical Sailor

F-24 MKII7.37 mSame hull family0.8 m shorterA 1994-era trimaran with a 31.1 sail-area-to-displacement ratio, optimized for high-speed, light-displacement sailing

Why the wife doesn't want you on Craigslist: an F25Carbon trimaran ready to restore!from Ravenswing

The family

Boats like this

Nearby designs by size, type, and era — worth a look alongside her.

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