Aquila 27

The Aquila 27 is a French sailboat that was designed by Philippe Harlé, as a cruiser-racer and first built in 1975.

Production
The design was built by Jeanneau in France, from 1975 until 1984, with 1048 boats completed.

Design
The Aquila 27 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig, with a deck-stepped mast and aluminum spars with stainless steel wire rigging. The hull has a raked stem, a reverse transom, a skeg-mounted rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed fin keel or shoal draft keel.

The boat is fitted with an inboard diesel engine of 8 or for docking and maneuvering. The fuel tank holds 7.1 u.s.gal and the fresh water tank has a capacity of 23.8 u.s.gal.

The design has sleeping accommodation for five people, with a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin, two straight settee berths and one pilot berth in the main cabin around a drop leaf table. The galley is located on the port side just forward of the companionway ladder. The galley is U-shaped and is equipped with a two-burner stove. The head is located opposite the galley on the starboard side. Cabin headroom is 68 in.

For sailing downwind the design may be equipped with a symmetrical spinnaker of 564 sqft.

The design has a hull speed of 6.47 kn.

Variants

 * Aquila 27 Standard (Shoal Draft)
 * This cruising-oriented model displaces 5732 lb empty and carries 2094 lb of iron ballast. The mast has one set of spreaders. The boat has a draft of 4.3 ft with the shoal draft keel.


 * Aquila 27 Regatta (Sport)
 * This lightened racing-oriented model displaces 5181 lb empty and carries 2205 lb of lead ballast. The mast has two sets of spreaders. The boat has a draft of 5.42 ft with the fin keel.