Sail area: 365 sq. If you want a diesel or electric inboard engine or plan to sail engineless, then these designs may suit your needs. Differences to Herreshoffs original design are a lifted sheer, longer cabin trunk with raised dog house with lowered keel to compensate for increased headroom, and increased length to 29.5 feet. Minuses: Heavy and slow in light air. ft. General Comments: Alberg design. Six or eight bronze opening ports. At the very least, if your pocket cruiser lacks headroom and is not already set up this way,you may want to retrofit your galley next to the companionway hatch so that you can stand up when preparing food with the hatch slid open. About 42 built by Morris Yachts, also called the Morris 26. More info:http://www.sailboatdata.com/viewrecord.asp?class_ID=691. Solo, with stops and assistance. iron. [14][15] These latter two sailed in the J. J. Taylor built Canadian version of the 26. Pluses: Moderate draft. LOA 25 6 (7.77m.) The Contessa 26 has proven to be proved to be a very successful racer . internal lead. ft. (100% foretriangle). So my advice is not to hunt for the cheapest boat on the market, but the best boat you can afford. The Contessa 26 was drawn up in 1965 by Jeremy Rodgers, whod built Folkboats for a number of years, and David Sadler, who had ideas on how to improve the design. ft. General Comments: Like her smaller sister the 26 Centaur, this Laurent Giles designed British boat is listed here among modified full-keelers mainly because its shallow draft and ability to stand upright on her twin keels may be priorities for some sailors. Top. Minuses: A bit slow to windward in light airs and the hull/deck joint is reported prone to leaking. Minor core damage around fasteners can be repaired easily, but extensive rotten core as evidenced by a dull thud with a mallet or excessive flex and spongy feel when walking on the deck or deck flexing when you pull at the top of a stanchion, is a major repair. 61 headroom in salon and less forward. General Comments: Bill Luders design built by C. E. Ryder. Then there are the trailerable boats such as my Pearson Triton 28 that are best launched from a boatyard travel lift because they have more draft than is easily accommodated at a boat launch ramp and may require a crane for mast raising. About 95 were built in Denmark between 1961-65. m.) Also reviewed in John Vigors book, Twenty Small Sailboats to Take You Anywhere.http://www.ifboat.com/indexe.htm. Ballast: 3,600 lbs. Minuses: Few available outside UK. Pluses: 6 headroom. Ballast: 3,000 lbs. ft. General Comments: Some 250 were built in Denmark between 1964-80. Some have optional outboard well in lazarette and the others would be suitable to make the conversion yourself. LOD: 25 LWL: 19 Beam: 8 Draft: 36 Displacement: 5,120 lbs. ft. General Comments: Over 900 hulls built by Hallberg-Rassy in Sweden between 1974-82. A singlehanded voyagers dream. Ballast: 3,450 lbs. In any case, this boat is relatively slow. Then built by Northshore Yachts who added a foot to the length of the cockpit to make the Vancouver 28. Some 2,500 were built from 1969-80. Masthead rig. Main design of hull and deck and sail plan remained the same for MKI and II with some minor cosmetic changes. A number of boats with that quality come quickly to my mindthe S&S 34, Flicka 20, Swan 38, Valiant 40but none holds the same place in my memories as the Contessa 26. LOA: 346 LOD: 31 LWL: 25 Beam: 96 Draft: 46 Displacement: 13,600 lb. Minuses: Expensive. encapsulated lead. Built by Morris Yachts from 1980 on. If you find a boat with the criteria set out above (or your own criteria) and happens to be custom built or a short-run production boat, then its also worth consideration. Pluses: 510 headroom in head compartment. Designed by an naval architect to comfortably circumnavigate the world, and yet, be built by the average person in a residential. Unusually wide (33) companionway entrance makes for good ventilation and the high bridgedeck makes it very seaworthy. Built first from 1973-88 in British Columbia on semi-production basis. lead. Minuses:Balsa cored deck was properly sealed at factory for most deck fittings but some areas may be susceptible to core rot since these boats are over 50 years old now. This list mostly contains older boats with rudders hung on moderately full keels, which compared to more modern designs, are generally slower boats because of more wetted surface and drag. The Contessa 26 was a full keel boat, if I remember correctly; the McGregor a trailer-sailer built specially lighty so a lage outboard will make it plane. Minuses: Limited numbers were built and not many are on the market. Keel-stepped aluminum mast with spruce spreaders and roller reefing spruce boom. LOA: 303 LOD: 303 LWL: Beam: 89 Draft: 43 Displacement: 9,000 lbs. Minuses: Heavy and expensive. A big plus for boats like the Pearson Ariel, Triton, Alberg 30, some of the Bristol and Cape Dory line and similar boats on this list is that they are relatively inexpensive and are proven offshore capable. [8], 1976 Observer Single-handed Trans-Atlantic Race (OSTAR), David Sutcliffe skippered St Anne of St Donat's to a 43rd-place finish in a time of 44 days and 3 hours. Eight bronze opening ports. Ballast:4,000 lbs. You can still sail with moderately rotted deck core since it is seldom bad enough to be an issue of strength. Minuses: If only the builder could put twin keels on a more attractive design. Balsa deck cores (on East Coast built boats) and wood rudders need replacing at some point. More info:https://sailboat.guide/seafarer/meridian-25. encapsulated lead. Remember there are a lot of Contessa 26's out there and some may be in great condition.. Don't overpay for an old boat, they all break at some point. Rare, expensive and heavy. In 1942 the Folkboat was as much a creation of the century of the common man as the bicycle. Ballast: 1,900 lbs. 6 headroom. But a smaller, less-complex boat will give you as much or more pleasure and is safer to sail in most situations. Otherwise you may end up spending years and many thousands of dollars more than expected modifying your boat and then find out on your first ocean crossing that the boat is not right for you or those great ideas you had during the refurbishment did not work out that well at sea. Later they added an aluminum support beam within the fiberglass liner. Ballast:3,500 lbs. Fixed keel and centerboard versions available. Better to avoid a centerboard unless the design is of proven quality and you need the shallow draft for your cruising area. . Bluenose 23 McVay and MicMac 26 McVay, wow. More info:http://capegeorgecutters.com/_boat-designs/cape-george-cutter-21/. Displacement: 11,000 lb. LOA: 276 LOD: 26 LWL: Beam: 710 Draft: 4 Displacement: 6,200 lbs. Ballast: 3,200 lbs. Minuses: Original East Coast fractional sloop or yawl rig is lightly stayed and requires heavier chain plates and reinforced mast beam for offshore voyaging. Full keel with slightly cutaway forefoot with transom hung rudder. ft sloop 100% foretriangle. General Comments: Designed by Alan Buchanan in 1968. General Comments:C.W. Contessa 26 Albin Vega 27: Scandanavian tank with a devoted following. More info:https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/seawind-allied. Its shallow draft keel would seem to indicate less resistance to capsize in storm conditions compared to most other boats on this list. S/V Wave Rover is on a 2 year circumnavigation. Once youve narrowed it down, try to arrange a test sail if youre serious about the boat. Some Flickas came powered with an outboard motor. Since the Jesse Martin voyage, records claimed for the youngest person to circumnavigate the world are not recognized by the World Sailing Speed Record Council, nor by any other formal council. In any case, all the boats on this list fall into the small cruisers category. Ballast: 4,600 lbs. A posse of young adventurers made the Contessa 26 a legend. internal lead. A surveyor can help you avoid a boat with rotted balsa core or help you negotiate a better price to offset repairs. Up to about 40 of these pocket cruisers were built mostly in Taiwan around the early 1980s. archives.starbulletin.com/96/11/05/sports/story3.html, The Contessa 26 - A Brief History (Contessa 26 Class Association), http://www.yachtsnet.co.uk/archives/contessa-26/contessa-26.htm, http://holoholo.org/caldwell/bj_96/oldindex.html, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Contessa_26&oldid=1110929335, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 18 September 2022, at 11:54. [2] Sometimes named the VW of the seas, the Folkboat concept was the same as Porsche's Volkswagen: to make a car/boat that was appealing across a wide section of society. Ballast: 4,000 lbs. Abby Sunderland attempted on her boat Wild Eyes through a planned easterly circumnavigation in 2010 but did not complete due to bad weather on the remote area northeast of Kerguelen Islands. Later built in Britain by Pheon Yachts who reportedly added a few inches of tumblehome to make her a bit stiffer. General Comments:Alberg design. Two versions were built: one with quarterberth and head forward and the other with a V-berth and no quarterberth. Keep in mind that the seller or broker may be reluctant to offer a test sail due to bad experiences in the past where buyers just out for an education wasted their time on test sails without doing enough prior research to know they were interested in actually buying the boat. More info:http://features.boats.com/boat-content/2000/08/cruising-expert/, LOA: 36 LOD: 31 LWL: 25 Beam: 109 Draft: 46 Displacement: 16,000 lb. Sail area: 629 sq. [1] Some 250 sloops, as well as some pilothouse versions and ketch rigs were built in Redmond, WA from about 1960-84. A final word of advice to the novice sailor resist the temptation to undertake a major refit and extensive modifications on your new old boat right at the start. Two standard interior layouts one with standup nav station over a large locker and one with quarterberth. Built by various manufacturers of similar design mostly from Sweden and Denmark between 1967-84. General Comments: Some were built in wood. Buying & Selling Strategies. Atomic 4 gas engine. Also, their long production runs mean there are always some available on the market. This is par. Albin Vega 27 Pearson Triton 28: Alberg design that's legendary among budget cruisers. Chain plates are mere 8mm U-bolts bolted through the deck to hull flange in the European style and although most boats have not had problems with them, some have so you might consider adding external chain plates. 6 headroom in salon. LOD: 27 LWL: 214 Beam: 88 Draft: 32 with board up, 64 board down. Ep. More info:http://sailquest.com/market/models/bayf25.htm. If you have kids and a dog, and cant find a way to leave them ashore, youll want a boat at the larger end of the list. ft. General Comments:Built in Hong Kong by Cheoy Lee in sloop or ketch rig. Good quality build construction. More info:https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/rhodes-ranger-29. Pluses: 61 headroom for those who need it. A friend of ours completed a solo circumnavigation in an outboard motor powered WC26 in 1997 without serious problems. General Comments: Over 3,400 of these boats were built in Sweden between the mid 1960s to 1979. Although small double-ender designs such as this are a good candidate for going engineless with a sculling oar or pair of sweeps or an electric inboard if you dont require more than a couple hours motoring between charges of the battery bank, the only other option is to keep the inboard diesel. It is a looooong time ago but I feel that I remeber a . Sail area: 437 sq. You may ask, if wheel steering is so popular and makes the boat look yacht-like to you, why do I dismiss them? Ballast:3,750 lbs. Large water and fuel tanks. *** 2 SPECIAL NOTES*** Note #1: I will be posting an extra video next week all about the MK 3, my homemade wind vane, made from material (about $50) mostly . 6 headroom. If the bilge is only about 6 deep, its the Sailstar. A wet ride going to windward. He bought her two years ago, fixed her up really nicely with all kinds of equipment, such as radar even, and took off in June. ft. General Comments: Thomas Gilmer design built by Allied Boat Company of New York. The list, though incomplete, is aimed at helping those who have asked me for recommendations on buying a small boat for cruising and potential offshore voyaging. This can be a problem. General Comments: Lyle Hess design built by various yards over the years. LOD: 271 LWL: 20 Beam: 86 Draft: 4 Displacement: 7,500 lbs. MICMAC 26 seems absolutely choice and missing from this same list of same type of boats. Even those may not be big enough, in which case Id recommend cutting the crew list rather than lengthening the boat. The 1983-90 production boats appear the best choice. for easy towing, road legal beam of less than 8 (or 86 covers most states), hinged mast steps for easy mast raising, and shoal draft under about 3-foot or swing keel for ease of launching. ft. General Comments: Alberg design that closely resembles the slightly larger Pearson Triton. Pluses: Boasts 6 headroom despite her sleek low profile. Low freeboard, about 2-foot aft, makes her a wet sail to windward and less roomy below than newer boats, but I prefer a boat with low freeboard because it has less resistance to wind and wave and is handy to get aboard from the water or dinghy. 6 4 headroom if you need it. Technically, my Pearson Triton and similar style keels can be defined as fin keels, although to differentiate between these and shorter more modern fin keels I refer to them as three-quarter keel (AKA modified full keel, semi-full keel, or full with cutaway forefoot). ballast aft of the water tank. Reproduction in whole or in part without permission is prohibited. 8,000 lbs. LOA:309 LWL:234 Beam:810 Draft:310 Displacement:10,750 lbs. Access to the inboard engine is tight. In 1996, Brian Caldwell sailed a Contessa to become the first to circumnavigate under the age of 21. Pluses: Beautiful lines and excellent heavy weather boat. LOA:2910 LWL:22 Beam:91 Draft:49 Displacement: 9,900 lbs. external lead. Ballast:4,400 lbs lead. LOD: 28 LWL: 24 Beam: 96 Draft: 4 Displacement: 12,000 lbs. Inboard engine, even a small Yanmar 1GM10, takes up much useable space and an outboard motor is difficult to fit and unsightly on a double-ender. Ballast: 1,700 lbs. Minuses: Requires several modifications for offshore safety such as reducing cockpit footwell volume and modifying companionway dropboards so they dont fall out when raised slightly. Ballast: 2,400 lbs. Nice name though. early and 4,100 lbs. More info:http://www.cheoyleeassociation.com/bermudas.htm. Many of the deck-stepped masts have been rigged with a tabernacle allowing you to raise and lower the mast. General comments: Some 700 boats built between 1963-69. Sail area: 470 sq. Another Contessa 26 currently won her class in the British "Round the Island" race. Different models varied in areas such as cockpit design, inboard engine or outboard options, aluminum masthead or wooden fractional rig. Cored hulls are rarer only a few boats on this list, such as the Southern Cross 28 and 31, have cored hulls. Pluses: Great 3 draft twin-keel concept if you want to stand the boat upright in shallow tidal harbors. LOA:326 LWL:224 Beam:93 Draft:46 Displacement:10,300 lbs. Minuses: Variable construction quality with tanks and bulkheads known to come loose over the years. Peter Hancock tells of his travels in Kylie in Sailing out of Silence, Sailing into Sunshine, and Sailing Home. ft. (28.2 sq. encapsulated lead. Parts of the bilge are impossible to access due to the inboard engine and tanks. LOA: 263 LWL: 21 Beam: 8 Draft: 33 Displacement: 4,750 lbs. Sail Area: 296 sq. Make an offer to purchase contingent on a satisfactory survey and then find a surveyor who will do a thorough inspection, not just the standard quick check required for an insurance company. Go aboard as many of these boats as you can and ask questions of their owners until you find the right boat for you. A similar version was built earlier by Allied Boat Company as the Greenwich 24. More info:http://www.cheoyleeassociation.com/ludders30.htm, LOA:298 LWL:249 Beam:98 Draft:46 Displacement:10-11,000 lbs. If you want a boat that you can bring to your home for storage or repairs then the Alberg 30, with its 9,000 lb., displacement, 43 draft and only slightly oversize beam of 89 is close to the largest practical size that you can safely tow with a 3/4 ton pickup such as my F-250. long iron wing keel. Ballast: 3,500 lbs. LOA: 29 LOD: about 276 LWL: 219 Beam: 102 Draft: 36 Displacement: 7,100 lbs. Sail area: 240 Sq. Optional Atomic 4 inboard. Boats that came from the factory with wheel steering as standard equipment are not on this list unless the conversion back to tiller steering is simple and the boats otherwise merit inclusion. The previous owner of that finely fitted out classic boat has poured far more money into upgrades and equipment than he will get out of it when he sells and you as buyer are in a good position to save substantial time and money. More info: Some of the site below is in English, including a review in Good Old Boat Magazine under the Articles link. Contessa 26: Varuna: Westerly, via Panama Canal. Sail area: 565 sq.ft. You can either move up in boat size to gain more headroom, choose a small boat with an ungainly tall coach roof, or resign yourself to stoop. More info:http://www.cheoyleeassociation.com/N_CadetMain.html, LOD: 27 LWL: 21 Beam: 8 Draft: 3 Displacement: 7,000 lbs. Minuses: Most boats on the market seem to have the wheel steering option, but could be converted back to tiller. LOA: 296 LWL: 23 Beam: 810 Draft: 311 Displacement: 7,300 lbs. 169 built by Bristol Yachts, Rhode Island from 1966-71. Engine Various Outboard well versions available. Companionway sill is dangerously low, but could be raised without much trouble. Total sail area: 392 sq. Minuses: Teak decks from the 1960s are a maintenance problem. More info:http://www.cheoyleeassociation.com/offshore28.htm. Ballast: 3,100 lbs. Several hundred were built in Canada as the Taylor 26 and in the UK as Contessa 26. Although some boats on this list were offered with an outboard well from the factory, they are generally poorly designed non-tilting wells, which has earned outboard wells a bad reputation and is why I specialize in converting suitable boats to tilt-up outboard wells. Most of the boats on the list have fiberglass decks cored with balsa wood. [5], Mike McMullen with Martin Read as crew took Binkie, the smallest entrant to 1st place in the Handicap Class in the Observer/Daily Express Round Britain Race after 27 days and 15 hours of racing. Most of the keel hung rudders are fiberglass composite. General Comments: British built long-keeler with shallow draft, cutter rigged with a self-tacking boomed staysail and the mast in a tabernacle. The interior of such a small boat is obviously cramped for cruising and the standard inboard diesel engine makes it more so, but a small outboard motor is an option and their lesser resale value can make the boat more affordable. Draft 4 0 (1.22m.) Draft 4 0 (1.22m.) The boats built before the 1976 raised sheer redesign had a classic stepped deckhouse and were more cramped inside, but are preferred by some for their aesthetics and more accessible deck layout. Like any tool, you need to use the right boat for the job. Ballast: 3,000 lbs. Ep. Minuses: Expensive. Pluses:Full keel with shoal draft. Each of the ten inventory slots will . Older boats will require more upgrades (time and money) simply because of their age unless a recent owner has already refit the boat. Pluses: 510 headroom. Choosing one winner proved difficult so the final design was effectively decided by committee and Tord Sundn was commissioned to draw a boat based upon designs from Sweden's Jac Iversen and Denmark's Kned Olsen. A sloop rig is simple and efficient and the most common, though a cutter or sloop modified to carry a staysail or inner stay to hoist a storm jib, is what I recommend because it adds strength, more versatility in sail options and redundancy to the rig. Total sail area: 392 sq. More info:https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/pintail-rossiter, LOD: 2711 LWL: 20 Beam: 810 Draft: 43 Displacement: 7,600 lbs. General Comments:Thomas Gilmerdesigned double-ended cutter with external rudder. There is a spacious head instead of a cramped V-berth. internal lead. Ideally you want to be able to stand up at least in the main salon. ft. General Comments: Available with tiller or wheel. (external or encapsulated lead), General Comments: Double-ended cutter or 7/8 sloop designed by Chuck Paine. Roomy for its size which is closer to 24 on deck not counting the molded in bowsprit. 1 post Page 1 of 1. admin Site Admin Posts: 93 Joined: Tue Apr 28, 2020 2:22 am. ft. (100% foretriangle), General Comments:Designed by Chuck Paine. Tania Aebi memorialized her solo Contessa 26 circumnavigation in her book "Maiden Voyage". Sail area: 416 sq. The main problem is the deck fittings were often not installed properly through the cored area and over time the water gets into the core around the fasteners and slowly spreads. Many have an A layout plan with a U-shaped dinette opposite a long galley which means there is no bunk in the center salon, but the table does convert to a double bunk and there is a pilot berth. Ballast:About 3,300 lbs. The Contessa 26 is as much at home racing around the buoys as she is circumnavigating the globe. That does not disqualify these coastal cruiser designs from voyaging. LOA: 286 LWL: 20 Beam: 8 Draft: 310 Displacement: 7,500 lbs. General Comments: Crealock design. Airex cored hulls. Fuel 11 gal. And dont forget to keep at least 50% of your boat fund in reserve for the inevitable cost overruns on a fitting out project. 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