The Island Packet 27 is an American sailboat that was designed by Robert K. Johnson as a cruiser and first built in 1984.Sherwood, Richard M.: A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America, Second Edition, pages 224-225. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1994.
Production The design was built by Island Packet Yachts in the United States between 1984 and 1992. A total of 243 examples were completed, but it is now out of production.
Design The Island Packet 27 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with teak wood trim and a teak and holly cabin sole. It is a Cutter-rigged sloop; with a spooned raked stem; a vertical transom; a spade rudder with wheel steering and a fixed long keel or optional long keel and centerboard. It displaces and carries of ballast.
The keel-equipped version of the boat has a draft of , while the centerboard-equipped version has a draft of with the centerboard extended and with it retracted.
The boat is fitted with a Japanese Yanmar diesel engine of . The fuel tank holds and the fresh water tank has a capacity of .
The mainsheet traveler is a curved track over the companionway, rigged for mid-boom sheeting. The cockpit features two jib sheet winches and one main sheet winch. The cockpit has room for six adults. There is a bowsprit with an anchor roller.
The galley is located on the port side of the boat and includes a two-burner alcohol-fired stove, an icebox and a sink with optional pressure water supply. The head is located just aft of the "V"-berth, on the starboard side. Sleeping accommodations consist of the "V"-berth forward, a cabin settee which converts to a double berth and a single pilot berth to starboard. The cabin table folds up against the bulkhead.
Cabin ventilation consists of nine opening ports and 2 hatches.
Operational history In a review, Richard Sherwood wrote of the design, "The keel model is standard, the centerboard version available at additional cost. The Packet is a cruiser, not intended for racing. The broad beam gives an unusually spacious interior."
See also List of sailing boat types
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