Cal 27

The Cal 27 is an American sailboat, that was designed by William Lapworth and first built in 1971.

Production
The boat was built by Jensen Marine in the United States, who completed 306 examples between 1971 and 1974. It is now out of production.

The Cal 27 design was replaced in the company line by the Cal 2-27 in 1974.

Design
The Cal 27 is a small recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig, an internally-mounted spade-type rudder and a fixed fin keel. It displaces 5400 lb and carries 2725 lb of ballast.

The boat has a draft of 4.50 ft with the standard keel.

The boat has a PHRF racing average handicap of 210 with a high of 210 and low of 210. It has a hull speed of 6.33 kn.

A version was also built with a 3 ft taller mast.