| Nonsuch 26 | |
| Image Boat: | File:Nonsuch 26 sailboat Swan Song 3931.jpg |
| Designer: | Mark Ellis |
| Location: | Canada |
| Year: | 1981 |
| Builder: | Hinterhoeller Yachts |
| Draft: | 4.5feet |
| Displacement: | 85000NaN0 |
| Hull Type: | Monohull |
| Construction: | Fiberglass |
| Loa: | 26feet |
| Lwl: | 24.42feet |
| Beam: | 10.5feet |
| Engine: | Westerbeke 130NaN0 diesel engine |
| Keel Type: | fin keel |
| Ballast: | 27500NaN0 |
| Rudder Type: | internally-mounted spade-type rudder |
| Rig Type: | Cat rigged |
| P: | 41feet |
| E: | 20.5feet |
| Sailplan: | Catboat |
| Sailarea Main: | 420square feet |
| Sailarea Total: | 420square feet |
| Phrf: | 225 (average) |
The Nonsuch 26 is a Canadian sailboat, that was designed by Mark Ellis and first built in 1981. It is one of the series of Nonsuch sailboats.[1] [2] [3] [4]
The Nonsuch 26 is a development of the larger, 1978-designed Nonsuch 30.[1] [5]
The Nonsuch 26 design was built by Hinterhoeller Yachts in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada, between 1981 and 1988.[1] [6] [7]
The Nonsuch 26 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with a balsa cored deck and wood trim. It has a cat rig, an unstayed mast with a wishbone boom, a plumb stem, a vertical transom, an internally-mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a wheel and a fixed fin keel. It displaces 85000NaN0 and carries 27500NaN0 of ballast.[1] [3]
The boat has a draft of 4.5feet with the standard keel fitted.[1] [3]
The boat is fitted with a Westerbeke 13 diesel engine of 130NaN0. The fuel tank holds and the fresh water tank has a capacity of .[1] [3]
The design has sleeping accommodation for four people, with two straight settee berths in the main cabin and two aft cabins, each with a single berth. The galley is located on the port side just forward of the companionway ladder. The galley is L-shaped and is equipped with a two-burner stove, an ice box and a sink. The enclosed head is located opposite the galley on the starboard side.[1] [3]
The design has a PHRF racing average handicap of 225 with a high of 238 and low of 213. It has a hull speed of 6.622NaN2.[8]
In a review Michael McGoldrick wrote, "the Nonsuch 26 is much easier to sail short-handed than the average sailboat, and that it probably has as much interior room as many 30 footers".[5]
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