Under 29 Foot But Can Stand Up In The Cabin

[WanderingSoul]

Our 1993 Hunter 27’ checks all of those boxes.

[AiniA]

Originally Posted by ZoroMan

Hi everyone,

I am seeking a smaller boat with a cabin I can stand up in at 5'8" tall. I was looking at a few different boats but you have to stoop a bit in the cabin.

Other requirements:

Water draft under 4' 6" (shallow draft)
Easy to sail single handed / all lines go to cockpit
Good capsize numbers 2.0 or under
Sloop
Used price can be found under $10K
Has dinette / table in cabin
Cook stove and sink (as standard)
Head
Sleeps two people (a couple/not separate bunks)

In essence, I seek a boat I can sail on my own but have my wife onboard at night after I return to dock and she won't feel like she is in a "hole" and cannot stand up straight in the cabin. And we can cook dinner and have a nice berth to sleep in and make coffee and a smoothie in the AM.

Noticed in your list of requirements no mention of sailing performance. Sounds like you will be sailing on inland lakes so I suspect a lot of light, fluky winds to deal with. A simple, if imprecise, measure of performance would be PHRF ratings. The site below gives a comprehensive list for New England which would be a bit windier than what you have. For a few boats suggested:
C&C 27 - 180ish (lots of variations)
Catalina 27 - 207ish
Bayfield 29 - 237
Lower is better and in a light wind area the Bayfield would be worse.


Also, I see no reason for capsize ratio in your list of criteria since the conditions for a capsize just don't exist on your lakes. I think you are interested in stablity - both initial and final and the capsize ratio does not really tell you much about this.

[somanyboats]

Lots of good suggestions, I would add a Flicka 20 and cape dory 25d

[fireant]

May I suggest an Oday 27. I'm 5-9 and got plenty of room in it.

[lo2jones]

I second the votes on Cal 27, Bristol, Oday 27…Columbia 29s are incredible in that boat size, but I could only really stand up straight in the middle…I’m 5’ 10” or used to be.

This may not sound very nice, but once during a charter, one guest, a particularly annoying know-it-all, kept telling everyone about their extensive experience etc. An Oday 29ish went by, so I said, “Oh look, its a Winchell’s 30.”
Know it all replied, “ Yes, I saw one at a boat show.”