The Cal 2-27 is an American

sailboat A sailboat or sailing boat is a boat propelled partly or entirely by sails and is smaller than a sailing ship. Distinctions in what constitutes a sailing boat and ship vary by region and maritime culture. Types Although sailboat terminology ...

, that was designed by

William Lapworth Charles William Lapworth (12 December 1919 – 3 April 2006) was an American naval architect who designed a large number of sailboats, many of them for Cal Yachts. He was active as a designer from the early 1950s until the 1980s. Described as ...

and first built in 1974. The Cal 2-27 design replaced the earlier

Cal 27 The Cal 27 is an American sailboat, that was designed by William Lapworth and first built in 1971. Production The boat was built by Jensen Marine in the United States, who completed 306 examples between 1971 and 1974. It is now out of produc ...

and was replaced in turn in the Cal Yachts line, by the

Cal 3-27 The Cal 3-27 is an American sailboat, that was designed by William Lapworth and first built in 1983. The Cal 3-27 is a development of the Cal 2-27, which was in turn a development of the Cal 27. The Cal 3-27 was also marketed as the Cal 27 M ...

in 1983.

Production

The Cal 2-27 was built by Cal Yachts (Jensen Marine) in the

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between 1974 and 1980, but it is now out of production. During its six-year production run 656 examples were built. The boat was also developed into the Crown 28 in Canada by Calgan Marine.

Design

The Cal 2-27 is a small recreational

keelboat A keelboat is a riverine cargo-capable working boat, or a small- to mid-sized recreational sailing yacht. The boats in the first category have shallow structural keels, and are nearly flat-bottomed and often used leeboards if forced in open w ...

, built predominantly of

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, with wood trim. It has a

masthead sloop A masthead rig on a sailing vessel consists of a forestay and backstay both attached at the top of the mast. The Bermuda rig can be split into two groups: the masthead rig and the fractional rig. The masthead rig has larger and more headsails, a ...

rig, an internally-mounted spade-type

rudder A rudder is a primary control surface used to steer a ship, boat, submarine, hovercraft, aircraft, or other vehicle that moves through a fluid medium (generally air or water). On an aircraft the rudder is used primarily to counter adverse yaw a ...

and a fixed fin

keel The keel is the bottom-most longitudinal structural element on a vessel. On some sailboats, it may have a hydrodynamic and counterbalancing purpose, as well. As the laying down of the keel is the initial step in the construction of a ship, in B ...

. It displaces and carries of ballast. The boat has a draft of with the standard keel fitted. The boat was initially factory-fitted with a

Universal Atomic 4 The Universal Atomic 4 is a four-cylinder, gasoline engine produced by the Universal Motor Company between 1949 and 1984 for use as auxiliary power on sailboats. Both and versions of the engine were produced. Over 40,000 of the engines were pro ...

gasoline engine A petrol engine (gasoline engine in American English) is an internal combustion engine designed to run on petrol (gasoline). Petrol engines can often be adapted to also run on fuels such as liquefied petroleum gas and ethanol blends (such as '' ...

, although later in the production run a Farymann

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became an option. The fuel tank holds and the fresh water tank has a capacity of . The boat has a

hull speed Hull speed or displacement speed is the speed at which the wavelength of a vessel's bow wave is equal to the waterline length of the vessel. As boat speed increases from rest, the wavelength of the bow wave increases, and usually its crest-to-t ...

of .

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* {{Cal Yachts Keelboats 1970s sailboat type designs Sailing yachts Sailboat type designs by Bill Lapworth Sailboat types built by Cal Yachts

Production

Design

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