The Bristol 27
Issue 17 : Mar/Apr 2001
“Unfortunately,” writes Frederick Corey, “there are three versions of the popular B27. Not wanting to get outdone by the more popular Cruising (Standard) and Dinette editions, I find
I need to stand up for the Weekenders of the world. Yes, yes, I admit it. We’re the stepsisters of the triad (but so was Cinderella). And only a few Weekenders were built.
Take in the lovely lines! Alberg capitulated to commerce when he created a Cruiser with headroom, but penned his own dreams with the Weekender. Do you think it coincidence that there’s such praise for the Alerion 28? The Alerion hails from Newport, and this comes classic from Bristol, oh but a few headlands apart.
Our Weekender is Watercolors (shown on Page 34), which we sail on Duxbury Bay. Her spacious (8-foot 5-inch) cockpit makes daysailing a pleasure. The sleepers stretch out to leeward, the sailors sit to windward, and the kids hang out on the foredeck.
We have a head if we need it, a sink when we want it, and four good, long bunks below. Her 43-percent ballast ratio and a hull that slices through waves assures us of easy, confident passages on any coastal cruise. Although she’s initially tender, her rail stays dry, and as Clint Pearson once put it, ‘She hangs tough. ’ ”
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