The Tartan 27-2 is an American trailerable sailboat that was designed by Sparkman & Stephens as a cruiser and first built in 1976.
It has a masthead sloop rig or optional yawl rig, a raked stem, an angled transom, a keel-mounted rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed modified long keel with a cutaway forefoot and a retractable centerboard.
[1][2] The majority (approximately 85%) of Tartan 27 models were produced with an inboard 30 hp (22 kW) Universal Atomic 4 gasoline engine, with an optional Farymann one cylinder 12 hp (9 kW) diesel engine for docking and maneuvering and has a hull speed of 6.2 kn (11.5 km/h).
[1][2] In a review for Boats.com, Charles Doane wrote, "the revised accommodation plan on the 27-2 (as it was designated) is more conventional and liveable, with an aft galley opposite an icebox/nav desk, two long settees between a fold-down table, plus a larger athwartship head.
Also, raising the sheer without changing the hull mold required a much more vulnerable outward-facing deck joint.