Gloucester 27

Short description: Sailboat class

Gloucester 27Development

Designer| Stuart Windley and Harry R. Sindle
Location| United States
Year| 1983
Builder(s)| Gloucester Yachts
Role| Cruiser
Boat
Boat weight| 5,500 lb (2,495 kg)
Draft| 3.50 ft (1.07 m)
Hull
Type| monohull
Construction| fiberglass
LOA| 26.67 ft (8.13 m)
LWL| 21.50 ft (6.55 m)
Beam| 8.00 ft (2.44 m)
Engine type| inboard motor
Hull appendages
Keel/board type| fin keel
Ballast| 2,500 lb (1,134 kg)
Rudder(s)| internally-mounted spade-type rudder
Rig
Rig type| Bermuda rig
I (foretriangle height)| 30.00 ft (9.14 m)
J (foretriangle base)| 11.25 ft (3.43 m)
P (mainsail luff)| 28.25 ft (8.61 m)
E (mainsail foot)| 10.50 ft (3.20 m)
Sails
Sailplan| fractional rigged sloop
Mainsail area| 148.31 sq ft (13.778 m2)
Jib/genoa area| 168.75 sq ft (15.677 m2)
Total sail area| 317.06 sq ft (29.456 m2)

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The Gloucester 27 is an United States sailboat that was designed by Stuart Windley and Harry R. Sindle as a cruiser and first built in 1983.[1][2][3][4]

The Gloucester 27 is a development of the 1979 Lockley-Newport LN-27.[1][4][5]

## Contents

* 1 Production
* 2 Design
* 3 See also
* 4 References

## Production

The design was built by Gloucester Yachts in the United States , starting in 1983, but it is now out of production.[1][4][6]

## Design

The Gloucester 27 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a fractional sloop rig, a raked stem, a reverse transom, an internally mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed fin keel. It displaces 5,500 lb (2,495 kg) and carries 2,500 lb (1,134 kg) of ballast.[1][4]

The boat has a draft of 3.50 ft (1.07 m) with the standard keel.[1][4]

The design has a hull speed of 6.21 kn (11.50 km/h).[4]

## See also

* List of sailing boat types

Related development

* Lockley-Newport LN-27

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Gloucester 27 sailboat". sailboatdata.com. https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/gloucester-27.
2. ↑ McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Harry R. Sindle 1930 - 2020". sailboatdata.com. https://sailboatdata.com/designer/sindle-harry-r.
3. ↑ McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Stuart Windley". sailboatdata.com. https://sailboatdata.com/designer/windley-stuart.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Sea Time Tech, LLC (2022). "Gloucester 27". sailboat.guide. https://sailboat.guide/lockley-newport/gloucester-27.
5. ↑ McArthur, Bruce (2020). "LN-27 (Lockley-Newport) sailboat". sailboatdata.com. https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/ln-27-lockley-newport.
6. ↑ McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Lockley Newport Boats (USA) 1964 - 1988". sailboatdata.com. https://sailboatdata.com/builder/lockley-newport-boats-usa.

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