The tiller is wrapped in duct tape, the fittings look sunbaked. Here and there, block and tackle systems have been given extra purchase by creating cascades with old, unused blocks. A peek down below reveals a stock CF 27 that has been put away wet most of its life. It hardly looks like a revolutionary new PHRF rule beater. But the results are proof.
Menace is a lesson in priorities.
Designed by Scott Kaufman in 1976, over 40 CF 27s were built by Dennis Choate in the late 1970s. In its earlier life the boat was a hot local PHRF racer. Owners were attracted by the boat s low cost and light-air performance. But when the San Diego handicappers dropped its rating from 156 to 150 its popularity began to wane. Menace , a racer in its former life, was tired.