The C&C 27 Mk V is a recreational keelboat built by C&C Yachts. It was a new design, originally marketed as the "new C&C 27", but is now usually referred to as the Mark V to differentiate it from the earlier C&C 27.
More than 300 were built from 1984 to 1987, both in Niagara-On-The-Lake, Canada and in C&C's plant in the United States.
Designed by the C&C Design Group led by Neil Gilbert, the Mark V was introduced to refresh the 1970s styling of the earlier C&C 27 series and also to improve the manufacturing profitability of the boat. The previous C&C 27 series cost as much to build as the larger C&C boats, but commanded a lower retail price.
It has a solid fibreglass hull and a fixed keel, available in standard fin and shoal draft. The design features a raked stem, a revers transom and a transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller. The fin keel version displaces and carries of lead ballast with a draft of . The shoal draft keel version displaces with of ballast and of draft.
It has a masthead rig with a tall, single-spreader deck-stepped mast. It has a PHRF racing average handicap of 174 with a spinnaker and 192 without.
The cockpit has benches over 6 feet long, and cabin headroom is 70 inches.
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