Nor'Sea 27
Built 1976–? by Heritage Marine / Nor'Sea Yachts (California)
About the Nor'Sea 27
Researched from public sources for this model. Any individual boat may have been modified or repowered — confirm before relying on any figure.
- Built
- 1976–?
- Builder
- Heritage Marine / Nor'Sea Yachts (California)
- Designer
- Lyle C. Hess
- Length
- 27 ft
- Waterline
- 23 ft
- Beam
- 8 ft
- Draft
- 3.5 ft
- Displacement
- 8,100 lb
- Ballast
- 3,100 lb
- Hull
- fiberglass
- Hull / keel
- full keel
- Rig
- sloop
- Propulsion
- inboard
- Fuel
- 27 gal
- Water
- 50 gal
- Number built
- 450
- Stern thruster
- none
- Steering
- tiller
Trailerable offshore cruiser with lapstrake-molded solid hull, plywood-cored deck bolted on 6-inch centers, internal lead ballast (3,100 lb on all boats after 1980), transom-hung rudder. Center-cockpit version outnumbers aft-cockpit roughly 7 to 1; a few pilothouse boats. Tall rig (34.5 ft) or short rig (30.5 ft). About 31 ft overall with bowsprit.
Known problems for this model
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Kit-finished boats vary widely hull
Many boats were sold as kits, so interior and systems quality varies; factory-finished boats are preferred.sailingmagazine.net
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Aluminum fuel tank corrosion fuel
Some owners reported corrosion of the aluminum 30 gal fuel tank.sailingmagazine.net
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Underpowered early Farymann engine
Early boats had a 9 hp Farymann diesel; later boats got a two-cylinder Yanmar, considered an upgrade.sailingmagazine.net
Model sources (2)
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