Sea Sprite 27

The Sea Sprite 27, also called the Sea Sprite 28 and the Luders 28, is an American sailboat that was designed by Bill Luders as a cruiser and first built in 1960.

The Sea Sprite 27 design is one of the Sea Sprite Sailing Yachts series of boats.

Production
The design was built by C. E. Ryder in Bristol, Rhode Island, United States between 1960 and 1985, but it is now out of production.

Design
The Sea Sprite 27 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with teak wooden trim. It has a 7/8 fractional sloop rig, a spooned raked stem, a raised transom, a keel-mounted rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed long keel. It displaces 7600 lb and carries 3000 lb of ballast.

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

The boat is fitted with a Universal Motor Company diesel engine of 11 hp. The fuel tank holds 12 u.s.gal and the fresh water tank has a capacity of 50 u.s.gal.

The boat's galley is located on the port side of the cabin just forward of the companionway steps, with the icebox doubling as a navigation table. The galley has a two-burner alcohol stove and a sink with pressurized water. The head occupies both side of the hull, just aft of the bow "V"-berth. Additional sleeping space is provided in the cabin with a double berth and a quarter berth.

Ventilation is provided by a translucent forward hatch and four opening ports in the cabin. A second mid-ship hatch was a factory option.

The cockpit has two genoa winches and a third winch for the halyards. There is a standard topping lift and jiffy-reefing. The mainsheet traveler is mounted just behind the cockpit.

Factory options included a boom vang, spinnaker and gear, roller furling and wheel steering in place of the tiller.

The design has a hull speed of 5.99 kn.