Express 27 information

Express 27
Development
Designer	Carl Schumacher
Location	United States
Year	1982
No. built	117
Builder(s)	Alsberg Brothers Boatworks
Name	Express 27
Boat
Displacement	2,450 lb (1,111 kg)
Draft	4.50 ft (1.37 m)
Hull
Type	Monohull
Construction	Vinylester, S-glass, foam and a balsa core
LOA	27.25 ft (8.31 m)
LWL	23.75 ft (7.24 m)
Beam	8.17 ft (2.49 m)
Engine type	Outboard motor
Hull appendages
Keel/board type	fin keel
Ballast	1,100 lb (499 kg)
Rudder(s)	internally-mounted spade-type rudder
Rig
Rig type	Bermuda rig
I foretriangle height	28.50 ft (8.69 m)
J foretriangle base	9.00 ft (2.74 m)
P mainsail luff	28.50 ft (8.69 m)
E mainsail foot	10.40 ft (3.17 m)
Sails
Sailplan	Fractional rigged sloop
Mainsail area	148.20 sq ft (13.768 m2)
Jib/genoa area	128.25 sq ft (11.915 m2)
Total sail area	276.45 sq ft (25.683 m2)
Racing
PHRF	129-130 (average)
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The Express 27 is an American trailerable sailboat that was designed by Carl Schumacher as a racer and first built in 1982.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

^ Browning, Randy (2019). "Express 27 sailboat specifications and details". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 9 April 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
^ McArthur, Bruce (2022). "Carl Schumacher". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 5 July 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
^ Sherwood, Richard M.: A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America, Second Edition, pages 190-191. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1994. ISBN 0-395-65239-1
^ "Express 27". Practical Sailor. 2003. Archived from the original on 14 April 2013. Retrieved 30 March 2019.

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