The Gloucester 27 is an American sailboat that was designed by Stuart Windley and Harry R. Sindle as a cruiser and first built in 1983.
[1][4][5] The design was built by Gloucester Yachts in the United States, starting in 1983, but it is now out of production.
[1][4][6] The Gloucester 27 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim.
It has a fractional sloop rig, a raked stem, a reverse transom, an internally mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed fin keel.
[1][4] The boat has a draft of 3.50 ft (1.07 m) with the standard keel.