Newport 27S-2
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|designer = C&C Design
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|location = United States
|year = 1978
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|builder = Capital Yachts
|role = Cruiser
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|draft = {{convert|5.20|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|displacement = {{convert|6400|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}
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|hull type = monohull
|construction = fiberglass
|loa = {{convert|6400|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|lwl = {{convert|27.00|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|beam = {{convert|9.26|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|keel type = fin keel
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|rudder type = internally-mounted spade-type
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|rig type = Bermuda rig
|I = {{convert|36.00|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|J = {{convert|11.50|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|P = {{convert|31.00|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|E = {{convert|10.30|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|sailplan = masthead sloop
|sailarea main = {{convert|159.65|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
|sailarea headsail = {{convert|207.00|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
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The Newport 27S-2, or Newport 27S-II, is an American sailboat that was designed by the Canadian design firm C&C Design as a cruiser and first built in 1978.{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/newport-27s-2|title= Newport 27S-2 sailboat |access-date= 6 September 2022|last= McArthur|first= Bruce|work= sailboatdata.com|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220906153412/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/newport-27s-2|archive-date= 6 September 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/capital/newport-27s-2|title= Newport 27S-2|access-date= 6 September 2022|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220906153532/https://sailboat.guide/capital/newport-27s-2|archive-date= 6 September 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/designer/cc-design|title= C&C Design|access-date = 6 September 2022|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20210301170340/https://sailboatdata.com/designer/cc-design|archive-date= 1 March 2021|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/c-c-design|title= C&C Design|access-date= 6 September 2022|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220519202040/https://sailboat.guide/c-c-design|archive-date= 19 May 2022|url-status= live}}
Production
The design was built by Capital Yachts in Harbor City, California, United States, starting in 1978, but it is now out of production.{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/builder/capital-yachts-corp|title = Capital Yachts Corp. 1971 - 1996|access-date = 6 September 2022|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20210414013953/https://sailboatdata.com/builder/capital-yachts-corp|archive-date= 14 April 2021|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/capital|title= Capital Yachts Corp.|access-date= 6 September 2022|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220823220013/https://sailboat.guide/capital|archive-date= 23 August 2022|url-status= live}}
Design
The Newport 27S-2 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig, a raked stem, a plumb transom, an spade-type rudder controlled by a wheel and a fixed fin keel. It displaces {{convert|6400|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}.
The boat has a draft of {{convert|5.20|ft|m|abbr=on}} with the standard keel.
The design has sleeping accommodation for four people, with a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin and two straight settee berths in the main cabin. The galley is located on both sides of the companionway ladder, with a two-burner stove to starboard and a sink and ice box to port. The head is located just aft of the bow cabin on the port side and includes a shower.
The design has a hull speed of {{convert|6.33|kn|km/h|abbr=on}}.