| Hotfoot 27 | |
| Designer: | Doug Hemphill |
| Location: | Canada |
| Year: | 1981 |
| Builder: | Hotfoot Boats |
| Draft: | 5.5feet |
| Displacement: | 36000NaN0 |
| Hull Type: | Monohull |
| Construction: | Fibreglass |
| Loa: | 27feet |
| Lwl: | 22feet |
| Beam: | 9.33feet |
| Engine: | Outboard motor |
| Keel Type: | fin keel |
| Ballast: | 15000NaN0 |
| Rudder Type: | transom-mounted rudder |
| Rig Type: | Bermuda rig |
| I: | 29.08feet |
| J: | 9.75feet |
| P: | 31.5feet |
| E: | 13feet |
| Sailplan: | Fractional rigged sloop |
| Sailarea Main: | 204.75square feet |
| Sailarea Headsail: | 141.77square feet |
| Sailarea Total: | 346.52square feet |
| Phrf: | 147 (average) |
The Hotfoot 27 is a Canadian sailboat that was designed by Doug Hemphill as racer-cruiser and first built in 1981.[1] [2] [3] [4]
The design was built by Hotfoot Boats in Canada, but the company is no longer in business and the boat design is now out of production.[1] [3] [4] [5]
The Hotfoot 27 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fibreglass, with wood trim. It has a fractional sloop rig, a raked stem, a vertical transom, a transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed fin keel. It displaces 36000NaN0 and carries 15000NaN0 of ballast.[1] [3] [4]
The boat has a draft of 5.5feet with the standard keel fitted. The fresh water tank has a capacity of . The boat is normally fitted with a small outboard motor for docking and maneuvering. The motor is mounted in the starboard lazarette and can be swung up when not in use and the hull opening covered with a hatch.[1] [4]
The boat's galley is located on the starboard side. It includes a sink and a single-burner alcohol stove, which both slide under the cockpit for stowage. The head is a chemical type and is located forward, just aft of the bow "V"-berth, forward of the bulkhead. Additional sleeping space is provided in the cabin, with two berths. A chart table is located on the port side and also stows under the cockpit when not in use.[3]
Standard equipment includes a spinnaker and associated gear, an outboard motor bracket, headfoil (a headsail airfoil-shaped reinforcement) and a compass. The boat's controls all can be actuated from the cockpit and include internally-mounted halyards. The cockpit has two genoa winches and two winches for the halyards. There is a 4:1 internal outhaul, an 8:1 boom vang and adjustable backstay and running backstays.[3]
The design has a PHRF racing average handicap of 147 with a high of 152 and low of 138. It has a hull speed of 6.292NaN2.[4] [6]
In a review Richard Sherwood wrote, "the Hotfoot is a new design that is selling well in Victoria, B.C., and starting to move south. Keel and rudder are both deep to assist to windward, often a problem with boats this light. The running backstays are unusual. The manufacturers feel that they are needed for shaping the sail, not for keeping the rig up."[3]
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