| Tartan 27-2 | |
| Designer: | Sparkman & Stephens |
| Location: | United States |
| Year: | 1976 |
| No Built: | 64 |
| Builder: | Tartan Marine |
| Role: | Cruiser |
| Draft: | 6.33feet with centerboard down |
| Displacement: | 74000NaN0 |
| Hull Type: | monohull |
| Construction: | fiberglass |
| Loa: | 27feet |
| Lwl: | 21.42feet |
| Beam: | 8.63feet |
| Engine: | Universal Atomic 4 300NaN0 gasoline engine |
| Keel Type: | modified long keel with cutaway forefoot, plus centerboard |
| Ballast: | 24000NaN0 |
| Rudder Type: | keel-mounted rudder |
| Rig Type: | Masthead sloop, optional yawl |
| I: | 34.65feet |
| J: | 9.83feet |
| P: | 30.5feet |
| E: | 13.5feet |
| Rig Other: | PY: 13feet EY: 5.67feet |
| Sailplan: | Masthead sloop, optional yawl |
| Sailarea Main: | 205.88square feet |
| Sailarea Headsail: | 170.3square feet |
| Sails Other: | mizzen sail: 36.86square feet |
| Sailarea Total: | 413.04square feet |
| Previous: | Tartan 27 |
The Tartan 27-2 is an American trailerable sailboat that was designed by Sparkman & Stephens as a cruiser and first built in 1976.[1] [2] [3] [4]
The Tartan 27-2 is a development of the Tartan 27 sloop and the Tartan 27 Yawl, with a raised sheer line, redesigned coach house and interior changes.[1] [2] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] The majority of Tartan 27s were produced with a masthead sloop rig, and a small number were produced with a yawl rig.[10]
The boat was built by Tartan Marine, in Painesville, Ohio, from 1976 until 1979, with 64 boats completed.[1] [2] [11] [12]
The Tartan 27-2 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig or optional yawl rig, a raked stem, an angled transom, a keel-mounted rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed modified long keel with a cutaway forefoot and a retractable centerboard. It displaces 74000NaN0 and carries 24000NaN0 of ballast.[1] [2]
The design has a draft of 6.33feet with the centerboard extended and 3.17feet with it retracted, allowing operation in shallow water or ground transportation on a trailer, when towed by a powerful enough vehicle to accommodate the boat's weight.[1] [2]
The majority (approximately 85%) of Tartan 27 models were produced with an inboard 300NaN0 Universal Atomic 4 gasoline engine, with an optional Farymann one cylinder 120NaN0 diesel engine for docking and maneuvering and has a hull speed of 6.2kn.[1] [2] [13] [14]
The design has sleeping accommodation for four people, with a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin and two straight settees in the main cabin on either wise of a drop-down dinette table. The galley is located on the starboard side just forward of the companionway ladder. The galley is L-shaped and is equipped with a two-burner stove, an ice box and a sink. A navigation station is opposite the galley, on the port side. The head is located just aft of the bow cabin on the port side.[1] [2]
In a review for Boats.com, Charles Doane wrote, "the revised accommodation plan on the 27-2 (as it was designated) is more conventional and liveable, with an aft galley opposite an icebox/nav desk, two long settees between a fold-down table, plus a larger athwartship head. The great drawback to the 27-2 ... is that--to my eye, at least--it is not nearly as attractive and shippy looking as the original. Also, raising the sheer without changing the hull mold required a much more vulnerable outward-facing deck joint."[13]
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