Hughes-Columbia 27
The Hughes-Columbia 27 is a Canadian sailboat that was designed by Alan Payne as a cruiser and first built in 1978. The Hughes-Columbia 27 is a development of the 1976, Payne-designed Columbia 8.3. Production
The design was built by Hughes Boat Works in Canada, from 1978 until 1980, but it is now out of production. Design
The Hughes-Columbia 27 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fibreglass, with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig, an internally mounted spade-type rudder and a fixed fin keel. It displaces  and carries  of iron ballast. The boat has a draft of  with the standard keel. The boat is fitted with a Japanese Yanmar 2QM diesel engine for docking and manoeuvring. The fuel tank holds  and the fresh water tank has a capacity of . The design has a hull speed of . See also
List of sailing boat types

References

Keelboats
1970s sailboat type designs
Sailing yachts
Sailboat type designs by Alan Payne
Sailboat types built by Hughes Boat Works