Hughes-Columbia 27

The Hughes-Columbia 27 is a Canadian sailboat that was designed by Alan Payne as a cruiser and first built in 1978.
The Hughes-Columbia 27 is a development of the 1976, Payne-designed Columbia 8.3.

Production

The design was built by Hughes Boat Works in Canada, from 1978 until 1980, but it is now out of production.

Design

The Hughes-Columbia 27 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fibreglass, with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig, an internally mounted spade-type rudder and a fixed fin keel. It displaces and carries of iron ballast.
The boat has a draft of with the standard keel.
The boat is fitted with a Japanese Yanmar 2QM diesel engine for docking and manoeuvring. The fuel tank holds and the fresh water tank has a capacity of.
The design has a hull speed of.