tall rig or not tall rig

[Randy]

Can someone tell me or send me a link about mast hight for the Catalina 27?The mast on my boat is 33 feet and some inches. I was thinking that this was the tall rig and the standard rig was just a couple feet shorter. Now I can not find a reference to this anywere. Aslo what are the different boom lengths for the different rigs. Did the hight of the tall rig or standard rig change over the years so that a tall rig from say the early 70's is not the same as a tall rig of the 80's? If the boom on the standard rig is longer would anyone have used it on a tall mast and have sails made to fit for larger sail area?Thanks for any helpRandyPS My C27 is listed on this site, someone buy it and go sailing already.

 

[Trevor]

Specs

Hi Randy -I checked the Boat Info section on this site which lists the "I" measurement on the Catalina 27 as 34' 6" for the standard rig and 36' for the tall rig. See link below. You might try calling Catalina with your hull number - they should have the info on file. Best of luck,Trevor

 

[Joe Ford]

Tall rig has a bowsprit....

...that's why the "J" dimension is longer than the standard by about 11".Also....the mast height is 18" higher and the boom is about 8" longer, there for the Catalina 27 TR carries more sail area than the Standard. Specs for all model catalinas may be found by returning to the home page of this site and going to "Boat Info" Other information is available at the Intnl Catalina Assoc. website.

 

[Peter Hine]

Stockton Tall Rig

I sail a standard rig C27 in the light-air California Delta (Stockton CA). Most of the C27's around here have an adaptation that Catalina did for the local dealer selling Catalina boats in Stockton in the 70's. It takes the regular tall rig (18" taller than standard), but adds the standard rig boom (about 12" longer than the regular tall rig boom). It then drops the boom 12" at the gooseneck, so the hoist of the sail is a full 30" more, and the foot of the main about a foot more than the standard rig! They clean my clock racing locally, even with a 6 sec-mile PHRF handicap. But they have to have all sails custom made, no off the shelf OEM stuff. And when we go down to SF Bay, they reef at 12-15 knots, and I at 18-20. It all depends on what you want, and where you sail.Also, all C27's except the special Stockton Tall Rig, have the same rig dimensions (within the subcategories of standard or tall rig) no matter what year as they came from Catalina. There was no change in dimensions of the rig or hull over the years. So all unmodified C27's can race together in national regattas, and you should be able to buy sails without custom measuring if you know whether you have a standard or tall rig.