Review of Mermaid 270
Basic specs.
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The hull is made of fibreglass. Generally, a hull made of fibreglass requires only a minimum of maintenance during the sailing season. And outside the sailing season, just bottom cleaning and perhaps anti-fouling painting once a year - a few hours of work, that's all.
The interior is like many other boats made of mahogany. Mahogany belongs to the hardwood species, known for being water-repellent and resistant to decay. It has an attractive wood grain and holds wood polish and varnish well.
The boat is equipped with 2 cabins, 5 berths, a galley, 70.0 liter fresh water capacity and toilet facility.
The Mermaid 270 is equipped with a masthead rig. The advantage of a masthead rig is its simplicity and the fact that a given sail area - compared with a fractional rig - can be carried lower and thus with less heeling moment.
The Mermaid 270 has been built with different keel alternatives.
Fin keel
The Mermaid 270 is equipped with a fin keel. The fin keel is the most common keel and provides splendid manoeuvrability. The downside is that it has less directional stability than a long keel.
The boat can enter even shallow marinas as the draft is just about 1.25 - 1.35 meter (4.10 - 4.40 ft) dependent on the load.
Unknown keel type
Mermaid 270 can enter even shallow marinas as the draft is just about 1.25 - 1.35 meter (4.10 - 4.40 ft) dependent on the load.
The Mermaid 270 has been equipped with different engine alternatives.
Alternative 1:
The boat may be equipped with an inboard Bukh 20MD diesel engine at 20 hp (14 kW). Max speed is 7.0 knots.
The transmission is a saildrive.
Alternative 2:
The boat may be equipped with an inboard diesel engine
The transmission is a saildrive.
The fuel tank has a capacity of 70.0 liters (18 US gallons, 15 imperial gallons).
Sailing characteristics
This section covers widely used rules of thumb to describe the sailing characteristics. Please note that even though the calculations are correct, the interpretation of the results might not be valid for extreme boats.
What is Capsize Screening Formula (CSF)?
The capsize screening value for Mermaid 270 is 1.96, indicating that this boat could - if evaluated by this formula alone - be accepted to participate in ocean races.
Sailing statistics
This section is statistical comparison with similar boats of the same category. The basis of the following statistical computations is our unique database with more than 26,000 different boat types and 350,000 data points.
What is L/B (Length Beam Ratio)?
The l/b ratio for Mermaid 270 is 2.83.
The ballast ratio for Mermaid 270 is 41%.
What is Relative Speed Performance?
The Relative Speed Performance for Mermaid 270 is 24
Maintenance
If you need to renew parts of your running rig and is not quite sure of the dimensions, you may find the estimates computed below useful.
| Usage | Length | Diameter | ||
| Jib sheet | 8.1 m | (26.6 feet) | 10 mm | (3/8 inch) |
| Genoa sheet | 8.1 m | (26.6 feet) | 10 mm | (3/8 inch) |
| Mainsheet | 20.3 m | (66.6 feet) | 10 mm | (3/8 inch) |
| Spinnaker sheet | 17.9 m | (58.6 feet) | 10 mm | (3/8 inch) |
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