Nonsuch 26


The Nonsuch 26 is a Canadian sailboat, that was designed by Mark Ellis and first built in 1982. It is one of the series of Nonsuch sailboats.
The Nonsuch 26 is a development of the larger, 1978-designed Nonsuch 30.

Production

The Nonsuch 26 design was built by Hinterhoeller Yachts in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada, between 1982 and 1988.

Design

The Nonsuch 26 is a small recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with 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 and carries of ballast.
The boat has a draft of with the standard keel fitted.
The boat is fitted with a Westerbeke 13 diesel engine of. The fuel tank holds and the fresh water tank has a capacity of.
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.

Operational history

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".