C&C 27 Mk V Buyer's Guide
Shopping the brokerage market for a C&C 27 Mk V means looking at a 1984–1987 performance cruiser built at C&C’s Niagara and Rhode Island plants, more than 300 of which left the line. It is a 26-foot 6-inch boat with a 9-foot beam and a 4,420-pound displacement, meant to replace the earlier Mark series with a lighter, wider, and more modern package. For a used buyer, the design’s simplicity and racer-cruiser flexibility are the draw, but the shallow galley sink and modest headroom are worth noting before you commit.
Layouts on the Used Market
The Mk V interior is consistent across the class: five-foot ten-inch headroom, a V-berth forward with curtained head access, a port settee that converts to a double, and a quarterberth aft with dry stowage. The starboard galley holds a stainless alcohol stove or, on Mk Vs, a countertop two-burner propane range, with an insulated icebox and molded one-piece surfaces. Five berths total suit weekending, though the six-foot-two cockpit seats and tiller or optional wheel steering define the outside plan. A diesel sits under the cockpit sole, with a 12-gallon aluminum tank behind it and a single battery aft, expandable via the companionway breaker panel.
Equipment and Common Upgrades
On the used market, spinnakers, autopilots, and asymmetric spinnakers are commonly fitted, while dodgers and chartplotters are often seen. A gennaker or a short-handed sail-handling setup appears less often as an owner upgrade. For buyer consequence, the most relevant clusters are sail-handling and navigation: a spinnaker or asymmetric with the internal mast track eases downwind racing, and an autopilot reduces crew load on longer reaches; a chartplotter supports unfamiliar-water piloting. Canvas such as a dodger improves cockpit shelter. Less common are gennakers and simplified shorthanded rigging, which signal an owner who tuned the boat for solo or couple sailing.
What to Inspect
Canadian Boating’s period test flagged one functional weakness: the galley sink is too shallow for going to sea, so check whether an owner has deepened or replaced it. Otherwise, verify the balsa-cored deck for moisture where plywood reinforces winch mounts, confirm the outward-turned hull-deck joint and aluminum toerail are sound, and exercise the seacocks and double hose clamps on all plumbing. The diesel under the cockpit should be reachable via the companionway steps and starboard locker, and the Velcro headliner sections should still expose deck-fitting undersides.
Availability and Buyer's Takeaway
These boats turn up in Canada and the United States. For a buyer, the checklist is short: confirm deck-core dryness at hardware points, inspect the hull-deck flange and toerail, test the shallow-sink fix, and verify diesel access and plumbing seacocks. A well-kept Mk V offers a light, responsive 27-foot cruiser-racer with a practical interior and an easy two-person deck plan.
Price & volume trends
Monthly asking-price and listing-volume trends for the C&C 27 Mk V. The line shows the median ask each month; the bars show how many listings appeared.
Monthly breakdown · 9 rows
| Month | Listings | Median ask | Δ vs. last mo. |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25 | 1 | $3,500 | — |
| Sep 25 | 2 | $19,900 | +468.6% |
| Oct 25 | 1 | $3,000 | -84.9% |
| Dec 25 | 1 | $14,900 | +396.7% |
| Jan 26 | 1 | $10,723 | -28.0% |
| Feb 26 | 1 | $12,000 | +11.9% |
| Mar 26 | 3 | $12,611 | +5.1% |
| Apr 26 | 1 | $17,500 | +38.8% |
| Jul 26 | 1 | $9,995 | -42.9% |
Where they're listed
C&C 27 Mk V listings appear across 2 countries. Canada has the most listings with 7 (70.0%), followed by United States.
Country view
10 listings · 2 countries| Country | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | $14,900 | 7 | 0 | 70.0% |
| United States | $12,000 | 3 | 0 | 30.0% |
Comparable models
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Similar boats to compare
3 similar designs| Model | LOA | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catalina 27 | 26.83' | $ 7,900 | 77 | 20 |
| Pearson 27 | 26.92' | $ 11,000 | 15 | 3 |
| C&C 27 Mk VYou are here | — | $ 12,611 | 11 | 1 |