- Length
- 8.23 m
- Beam
- 2.74 m
- Draft
- 1.22 m
- Sail area
- 31.59 m²
Specifications
Dimensions & displacement7
- Length overall
- 8.23 m
- Waterline length
- 6.93 m
- Beam
- 2.74 m
- Draft
- 1.22 m
- Displacement
- 3,039 kg
- Ballast
- 1,012 kg
- Mast height above water
- 11.73 m
Sails & rig9
- Rig type
- Sloop, masthead rig
- Sail area
- 31.59 m²
- Mainsail area
- 12.68 m²
- Foresail area
- 18.96 m²
- Foretriangle height (I)
- 10.67 m
- Foretriangle base (J)
- 3.55 m
- Mainsail luff (P)
- 8.99 m
- Mainsail foot (E)
- 2.82 m
- Forestay length
- 11.24 m
Hull & construction3
- Hull material
- Fibreglass
- Keel type
- Fin keel, skeg-hung rudder
- Ballast material
- Lead
Production & design4
- Production started
- 1972
- Production ended
- 1979
- Hulls built
- 720
- Designer
- Alan P. Gurney
Performance ratios6
- Sail area / displacement
- 15.35
- Displacement / length
- 254.03
- Ballast / displacement
- 33.3 %
- Comfort ratio
- 23.09
- Capsize screening
- 1.91
- Hull speed
- 6.39 kn
Yacht photography
Years, generations and variants
O’Day 271 generation
01
1972–1979