Accent 26

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|name = Accent 26

|insignia = Accent 26 sail badge.png

|insignia size = 105px

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|image boat = Eric-Carlstedt-Albin-Accent-Fo189308DIA.jpg

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|designer = Peter Norlin

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|location = Sweden

|year = 1975

|no built = 760

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|builder = Albin Marine
Shipman Sweden AB

|role = Cruiser-Racer

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|draft = {{convert|5.05|ft|m|abbr=on}}

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|displacement = {{convert|5512|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}

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|hull type = monohull

|construction = fibreglass

|loa = {{convert|26.41|ft|m|abbr=on}}

|loh =

|lwl = {{convert|20.51|ft|m|abbr=on}}

|beam = {{convert|9.09|ft|m|abbr=on}}

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|engine = Yanmar {{convert|8|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} diesel engine

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|keel type = fin keel

|ballast = {{convert|1962|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}

|rudder type = skeg-mounted rudder

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|rig type = Bermuda rig

|I = {{convert|32.81|ft|m|abbr=on}}

|J = {{convert|9.84|ft|m|abbr=on}}

|P = {{convert|28.87|ft|m|abbr=on}}

|E = {{convert|8.20|ft|m|abbr=on}}

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|sailplan = masthead sloop

|sailarea main = {{convert|129|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}

|sailarea headsail = {{convert|161.43|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}

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The Accent 26, also called the Albin Accent and the Shipman Accent, is a Swedish sailboat that was designed by Peter Norlin as an International Offshore Rule Quarter Ton class cruiser-racer and first built in 1975.{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/accent-26-albin|title= Accent 26 sailboat|access-date= 7 December 2020|last= McArthur|first= Bruce|work= sailboatdata.com|year= 2020|archive-url= https://archive.today/20201207192853/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/accent-26-albin|archive-date= 7 December 2020|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url = https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/sailboats/albin-marine/albin-accent#nopics|title = Accent 26|access-date = 7 December 2020|work = Boat-Specs.com|year = 2020|archive-url = https://archive.today/20201207192813/https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/sailboats/albin-marine/albin-accent%23nopics#nopics|archive-date = 7 December 2020|url-status = live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/designer/norlin-peter|title= Peter Norlin|access-date= 3 December 2020|last= McArthur|first= Bruce|work= sailboatdata.com|year= 2020|archive-url= https://archive.today/20201203150005/https://sailboatdata.com/designer/norlin-peter|archive-date= 3 December 2020|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url = https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/designers/norlin-peter|title = Peter Norlin|access-date = 3 December 2020|work = Boat-Specs.com|year = 2020|archive-url = https://archive.today/20201203145841/https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/designers/norlin-peter|archive-date = 3 December 2020|url-status = live}}

Production

The design was built by both Albin Marine and Shipman Sweden AB in Sweden, from 1975 to 1980, with a total of 760 boats completed, but it is now out of production.{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/builder/albin-marine|title = Albin Marine 1899 -|access-date = 7 December 2020|last = McArthur|first = Bruce|work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2020|archive-url = https://archive.today/20201202001145/https://sailboatdata.com/builder/albin-marine|archive-date = 2 December 2020|url-status = live}}{{cite web|url = https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/builders/albin-marine|title = Albin Marine|access-date = 7 December 2020|work = Boat-Specs.com|year = 2020|archive-url = https://archive.today/20201202005949/https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/builders/albin-marine|archive-date = 2 December 2020|url-status = live}}{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/builder/shipman|title = Shipman|access-date = 7 December 2020|last = McArthur|first = Bruce|work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2020|archive-url = https://archive.today/20201207192930/https://sailboatdata.com/builder/shipman|archive-date = 7 December 2020|url-status = live}}{{cite web|url = https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/builders/shipman-sweden-ab|title = Shipman Sweden AB|access-date = 7 December 2020|work = Boat-Specs.com|year = 2020|archive-url = https://archive.today/20201207192834/https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/builders/shipman-sweden-ab|archive-date = 7 December 2020|url-status = live}}

Design

The Accent 26 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fibreglass, with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig with aluminum spars, a deck-stepped mast, wire standing rigging and a single set of unswept spreaders. The hull has a raked stem; a raised counter, reverse transom; a skeg-mounted rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed fin keel. It displaces {{convert|5512|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} and carries {{convert|1962|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} of iron ballast.

The boat has a draft of {{convert|5.05|ft|m|abbr=on}} with the standard keel. It is fitted with a Japanese Yanmar diesel engine of {{convert|8|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} for docking and manoeuvring.

The design has sleeping accommodation for six people, with a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin, an L-shaped settee and a straight settee in the main cabin and two aft quarter berths. There is a drop-leaf table in the main cabin. The galley is located on the starboard side just forward of the companionway ladder. The galley is equipped with a two-burner stove and a double sink. The enclosed head is located just aft of the bow cabin on the starboard side.

The design has a hull speed of {{convert|6.07|kn|km/h|abbr=on}}.