COLUMBIA 8.7
Masthead Sloop • Fin with rudder on skeg • Built 1976–1987
Dimensions
- LOA
- 28.58 ft
- LWL
- 23.17 ft
- Beam
- 10 ft
- Max Draft
- 4.67 ft
- Displacement
- 8,500 lbs
- Ballast
- 3,500 lbs
Performance Ratios
- Capsize Ratio ⓘ
- 1.96 (offshore safe)
- SA/D Ratio ⓘ
- 16.0
- D/L Ratio ⓘ
- 305
- Ballast Ratio ⓘ
- 41.2%
Sail Plan
- Sail Area
- 416 sq ft
- I
- 37.5 ft
- J
- 12.3 ft
- P
- 32.3 ft
- E
- 11.5 ft
Construction
- Hull Type
- Fin with rudder on skeg
- Rig Type
- Masthead Sloop
- Hull Material
- FG
- Ballast Type
- —
Production
- First Built
- 1976
- Last Built
- 1987
- Number Built
- 380
Engine & Accommodations
- Engine Make
- Universal
- Engine Model
- Atomic 4
- Engine Type
- Gas
- Water
- 13 gal
- Fuel
- 12 gal
Notes: In 1979 Hughes Boat Works acquired the molds and built the COLUMBIA 8.7 for a while in Ontario, Canada. When Hughes went into receivership in 1982, the molds ended up with Aura Yachts where they were sold in varying states of completion. In 1986 Hughes took the line back again until their factory was destroyed by fire.
Designer
- Alan Payne (1921–1995)
Builders
- Columbia Yachts (1961)
- Hughes Boat Works (1963–1991)