Development | |
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Designer | Robert Perry |
Location | Canada |
Year | 1979 |
No. built | 188 |
Builder(s) | Ouyang Boat Works |
Name | Aloha 27 |
Boat | |
Displacement | 5,200 lb (2,359 kg) |
Draft | 4.33 ft (1.32 m) |
Air draft | 40.00 ft (12.19 m) |
Hull | |
Type | Monohull |
Construction | Fibreglass |
LOA | 26.75 ft (8.15 m) |
LWL | 22.50 ft (6.86 m) |
Beam | 9.50 ft (2.90 m) |
Engine type | Inboard BMW, Volvo or Westerbeke diesel engine or an outboard motor |
Hull appendages | |
Keel/board type | fin keel |
Ballast | 2,000 lb (907 kg) |
Rudder(s) | skeg |
Rig | |
General | Fractional rigged sloop |
I foretriangle height | 30.00 ft (9.14 m) |
J foretriangle base | 10.75 ft (3.28 m) |
P mainsail luff | 31.75 ft (9.68 m) |
E mainsail foot | 10.25 ft (3.12 m) 1979-1981 (11.25 ft (3.43 m) post-1981 ) |
Mast length | 33.00 ft (10.06 m) |
Sails | |
Mainsail area | 178.59 sq ft (16.592 m2) |
Jib/genoa area | 161.25 sq ft (14.981 m2) |
Total sail area | 339.84 sq ft (31.572 m2) |
Racing | |
PHRF | 207 (average) |
The Aloha 27 is a series of Canadian sailboats, that were designed by American yacht designer Robert Perry and first built in 1979 under the designation Aloha 26.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
The Aloha 26, 27, 8.2, 271 are all closely related designs. Although the hulls are identical and were produced in the same mould, the builders used several different sail and mast suppliers during the production run of the designs and specifications for the boats produced varied accordingly. Many of the boats produced have interchangeable sails and other parts.[5][6][7] Despite having so many designations for the vessel, Aloha 27 is colloquially used as the model designation.
The Aloha 27 should not be confused with the slightly larger Aloa 27 which was designed by Frans Maas and built in France by Aloa Marine, starting in 1976.[8]