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Hurley 27 |
Brief details |
Builder |
Hurley Marine Ltd. |
A very solidly built
small cruiser from the 70's, the Hurley 27 is a Folkboat derivative,
with a deep cockpit, long full keel and transom hung rudder. Unlike
Folkboats, however, the Hurley 27s have full standing headroom.
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LOA |
27' 0" |
Sail area |
532 sq ft main and genoa
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LWL |
20' 0" |
Rig |
sloop |
Beam |
8' 0" |
Cabins |
Forecabin and saloon |
Draught |
4' 0" |
Berths |
4/5 |
Displacement |
5,824 lbs |
Engine |
various |
Ballast |
2,912 lbs |
BHP |
7 - 15 |
Keel type |
Long fin keel with encapsulated ballast |
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The Hurley 27 was designed in the late 60's
by Ian Anderson as a development of one of his earlier designs
for a small strip planked wooden cruiser called the Sirius.
The new GRP design was originally called the Bowman 26, and
a number of these were built, firstly by the Normand Boatyard
and later by Emsworth Shipyard.
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When Hurley Marine wanted a larger version of Ian Anderson's
very successful Hurley 22, they took the moulds of the Bowman
26 and modified the design to create the Hurley 27, the major
changes being to raise the forward part of the coachroof to
create standing headroom in the forepeak, and to raise and extend the
topsides by about 6 inches resulting in an overall length
of 27 feet. This boat was called the Hurley 27, and around 90 were built.
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After Hurley Marine closed down, the Hurley 27 moulds
were bought by Dockrell Yachts of Tavistock, Devon, who altered
the keel and created the shallower draught Dockrell
27, which remained in production until the mid-1980s |
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