Aquila 27
The Aquila 27 is a French sailboat that was designed by Philippe Harlé, as a cruiser-racer and first built in 1975.
Production
The design was built by Jeanneau in France, from 1975 until 1984, with 1048 boats completed.Design
The Aquila 27 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig, with a deck-stepped mast and aluminum spars with stainless steel wire rigging. The hull has a raked stem, a reverse transom, a skeg-mounted rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed fin keel or shoal draft keel.The boat is fitted with an inboard diesel engine of for docking and maneuvering. The fuel tank holds and the fresh water tank has a capacity of.
The design has sleeping accommodation for five people, with a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin, two straight settee berths and one pilot berth in the main cabin around a drop leaf table. The galley is located on the port side just forward of the companionway ladder. The galley is U-shaped and is equipped with a two-burner stove. The head is located opposite the galley on the starboard side. Cabin headroom is.
For sailing downwind the design may be equipped with a symmetrical spinnaker of.
The design has a hull speed of.
Variants
;Aquila 27 Standard;Aquila 27 Regatta