Mirage 27 (Perry)

The Mirage 27 (Perry) is a Canadian sailboat, designed by American Robert Perry and first built in 1982. The design is out of production.

Production
The boat was built by Mirage Yachts in Canada. It is not related to the Mirage 27 designed by Peter Schmidt, another design built by Mirage under the same name.

Design
The Mirage 27 is a small recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fibreglass. It has a masthead sloop rig, an internally-mounted spade-type rudder and a fixed fin keel.

The boat is a derivative of the Perry-designed Mirage 26, modified with a reverse transom and a spade-type rudder. This design replaced the Mirage 26 in the company line.

The design has a length overall of 27.92 ft, a waterline length of 21.67 ft, displaces 5200 lb and carries 2200 lb of ballast. The boat has a draft of 4.33 ft with the standard keel. The boat has a hull speed of 6.24 kn.

Operational history
In a review Michael McGoldrick wrote, "these are good looking boats with a sensible and comfortable interior. The Mirage 26 was the first of these two models to be built. It had a quasi transom mounted rudder (there is small cutout in the transom to accommodate the rudder). Because of its longer waterline, the Mirage 27 is the faster of the two boats."