Sea Sprite 27

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The '''Sea Sprite 27''', also called the '''Sea Sprite 28''' and the '''Luders 28''', is an American sailboat that was designed by Bill Luders as a cruiser and first built in 1960.<ref name="Data">{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/sea-sprite-2728|title = Sea Sprite 27/28 sailboat specifications and details|access-date = 4 April 2019|last= Browning| first = Randy |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2019|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220409181651/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/sea-sprite-2728|archive-date= 9 April 2022|url-status= live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url =https://sailboatdata.com/designer/luders-alfred-e|title =Alfred E. Luders |access-date = 4 April 2019|last= Browning| first = Randy |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2019|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220409181655/https://sailboatdata.com/designer/luders-alfred-e|archive-date= 9 April 2022|url-status= live}}</ref><ref name="Sherwood">Sherwood, Richard M.: ''A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America, Second Edition'', pages 194-195. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1994. {{ISBN|0-395-65239-1}}</ref><ref name="Guide">{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/ryder/sea-sprite-2728|title= Sea Sprite 27/28|access-date= 9 April 2022|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220409181645/https://sailboat.guide/ryder/sea-sprite-2728|archive-date= 9 April 2022|url-status= live}}</ref>

The Sea Sprite 27 design is one of the Sea Sprite Sailing Yachts series of boats.<ref name="Data"/><ref name="Sherwood"/><ref name="Guide"/>

==Production== The design was built by C. E. Ryder in Bristol, Rhode Island, United States between 1960 and 1985, but it is now out of production.<ref name="Data"/><ref name="Sherwood"/><ref name="Guide"/><ref>{{cite web|url =https://sailboatdata.com/builder/c-e-ryder|title = C. E. Ryder|access-date = 4 April 2019|last= Browning| first = Randy |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2019|archive-url= https://archive.today/20210316184032/https://sailboatdata.com/builder/c-e-ryder|archive-date= 16 March 2021|url-status= live}}</ref>

==Design== The Sea Sprite 27 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with teak wooden trim. It has a 7/8 fractional sloop rig, a spooned raked stem, a raised transom, a keel-mounted rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed long keel. It displaces {{convert|7600|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} and carries {{convert|3000|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} of ballast.<ref name="Data"/><ref name="Sherwood"/><ref name="Guide"/>

The boat has a draft of {{convert|4.25|ft|m|abbr=on}} with the standard long keel fitted.<ref name="Data"/><ref name="Guide"/>

The boat is fitted with a Universal Motor Company diesel engine of {{convert|11|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}}. The fuel tank holds {{convert|12|u.s.gal}} and the fresh water tank has a capacity of {{convert|50|u.s.gal}}.<ref name="Data"/><ref name="Guide"/>

The boat's galley is located on the port side of the cabin just forward of the companionway steps, with the icebox doubling as a navigation table. The galley has a two-burner alcohol stove and a sink with pressurized water. The head occupies both side of the hull, just aft of the bow "V"-berth. Additional sleeping space is provided in the cabin with a double berth and a quarter berth.<ref name="Sherwood"/>

Ventilation is provided by a translucent forward hatch and four opening ports in the cabin. A second mid-ship hatch was a factory option.<ref name="Sherwood"/>

The cockpit has two genoa winches and a third winch for the halyards. There is a standard topping lift and jiffy-reefing. The mainsheet traveler is mounted just behind the cockpit.<ref name="Sherwood"/>

Factory options included a boom vang, spinnaker and gear, roller furling and wheel steering in place of the tiller.<ref name="Sherwood"/>

The design has a hull speed of {{convert|5.99|kn|km/h|abbr=on}}.<ref name="Guide"/>

==See also== *List of sailing boat types

'''Related development''' *Sea Sprite 34

==References== {{Reflist}}

{{Sea Sprite sailboats}}

Category:Keelboats Category:1960s sailboat type designs Category:Sailing yachts Category:Sailboat type designs by Bill Luders Category:Sailboat types built by C. E. Ryder