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The Island PACKET 27 is a cutter-rigged, long-keel sailboat designed by Robert K. Johnson and built by Island Packet Yachts from 1984 to 1992. It measures 8.1 meters LOA with a 3.2-meter beam and 1.1-meter draft, displacing 3628 kg.8:58 Johnson, a naval architect, designed the full-foil keel using NACA airfoil sections to provide tracking stability and gentle motion with less than five feet of draft, a contrast to the fin-keel trend of the late 1970s.7:22 The hull and keel are a one-piece, hand-laminated solid fiberglass molding with no keel bolts.7:53 Aboard *keeldragger*, an Island PACKET 27 named *Frog's Leap* sailed from San Diego to Ensenada, Mexico, in January 2022.2:04 The crew achieved speeds of 5.5 to 5.7 knots under an asymmetrical spinnaker in light wind and maintained 3.5 knots while hove-to overnight.5:58 The autopilot failed during the passage, requiring hand-steering.8:00
