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Vancouver 274 |
Brief Details
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Builder |
Pheon Yachts, on mouldings by Northshore |
The Vancouver 274
is an uncompromisingly cruising-orientated design, with no concessions
to racing or modern fashion. The heavy-displacement long keel hull
is very solidly built, and the hull form copes well with added weight
for stores for long passages. These are sought after boats, and
really good examples can command very high prices for such a small
yacht |
LOA |
27' 0" |
Sail area |
379 sq ft |
LWL |
22' 11" |
Rig |
Cutter |
Beam |
8' 8" |
Cabins |
2 |
Draught |
4' 0" |
Berths |
3 or 4 |
Displacement |
8,960 lbs |
Engine |
various |
Ballast |
3,485 lbs |
BHP |
12 - 20 |
Keel type |
Long keel with encapsulated ballast |
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The Vancouver 274 is a development of the
Canadian designer Robert Harris's original Vancouver 27 -
first built as a one-off cruiser which was then sailed from
British Columbia to New Zealand and back. Later a second boat
was built, and moulds were taken from this for series production,
both in Canada and England. The English Vancouvers were first
built by Pheon Yachts, and later taken over by Northshore.
The design was modified slightly to create the Vancouver 28,
which is still in production, although at well over £90,000
for a new boat with the basic inventory she is one of the
most expensive 28-footers on the market.
The differences between the 27, 274 and 28 are very minor.
the 28 having a fractionally lengthened stern, and a few inches
raising of the topsides. To date over 250 Vancouver 27s 274s
and 28s have been built, and many have made long-distance
passages, helped by the fact that the transom-hung rudder
makes it easy to fit trim tab windvane steering. |
Two different interior layouts have been produced,
with three or four berths. In the three berth version there
are no forecabin berths, but a quarter berth aft in the saloon.
This yacht is the four-berth version, with a vee-double in
the forecabin and two settee berths in the saloon.
The hull and deck are hand laid up GRP. The lead ballast
is encapsulated entirely within the hull moulding. The deck
moulding has a balsa core which is replaced with plywood in
high stress areas where fittings are attached. The interior
fit-out is to a very high standard of joinery, with lots of
solid teak. |
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