Santana 27

{{Short description|Sailboat class}}

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{{Infobox sailboat specifications

|name = Santana 27

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|designer = Gary Mull

|location = United States

|year = 1967

|no built = 210

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|builder = W. D. Schock Corporation

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|displacement = {{convert|5000|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}

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|hull type = Monohull

|construction = Fiberglass

|loa = {{convert|27.04|ft|m|abbr=on}}

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|lwl = {{convert|22.50|ft|m|abbr=on}}

|beam = {{convert|9.00|ft|m|abbr=on}}

|hull draft = {{convert|4.25|ft|m|abbr=on}}

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|keel type = fin keel

|ballast = {{convert|2300|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}

|rudder type = internally-mounted spade-type rudder

|rigs = Masthead sloop

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|I = {{convert|33.75|ft|m|abbr=on}}

|J = {{convert|11.25|ft|m|abbr=on}}

|P = {{convert|27.50|ft|m|abbr=on}}

|E = {{convert|11.50|ft|m|abbr=on}}

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|sailarea main = {{convert|158.13|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}

|sailarea headsail = {{convert|189.84|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}

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|sailarea total ={{convert|347.97|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}

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|phrf = 201 (average)

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The Santana 27 is an American sailboat, that was designed by Gary Mull and first built in 1967. The design is out of production.{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/santana-27|title = Santana 27 sailboat specifications and details|accessdate = 1 January 2022|last= McArthur| first = Bruce|work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2016|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220101142917/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/santana-27|archive-date= 1 January 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url = http://www.sailingjoy.com/sailboat_specs/sailboat_specs/view/718/santana-27|title = Sailboat Specifications for Santana 27 |accessdate = 11 October 2016|work = Sailing Joy|author= InterVisionSoft LLC|year = 2016|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161012225128/http://www.sailingjoy.com/sailboat_specs/sailboat_specs/view/718/santana-27|archive-date= 12 October 2016|url-status= dead}}{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/designer/mull-gary|title = Garry Mull (1939-1994)|access-date = 20 December 2021|last = McArthur|first = Bruce|work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2021|archive-url = https://archive.today/20210418231901/https://sailboatdata.com/designer/mull-gary|archive-date = 18 April 2021|url-status = live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/gary-mull|title= Gary Mull|access-date= 20 December 2021|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2021|archive-url= https://archive.today/20211220135325/https://sailboat.guide/gary-mull|archive-date= 20 December 2021|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/schock/santana-27|title= Santana 27|access-date= 1 January 2022|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2021|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220101143729/https://sailboat.guide/schock/santana-27|archive-date= 1 January 2022|url-status= live}}

Production

The boat was built by W. D. Schock Corporation in the United States between 1967 and 1974, with 210 boats completed.{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/builder/schock-wd|title= Schock W.D.|access-date= 1 January 2022|last= McArthur| first= Bruce |work= sailboatdata.com|year= 2020|archiveurl= https://archive.today/20200718211515/https://sailboatdata.com/builder/schock-wd|archivedate= 18 July 2020|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= http://wdschock.com/history/boatlist.htm|title= Boats built by W.D. Schock|access-date= 9 August 2022|author= W. D. Schock Corp|author-link= W. D. Schock Corp|work= wdschock.com|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100221183356/http://wdschock.com/history/boatlist.htm|archive-date= 21 February 2010|url-status= dead}}

Design

The Santana 27 is a small recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wooden trim. It has a masthead sloop rig, an internally-mounted spade-type rudder and a fixed fin keel. It displaces {{convert|5000|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} and carries {{convert|2300|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} of iron ballast. The boat has a draft of {{convert|4.25|ft|m|abbr=on}} with the standard fin keel.

The boat has a PHRF racing average handicap of 201 with a high of 211 and low of 198. It has a hull speed of {{convert|6.36|kn|km/h|2|abbr=on}}.

See also

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