The engine is accessed from the front by lifting off a cover under the step and above and down the starboard side by lifting off a cover on in the aft state room.
http://www.catalina27.org/images/ic27_95bro4.jpg Refinements would be an understatement. Catalina brought in a new designer for the C270 as it contributed the new lines for the new CXXX line. They also took into account all 45 modifications done to Jaggernaught; a highly modified C27 that circumnavigated, and CY made sure the C270 design answered every concern. In fact, the C270 is more refined than the C28, making their manufacturing cost closer than the different length might imply. Logically this gives the C28 has a larger profit margin and therefore easier to barging price. I also believe the unrelated Hunter 270 fiasco also played a role in capping sales of the C270. The Hunter 270 was a re-label special optioned Hunter 260 lake rated boat and aggressively marketed as a mid-range keel boat. The CE rating of the Hunter 270 is category D (lake boat) and even then Hunter had to do a structural recall. Given that C250 kicks the H270's transom on all points of sail and is better made the H270 was withdraw from the market and you know option the H260 to make the same boat. It's also my experience an H270 can out accelerate the much larger and heavier offshore rated C270 out of a tack but I can run them down at speed and easily out point them. Without an H270 to blow away Catalina has no competitive focus on the 27 foot market so the C270 has been left out of shows for many years. Phil Agur s/v Wing Tip C270 #194 Secretary/Treasurer Call Sign WCW3485 IC27/270A MMSI 366901790 www.catalina27.org Vessel Doc# 1039809 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Shugarts Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2007 8:01 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: catalina27-talk: Pictures of a new C270 Thanks for these very excellent pictures! Compared to an old C-27, there is a lot of refinement showing here, including a lot of features I would wish for. Assuming it all works structurally and is a safe rig, the fact that they cleared the side decks is really attractive. On my boat, it gets tougher and tougher each year to go forward and do things on the foredeck. However, I do not understand the concept for engine access. Also, there is no C270 listed at Catalina Yachts anymore, so I don't suppose getting a cutaway drawing is going to be easy. --Dave Shugarts C-27 #4866 Cahoots (1981) SR, A4, Outboard, Tiller, Dinette Newtown (Housatonic River), CT E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.BoatDiddly.com ~~~~_/)~~~~~~~~~~~~(\_~~~~ ~~~~~ (\_~~~~ On 12/2/07 9:56 AM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > cozy! > > what's up w/dat shelf over the V? does it make the V berth a little > claustrophobia-inducing? > > otherwise that's a lot of cruising comfort packed into 27 feet! > > > tf > > > > >
