The Cal 3-27 is an American sailboat, that was designed by William Lapworth and first built in 1983.
The Cal 3-27 is a development of the Cal 2-27, which was in turn a development of the Cal 27.
The Cal 3-27 was also marketed as the Cal 27 Mk III and then later just as the Cal 27.
Production The boat was built by Cal Yachts/Jensen Marine in the United States between 1983 and 1985, but it is now out of production.
Design The Cal 3-27 is a small recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig, an inboard motor, an internally-mounted spade-type rudder and a fixed fin keel. It displaces and carries of ballast.
The boat has a draft of with the standard keel and with the optional shoal draft keel. A tall mast was also an option with a main sail luff ("P" parameter) higher.
The boat has a hull speed of .
See also List of sailing boat types
Related development Cal 27 Cal 2-27
Similar sailboats Aloha 27 C&C 27 Catalina 27 Catalina 270 Catalina 275 Sport CS 27 Edel 820 Express 27 Fantasia 27 Halman Horizon Hotfoot 27 Hullmaster 27 Hunter 27 Hunter 27-2 Hunter 27-3 Island Packet 27 Mirage 27 (Perry) Mirage 27 (Schmidt) Mirage 275 O'Day 272 Orion 27-2 Tanzer 27 Watkins 27 Watkins 27P
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