Ranger 26-2

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|designer = Gary Mull

|location = United States

|year = {{start date and age|1980}}

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|builder = Ranger Yachts (division of Lear Siegler)

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|crew = two

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|displacement = {{convert|3000|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}

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|hull type = Monohull

|construction = Fiberglass

|loa = {{convert|26.00|ft|m|abbr=on}}

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|beam = {{convert|8.00|ft|m|abbr=on}}

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|keel type = lifting fin keel

|ballast = lead

|rudder type = internally-mounted spade-type rudder

|rigs = Fractional rigged sloop

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

|J = {{convert|8.80|ft|m|abbr=on}}

|P = {{convert|30.50|ft|m|abbr=on}}

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The Ranger 26-2 is an American trailerable sailboat, that was designed by Gary Mull.{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/ranger-26-2-mull|title = Ranger 26-2 (Mull) sailboat specifications and details|accessdate = 2 October 2016|last= McArthur| first = Bruce|work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2016|archive-url= https://archive.today/20211115184024/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/ranger-26-2-mull|archive-date= 15 November 2021|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url = http://www.sailingjoy.com/sailboat_specs/sailboat_specs/view/229/ranger-26-2|title = Sailboat Specifications for Ranger 26-2 |accessdate = 2 October 2016|work = Sailing Joy|author= InterVisionSoft LLC|year = 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161003060427/http://www.sailingjoy.com/sailboat_specs/sailboat_specs/view/229/ranger-26-2|archive-date= 3 October 2016|url-status= live}}{{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/26-2-mull|title= Ranger 26-2 (Mull)|access-date= 3 March 2022|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220303144600/https://sailboat.guide/ranger/26-2-mull|archive-date= 3 March 2022|url-status= live}}

The Ranger 26-2 design is not related to the Ranger 26, which was designed by Mull in 1969.

Production

The boat was built by Ranger Yachts, in the United States from 1980 until 1982. Ranger Yaxcjhts was a division of Lear Siegler at that time. Only a small number of boats of the design were completed and it is now out of production.{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/builder/ranger-yachts-usa|title = Ranger Yachts (USA) |accessdate = 15 November 2016|last= McArthur| first = Bruce|work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2016|archive-url= https://archive.today/20211113202411/https://sailboatdata.com/builder/ranger-yachts-usa|archive-date= 13 November 2021|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/builder/lear-siegler-inc|title = Lear Siegler Inc. 1961 - 2002|accessdate = 15 November 2016|last= McArthur| first = Bruce|work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2016|archive-url= https://archive.today/20201016152624/https://sailboatdata.com/builder/lear-siegler-inc |archive-date= 16 October 2020|url-status= live}}

Design

The Ranger 26-2 is a small recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass. It has a fractional sloop rig, an internally-mounted spade-type rudder and a lifting keel. It displaces {{convert|3000|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} and carries {{convert|1140|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} of lead ballast.

The boat has a draft of {{convert|4.75|ft|m|abbr=on}} with the retractable keel in the fully down position.

The boat has a PHRF racing average handicap of 186 with a high of 201 and low of 159. It has a hull speed of {{convert|5.96|kn|km/h|2|abbr=on}}.

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