[1][2][3] The design is a development of the Orion 27, with a longer cabin coach house roof to allow for the installation of an extra set of portlights.
[1][3][4] The Orion 27-2 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of plywood-cored fiberglass, with teak wood trim.
It has an optional cutter rig as a sloop or a yawl, a raked stem, an angled transom, a keel-mounted rudder controlled by a wheel and a fixed long keel, with a cutaway forefoot.
The second layout is intended for longer-ranged cruising and has a smaller dinette table, which makes room for a wet locker at the foot of the companionway stairs.
Ventilation is provided by a cabin hatch, two dorade vents and ten opening and screened ports.
Don’t expect record setting pace with this kind of shape; think strong, safe, and good manners for heaving-to in the rough.