Tartan 27-2
The Tartan 27-2 is an American trailerable sailboat that was designed by Sparkman & Stephens as a cruiser and first built in 1976.
The Tartan 27-2 is a development of the Tartan 27 sloop and the Tartan 27 Yawl, with a raised sheer line, redesigned coach house and interior changes. The majority of Tartan 27s were produced with a masthead sloop rig, and a small number were produced with a yawl rig.
Production
The boat was built by Tartan Marine, in Painesville, Ohio, from 1976 until 1979, with 64 boats completed.Design
The Tartan 27-2 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig or optional yawl rig, a raked stem, an angled transom, a keel-mounted rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed modified long keel with a cutaway forefoot and a retractable centerboard. It displaces and carries of ballast.The design has a draft of with the centerboard extended and with it retracted, allowing operation in shallow water or ground transportation on a trailer, when towed by a powerful enough vehicle to accommodate the boat's weight.
The majority of Tartan 27 models were produced with an inboard Universal Atomic 4 gasoline engine, with an optional Farymann one cylinder diesel engine for docking and maneuvering and has a hull speed of.
The design has sleeping accommodation for four people, with a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin and two straight settees in the main cabin on either wise of a drop-down dinette table. The galley is located on the starboard side just forward of the companionway ladder. The galley is L-shaped and is equipped with a two-burner stove, an ice box and a sink. A navigation station is opposite the galley, on the port side. The head is located just aft of the bow cabin on the port side.