Newport 27S

The Newport 27S is an American sailboat that was designed by C&C Design as a cruiser and first built in 1974.

Production
The design was built by Capital Yachts in Harbor City, California, United States, starting in 1974, but it is now out of production.

Design
The Newport 27S is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wooden trim. It has a masthead sloop rig, a raked stem plumb stem, a plumb transom, an internally mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed fin keel. It displaces 6000 lb and carries 2400 lb of ballast.

The boat has a draft of 4.25 ft with the standard keel.

A tall mast was optional, with a mast that was about 2 ft higher, for sailing in areas with lighter winds.

The design has a hull speed of 6.33 kn.