Corsair Formula F-27, Hull #376
After 5 years with the MacGregor 26M, I found myself yearning for a higher performance sailing experience. The MacGregor was a fine first sailboat to learn with, and the family really enjoyed the motoring aspects (wakeboarding, etc..), but it was time for moving up.
Our MacGregor was fully loaded and in near new condition, always dry-sailed out of our garage. The first couple that looked at it snatched it up, making room in the garage for another trailerable. I had considered a Corsair Trimaran, back when we got the MacGregor, but the versatility and low price of the MacGregor won out.
My interest circled back to the Ian Farrier designed Corsairs. I decided to go for an F-27, if I could find one in the right condition. There were about 450 built between 1985 and 1997, when it was replaced by the F-28 (still in production). We found a 1993 Formula F-27 hull #376 at Alexandria Bay, NY through Don Wigston of Windcraft, Inc. The owner was in Florida at the time, we were in Oregon, and the boat was in New York, so it took us a bit of time to strike a deal and get her towed back to Oregon on her own trailer.
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Youtube video from our first sail on her (4 min)
Hull #376 Picture Gallery from former owner(s).
Story of Ian Farrier's F-27 design that was inducted into the American Sailboat Hall of Fame in 2004.