Hughes-Columbia 27

The Hughes-Columbia 27 is a Canadian sailboat that was designed by Alan Payne as a cruiser and first built in 1978.

The Hughes-Columbia 27 is a development of the 1976, Payne-designed Columbia 8.3.

Production
The design was built by Hughes Boat Works in Canada, from 1978 until 1980, but it is now out of production.

Design
The Hughes-Columbia 27 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fibreglass, with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig, an internally mounted spade-type rudder and a fixed fin keel. It displaces 7300 lb and carries 3100 lb of iron ballast.

The boat has a draft of 4.00 ft with the standard keel.

The boat is fitted with a Japanese Yanmar 2QM diesel engine for docking and manoeuvring. The fuel tank holds 22 u.s.gal and the fresh water tank has a capacity of 90 u.s.gal.

The design has a hull speed of 6.18 kn.