TARTAN 27 



The Tartan 27 is a new contribution to the class of small auxiliaries. It 

 was designed by Sparkman and Stephens and introduced in 1961 by Doug- 

 lass & McLeod, Inc., builders (Box 311, Painesville, Ohio). Dealers han- 

 dling the boat include the Richard Bertram Company (N.W. 21st St., 

 Miami, Fla. ) and George B, Walton, Inc. (4th St. and Severn Ave., Annap- 

 olis, Md. ) . While twenty-five boats have already been built, the class growth 

 is presently at the rate of thirty boats a year. It is made of fiber glass with 

 teak and mahogany trim and is a displacement hull said to have "excellent 

 capabilities to windward." The rudder is of aluminum, as are the spars. 



Sleeping accommodations of three single berths and one double berth 

 have been worked into the Tartan, a real feat for a boat of only 21% feet 

 waterline, though the fiber-glass construction helps considerably to this end. 

 The centerboard trunk is entirely below the cabin floor. Headroom in the 

 raised section of the cabin is 6 feet. Accommodations include a galley, 

 enclosed head, etc. 



A member of the Tartan class, the Dawnell, owned and well sailed by 

 Harold M. Scott, Jr., of Noroton, Connecticut, won the Larchmont Yacht 

 Club's Edlu Trophy Race in May 1962 against eighty-six other boats. The 

 Dawnell was the smallest boat ever to win this trophy. She not only won 

 the race on corrected time but beat many other larger boats on actual time. 



The Tartan was designed to give a good account of herself under both 

 Cruising Club of America and Midget Ocean Racing Club rules. She is 

 obtainable as a sloop or yawl. Sailing activities, so far, are on Long Island 

 Sound, Chesapeake Bay, and the Great Lakes. For information about the 

 class, write Douglass & MoLeod, Inc., at the address given above. Price is 

 $11,750, including sails. 



VITAL STATISTICS: L.O.A. 27'; watcrlinc 21^5"; beam 8'7V2"; draft 

 without centerboard 3V, with C.B. 6'4"; sail area 372 sq. ft. (sloop), 394 

 sq. ft. (yawl); displacement 6500 lbs.; power is a Universal Atomic Four. 



THUNDERBIRD 



During 1958 the Douglas Fir Plywood Association came to Ben Seaborn, 

 a Seattle, Washington, naval architect, and gave him an assignment. Sea- 

 bom's task was to design a boat to meet the following requirements: one 

 that could beat other boats of its size in racing competition, that would be 

 comfortable and roomy enough for a family of at least four, be reasonably 

 easy for an amateur to build, and also be safe, dry, and not too expensive. 

 Judging from the name of the association, it would seem reasonable to ex- 



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