| Development | |
|---|---|
| Designer | Sparkman & Stephens |
| Location | United States |
| Year | 1976 |
| No. built | 64 |
| Builder(s) | Tartan Marine |
| Role | Cruiser |
| Name | Tartan 27-2 |
| Boat | |
| Displacement | 7,400 lb (3,357 kg) |
| Draft | 6.33 ft (1.93 m) with centerboard down |
| Hull | |
| Type | monohull |
| Construction | fiberglass |
| LOA | 27.00 ft (8.23 m) |
| LWL | 21.42 ft (6.53 m) |
| Beam | 8.63 ft (2.63 m) |
| Engine type | Universal Atomic 4 30 hp (22 kW) gasoline engine |
| Hull appendages | |
| Keel/board type | modified long keel with cutaway forefoot, plus centerboard |
| Ballast | 2,400 lb (1,089 kg) |
| Rudder(s) | keel-mounted rudder |
| Rig | |
| Rig type | Yawl |
| I foretriangle height | 34.65 ft (10.56 m) |
| J foretriangle base | 9.83 ft (3.00 m) |
| P mainsail luff | 30.50 ft (9.30 m) |
| E mainsail foot | 13.50 ft (4.11 m) |
| Rig other | PY: 13.00 ft (3.96 m) EY: 5.67 ft (1.73 m) |
| Sails | |
| Sailplan | Masthead yawl |
| Mainsail area | 205.88 sq ft (19.127 m2) |
| Jib/genoa area | 170.30 sq ft (15.821 m2) |
| Other sails | mizzen sail: 36.86 sq ft (3.424 m2) |
| Total sail area | 413.04 sq ft (38.373 m2) |
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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 boat was built by Tartan Marine, in Painesville, Ohio, from 1976 until 1979, with 64 boats completed.[1][2][10][11]
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 7,400 lb (3,357 kg) and carries 2,400 lb (1,089 kg) of ballast.[1][2]
The design has a draft of 6.33 ft (1.93 m) with the centerboard extended and 3.17 ft (0.97 m) 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 boat is optionally fitted with an inboard 30 hp (22 kW) Universal Atomic 4 gasoline engine for docking and maneuvering and has a hull speed of 6.2 kn (11.5 km/h).[1][2][12]
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]
The design has a hull speed of 6.2 kn (11.5 km/h).[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."[12]