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Review of Catalina 27


Basic specs.

sail specifications
The Catalina 27 aka Jaguar 27 is a sailboat designed by the maritime architect Frank V. Butler together with Bob Finch from United States of America in the early seventies. The Catalina 27 is built by Catalina Yachts.

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Hull
The hull is made of fibreglass. Generally, a hull made of fibreglass requires only a minimum of maintenance during the sailing season. And outside the sailing season, just bottom cleaning and perhaps anti-fouling painting once a year - a few hours of work, that's all.

Keel

The Catalina 27 has been built with more than one type of keel.

One option is a fin keel. A boat with a fin keel is more manoeuvrable but has less directional stability than a similar boat with a long keel.

The boat can enter even shallow marinas as the draft is just about 1.22 - 1.32 meter (4.00 - 4.30 ft) dependent on the load. See immersion rate below.


Engine

The boat is typically equipped with an inboard engine.


Sailing characteristics

This section covers widely used rules of thumb to describe the sailing characteristics. Please note that even though the calculations are correct, the interpretation of the results might not be valid for extreme boats.

Theoretical Maximum Hull Speed

What is Theoretical Maximum Hull Speed?

The theoretical maximal speed of a displacement boat of this length is 6.3 knots. The term "Theoretical Maximum Hull Speed" is widely used even though a boat can sail faster. The term shall be interpreted as above the theoretical speed a great additional power is necessary for a small gain in speed.


Immersion rate

The immersion rate is defined as the weight required to sink the boat a certain level. The immersion rate for Catalina 27 is about 119 kg/cm, alternatively 667 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 119 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm. Alternatively, if you load 667 lbs cargo on the boat it will sink 1 inch.


Sailing statistics

This section is statistical comparison with similar boats of the same category. The basis of the following statistical computations is our unique database with more than 26,000 different boat types and 350,000 data points.

L/B (Length Beam Ratio)

What is L/B (Length Beam Ratio)?

The l/b ratio for Catalina 27 is 3.07.

Wide Slim 54% 0 50 100
Compared with other similar sailboats it is slimmer than 54% of all other designs. It seems that the designer has chosen a slightly more speedy hull design.


Ballast Ratio

What is a Ballast Ratio?

The ballast ratio for Catalina 27 is 40%.

Low High 50% 0 50 100
This ballast ratio shows a righting moment that is higher than 50% of all similar sailboat designs. This righting moment (ability to resist heeling) is spot on average!


Over- / underrigged

Low High 79% 0 50 100
The Catalina 27 has more rig than 79% of all similar sailboats, which indicates that the boat is significantly overrigged.


Maintenance

Bottom Paint

When buying anti-fouling bottom paint, it's nice to know how much to buy. The surface of the wet bottom is about 19m2 (204 ft2).
Based on this, your favourite maritime shop can tell you the quantity you need.

Note: If you use a paint roller you will need more paint than if you use a paintbrush.


Rig

Dimensions of sail.

mainsail specifications headsail specifications

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If you need to renew parts of your running rig and is not quite sure of the dimensions, you may find the estimates computed below useful.



Guiding dimensions of running rig
UsageLengthDiameter
Mainsail halyard 23.2 m(76.0 feet)8 mm(5/16 inch)
Jib/genoa halyard23.2 m(76.0 feet)8 mm(5/16 inch)
Spinnaker halyard23.2 m(76.0 feet)8 mm(5/16 inch)
Jib sheet 8.2 m(27.0 feet)10 mm(3/8 inch)
Genoa sheet8.2 m(27.0 feet)10 mm(3/8 inch)
Mainsheet 20.6 m(67.5 feet)10 mm(3/8 inch)
Spinnaker sheet18.1 m(59.4 feet)10 mm(3/8 inch)
Cunningham3.1 m(10.3 feet)8 mm(5/16 inch)
Kickingstrap6.3 m(20.6 feet)8 mm(5/16 inch)
Clew-outhaul6.3 m(20.6 feet)8 mm(5/16 inch)

Boat owner's ideas

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