Ranger 26

{{Short description|Sailboat class}}

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{{Infobox sailboat specifications

|name = Ranger 26

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|designer = Gary Mull

|location = United States

|year = {{start date and age|1969}}

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|builder = Ranger Yachts

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|displacement = {{convert|5860|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}

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|hull type = Monohull

|construction = Fiberglass

|loa = {{convert|26.25|ft|m|abbr=on}}

|loh =

|lwl = {{convert|21.75|ft|m|abbr=on}}

|beam = {{convert|8.67|ft|m|abbr=on}}

|hull draft = {{convert|4.33|ft|m|abbr=on}}

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|keel type = fin keel

|ballast = {{convert|2050|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}

|rudder type = internally-mounted spade-type rudder

|rigs = Masthead sloop

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|I = {{convert|33.00|ft|m|abbr=on}}

|J = {{convert|11.50|ft|m|abbr=on}}

|P = {{convert|26.40|ft|m|abbr=on}}

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|sailarea main = {{convert|132.00|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}

|sailarea headsail = {{convert|189.75|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}

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|sailarea total ={{convert|321.75|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}

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The Ranger 26 is an American sailboat, that was designed by Gary Mull.{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/ranger-26-mull|title = Ranger 26 (Mull) sailboat specifications and details|accessdate = 14 November 2021|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2016 |archive-url= https://archive.today/20211114022050/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/ranger-26-mull|archive-date= 14 November 2021|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url = http://www.sailingjoy.com/sailboat_specs/sailboat_specs/view/630/ranger-26-mull|title = Sailboat Specifications for Ranger 26 (Mull)|accessdate = 29 September 2016|work = Sailing Joy|author= InterVisionSoft LLC|year = 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161001192839/http://www.sailingjoy.com/sailboat_specs/sailboat_specs/view/630/ranger-26-mull|archive-date= 1 October 2016|url-status= dead}}{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/designer/mull-gary|title = Garry Mull (1939-1994)|access-date = 20 December 2021|last= McArthur| first = Bruce|work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2021|archive-url= https://archive.today/20210418231901/https://sailboatdata.com/designer/mull-gary|archive-date= 18 April 2021|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/gary-mull|title= Gary Mull|access-date= 20 December 2021|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2021|archive-url= https://archive.today/20211220135325/https://sailboat.guide/gary-mull|archive-date= 20 December 2021|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/ranger/26-mull|title= Ranger 26 (Mull)|access-date= 3 March 2022|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220303144219/https://sailboat.guide/ranger/26-mull|archive-date= 3 March 2022|url-status= live}}

The Ranger 26 is not related to the 1980 Mull designed Ranger 26-2, nor is it related to the Raymond Richards designed Ranger Boat Company 26 of 1978 or the Germán Frers designed 1983 Frers 26, which was marketed as the Ranger 26 by the Brazilian company Mariner Construções Náuticas Ltd for a time.{{cite web|url =https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/ranger-26-richards|title = Ranger 26 (Richards) sailboat specifications and details|accessdate = 14 November 2021|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2016 |archive-url= https://archive.today/20211114021631/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/ranger-26-richards |archive-date= 14 November 2021|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/ranger-26-frers|title = Ranger 26 (Frers) sailboat specifications and details|accessdate = 14 November 2021|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2016 |archive-url= https://archive.today/20211114021635/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/ranger-26-frers|archive-date= 14 November 2021|url-status= live}}