Tanzer 27
{{Short description|Sailboat class}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2022}}
{{Infobox sailboat specifications
|name = Tanzer 27
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|crew = Two
|type = Masthead sloop
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|construction = Fibreglass
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|keel = fixed fin keel or shoal-draft keel
|trapeze =
|loa = {{convert|26.58|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|lwl = {{convert|22.50|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|beam = {{convert|9.50|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|draft = {{convert|4.50|ft|m|abbr=on}} with standard keel, {{convert|3.25|ft|m|abbr=on}} with shoal-draft keel
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|sailarea = {{convert|336.83|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
|mainsail = {{convert|125.38|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
|jib = {{convert|201.45|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
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|phrf = 204 (average)
|year = 1982
|designer = C. Raymond Hunt
|location = Canada
|builder = Tanzer Industries
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|previous = Paceship PY 26
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The Tanzer 27 is a Canadian sailboat, that was designed by C. Raymond Hunt and first built in 1982. The design is out of production.{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/tanzer-27|title = Tanzer 27 sailboat specifications and details|accessdate = 7 July 2016|last= Browning| first = Randy |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2016|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220302005936/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/tanzer-27|archive-date= 2 March 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url = http://www.sailingjoy.com/sailboat_specs/sailboat_specs/view/691/tanzer-27|title = Sailboat Specifications for Tanzer 27 |accessdate = 7 July 2016|work = Sailing Joy|author= InterVisionSoft LLC|year = 2016|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180621233802/http://www.sailingjoy.com/sailboat_specs/sailboat_specs/view/691/tanzer-27|archive-date= 21 June 2018|url-status= dead}}{{cite web|url = http://www.sailingjoy.com/sailboat_specs/sailboat_specs/view/692/tanzer-27-sd|title = Sailboat Specifications for Tanzer 27 SD |accessdate = 7 July 2016|work = Sailing Joy|author= InterVisionSoft LLC|year = 2016|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160807061637/http://www.sailingjoy.com/sailboat_specs/sailboat_specs/view/692/tanzer-27-sd|archive-date= 7 August 2016|url-status= dead}}
The Tanzer 27 is a development of the Paceship PY 26, which was produced by Paceship Yachts in Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia, up until 1977. After 1977 production was assumed by the AMF Corporation in Connecticut, United States. Tanzer Industries of Dorion, Quebec obtained the Paceship molds in the early 1980s and developed the design into the Tanzer 27, which is slightly longer overall than the PY 26.{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/py-26-paceship|title = PY 26 sailboat specifications and details|accessdate = 7 July 2016|last= Browning| first = Randy |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2016|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220302005809/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/py-26-paceship|archive-date= 2 March 2022|url-status= live}}
Production
Production of the boat was commenced in 1982 by Tanzer Industries. The company entered bankruptcy in May 1986 and production had ended by that time.{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/builder/tanzer-industries-ltd|title= Tanzer Industries Ltd. 1966 - 1986|access-date = 28 February 2022|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20200908184852/https://sailboatdata.com/builder/tanzer-industries-ltd|archive-date= 8 September 2020|url-status= live}}
Design
The Tanzer 27 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fibreglass, with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig, a transom-hung rudder and a fixed fin keel or optionally, a shoal-draft keel. It displaces {{convert|6200|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} and carries {{convert|2250|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} of ballast.
The design differs from the PY 26 in that it has deck-stepped mast in place of the keel-stepped mast and different interior.{{cite web|url = http://sailquest.com/market/models/pace26.htm|title = Paceship PY26|accessdate = 7 September 2019|last= McGoldrick |first= Michael |work = Sail Quest|year = 2019|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20190224064404/http://sailquest.com/market/models/pace26.htm|archivedate =24 February 2019|url-status= live}}
The boat was built with a standard keel that gives a draft of {{convert|4.50|ft|m|2|abbr=on}}. A shoal-draft keel with a draft of {{convert|3.25|ft|m|2|abbr=on}}, was a factory option.
The boat with the standard keel has a PHRF racing average handicap of 204, with a high of 198 and a low of 210. With the shoal draft keel the PHRF racing average handicap is 231. It has a hull speed of {{convert|6.36|kn|km/h|2|abbr=on}}.
See also
Similar sailboats