My 27 is a 1984 Tall Rig, sail # 5711. It has the "New Styles" ( lexan ) windows. From what I remember, they changed in 1984, may 1983, but I do not think so. It has an anchor locker at the bow.
Dan Hardiman wrote: > I think they also starting offering a 2nd deck configuration in 1980. I > remember Rick Crow's old boat, "Crow's Nest" had a different deck layout than > my 1979 model. His included an anchor locker and the cowlings where the > winches are mounted had a different shape. > > Carl Schaeffer and I cornered Frank Butler at the Atlantic City Boat show a > number of years ago and asked him about racing configs on the C27. Somehow > it came out of the conversation that there was a fiasco back in the 70s where > a set of C27 molds were taken to the UK and boats were produced there out of > license. So there could be even more C27s out there than what is documented. > > ~Dan Hardiman > > --- On Thu, 3/4/10, Phil Agur <[email protected]> wrote: > > > From: Phil Agur <[email protected]> > Subject: RE: [IC27A] Catalina 27 history > To: [email protected] > Date: Thursday, March 4, 2010, 2:12 PM > > > > > > > Hi Peter, > > C27 Cat Nip Hull #1 was produced in 1970 and is currently in Pensacola > Florida. The last one I have a record for is C27 Agios Nikolaos II Hull # > 6653 which was produced in 1989 and is currently in Green Bay Wisconsin. > Logically there could have been C27s built up 1992 but I have no record of > that. Since all new boats came with a pre-paid 1 year IC27A membership the > 1989 number should be pretty good. > > When it comes down to the term "original model" are you breaking it between > C27s and C270s or models within the C27 production? I think we had a thread > this year where owners rung in on window configuration that could break it > between the "Old Styles" and the "New Styles". I believe that was around > 1984-85 but I would have to confirm that as it was earlier in time than I > expected. > > Do you happen to have manufacturer' s identification code for Cooper? > > Cheers, > > Phil Agur > <http://www.catalina 27.org/public_ pages/profile270 .htm> s/v Wing Tip > C270 LE #184 MMSI 366901790 > > From: ic...@yahoogroups. com [mailto:ic...@yahoogroups. com] On Behalf Of > Peter A. Robson > Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2010 9:11 AM > To: ic...@yahoogroups. com > Subject: [IC27A] Catalina 27 history > > I'm wondering if anyone can confirm that a total of 6,600 Catalina 27s were > built over the life of the original model. My information shows that the > first year of production was 1971, but I'm not sure when the last were made > (probably about 1982). Also, does anyone have any idea of how many were > built in California and how many were built in British Columbia? If my > information is correct, Cooper built Catalina 27s in B.C. from 1973 to 1981, > > then destroyed his molds. > > I'm asking this as background for a magazine article (Pacific Yachting) I'm > writing on Catalina 27 modifications owners have made, as seen at our first > ever B.C. C27 rendezvous held last summer. > > Peter Robson > C27 Nesika > Garden Bay, BC > prob...@xplornet. com <mailto:probson% 40xplornet. com> > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > >
