Tartan 27 Yawl

Tartan 27 Yawl

Development
Designer	Sparkman & Stephens
Location	United States
Year	1961
No. built	about 25
Builder(s)	Douglass & McLeod Tartan Marine
Role	Cruiser
Name	Tartan 27 Yawl
Boat
Displacement	7,400 lb (3,357 kg)
Draft	6.33 ft (1.93 m) with centerboard down
Hull
Type	monohull
Construction	fiberglass
LOA	27.00 ft (8.23 m)
LWL	21.42 ft (6.53 m)
Beam	8.58 ft (2.62 m)
Engine type	Universal Atomic 4 30 hp (22 kW) gasoline engine
Hull appendages
Keel/board type	modified long keel with cutaway forefoot, plus centerboard
Ballast	2,400 lb (1,089 kg)
Rudder(s)	keel-mounted rudder
Rig
Rig type	Yawl
I foretriangle height	33.50 ft (10.21 m)
J foretriangle base	9.83 ft (3.00 m)
P mainsail luff	29.50 ft (8.99 m)
E mainsail foot	13.00 ft (3.96 m)
Rig other	PY: 13.00 ft (3.96 m) EY: 5.67 ft (1.73 m)
Sails
Sailplan	Masthead yawl
Mainsail area	191.75 sq ft (17.814 m2)
Jib/genoa area	164.65 sq ft (15.296 m2)
Other sails	mizzen sail: 36.86 sq ft (3.424 m2)
Total sail area	393.26 sq ft (36.535 m2)
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The Tartan 27 Yawl is an American trailerable sailboat that was designed by Sparkman & Stephens as a cruiser and first built in 1961. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

The Tartan 27 Yawl is a development of the Tartan 27 sloop, with a shorter main mast and the addition of a mizzen mast with a sail of 36.86 sq ft (3.424 m²) mounted in the lazarette. The Tartan 27 series was developed into the Tartan 27-2 in 1976. ^{[1] [2] [5] [6] [7] [8]}

Darrell Nicholson of Practical Sailor, noted of the Tartan 27 Yawl, "a small number of 27s, for what we assume was quaintness rather than any practical reason, were rigged as yawls with handkerchief-sized mizzens on a mast stepped into the lazarette." ^[9]

Production

Production was initially by Douglass & McLeod at their Grand River, Ohio factory, starting in 1961 and ending in 1971 when the plant burned down. Production was then assumed by a new company, Tartan Marine, established in nearby Painesville, Ohio, in 1971. Only about 25 Tartan 27 Yawls were built. ^{[1] [2] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15]}

Design

Tartan 27 Yawl

The Tartan 27 Yawl is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a masthead 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 7,400 lb (3,357 kg) and carries 2,400 lb (1,089 kg) of ballast. ^{[1] [2]}

The design has a draft of 6.33 ft (1.93 m) with the centerboard extended and 3.17 ft (0.97 m) with it retracted, allowing operation in shallow water or ground transportation on a trailer, when towed by a vehicle with enough power to safely accommodate the boat's weight. ^{[1] [2]}

The boat is fitted with a 30 hp (22 kW) Universal Atomic 4 gasoline engine for docking and maneuvering and has a hull speed of 6.2 kn (11.5 km/h). ^{[1] [2] [15]}

The design has a hull speed of 6.2 kn (11.5 km/h). ^[2]

Operational history

Robert and Virginia Manry onboard Curlew

Robert Manry, along with his wife Virginia, his son and daughter, a German shepherd dog and a cat, sailed his 1967 Tartan 27 Yawl, named Curlew from Cleveland, Ohio, across the Great Lakes, down the Mississippi River, through the Gulf of Mexico to the Bahamas, north along the US east coast and then back to his point of departure, Cleveland. The voyage was accomplished from July 1967 until July 1968. ^[16]

See also

• List of sailing boat types

Related development

• Tartan 27
• Tartan 27-2

References

1. McArthur, Bruce (2022). "Tartan 27 Yawl". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 19 August 2022. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
2. Sea Time Tech, LLC (2022). "Tartan 27 Yawl". sailboat.guide. Archived from the original on 19 August 2022. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
3. McArthur, Bruce (2022). "Sparkman & Stephens". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 10 August 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
4. Sea Time Tech, LLC (2022). "Sparkman & Stephens". sailboat.guide. Archived from the original on 21 June 2022. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
5. McArthur, Bruce (2022). "Tartan 27 sailboat". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 19 August 2022. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
6. Sea Time Tech, LLC (2022). "Tartan 27". sailboat.guide. Archived from the original on 19 August 2022. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
7. McArthur, Bruce (2022). "Tartan 27-2". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 19 August 2022. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
8. Sea Time Tech, LLC (2022). "Tartan 27-2". sailboat.guide. Archived from the original on 19 August 2022. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
9. Nicholson, Darrell (14 June 2000). "Tartan 27". Practical Sailor. Archived from the original on 19 August 2022. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
10. McArthur, Bruce (2022). "Douglass & McLeod 1951 - 1971". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 2 October 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
11. Sea Time Tech, LLC (2022). "Douglass & McLeod". sailboat.guide. Archived from the original on 19 August 2022. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
12. McArthur, Bruce (2022). "Tartan Marine". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 5 May 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
13. Sea Time Tech, LLC (2022). "Tartan Yachts". sailboat.guide. Archived from the original on 15 December 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
14. Tartan Yachts (2022). "Tartan Classic: T27". tartanyachts.com. Archived from the original on 19 August 2022. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
15. Doane, Charles (8 June 2010). "Tartan 27: Classic Pocket Cruiser". Boats.com. Archived from the original on 19 August 2022. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
16. Manry, Robert. "Voyages - Cruise of the Curlew, around eastern U.S., 1967 - 1968". www.robertmanryproject.com. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 21 August 2022.

External links

• Official website