Sun Fast 26
{{Short description|Sailboat class}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}}
{{Use American English|date=February 2023}}
{{Infobox sailboat specifications
|name = Sun Fast 26
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|designer = Philippe Briand
Jeanneau Design Office
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|location = France
|year = 1998
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|builder = Jeanneau
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|draft = {{convert|4.92|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|displacement = {{convert|5732|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}
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|hull type = monohull
|construction = fiberglass
|loa = {{convert|24.50|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|lwl = {{convert|22.17|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|beam = {{convert|9.67|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|engine = {{convert|10|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} diesel engine
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|keel type = fin keel with weighted bulb
|ballast = {{convert|1984|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}
|rudder type = twin spade-type rudders
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|rig type = Bermuda rig
|I = {{convert|29.33|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|J = {{convert|8.08|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|sailplan = fractional rigged sloop
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The Sun Fast 26 is a French sailboat that was designed by Philippe Briand and the Jeanneau Design Office as a cruiser-racer and first built in 1998.{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/sun-fast-26-jeanneau|title= Sun Fast 26 (Jeanneau) sailboat |access-date= 3 February 2023|last= McArthur|first= Bruce|work= sailboatdata.com|year= 2023|archive-url= https://archive.today/20230203194426/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/sun-fast-26-jeanneau|archive-date= 3 February 2023|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/jeanneau/sun-fast-26|title= Jeanneau Sun Fast 26|access-date= 3 February 2023|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2023|archive-url= https://archive.today/20230203194429/https://sailboat.guide/jeanneau/sun-fast-26|archive-date= 3 February 2023|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url = https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/sailboats/jeanneau/sun-fast-26-standard|title = Sun Fast 26 Standard Sailboat specifications|access-date = 3 February 2023|work = Boat-Specs.com|year=2023|archive-url= https://archive.today/20230203194434/https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/sailboats/jeanneau/sun-fast-26-standard|archive-date= 3 February 2023|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/designer/briand-philippe|title= Philippe Briand|access-date = 3 February 2023|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20210607201828/https://sailboatdata.com/designer/briand-philippe|archive-date= 7 June 2021|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/philippe-briand|title= Philippe Briand|access-date= 3 February 2023|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2023|archive-url= https://archive.today/20211129021342/https://sailboat.guide/philippe-briand|archive-date= 29 November 2021|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url = https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/designers/philippe-briand|title = Philippe Briand sailboat designer|access-date = 3 February 2023|work = Boat-Specs.com|year= 2023|archive-url= https://archive.today/20210607203645/https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/designers/philippe-briand|archive-date= 7 June 2021|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://www.jeanneau.com/en/boats/sailboat/1-sun-fast/451-sun-fast-26/|title= Sun Fast 26|access-date= 3 February 2023|author= Jeanneau|author-link= Jeanneau|work= jeanneau.com|archive-url= https://archive.today/20230203194448/https://www.jeanneau.com/en/boats/sailboat/1-sun-fast/451-sun-fast-26/|archive-date= 3 February 2023|url-status= live}}
The Sun Fast 26 is part of the Sun Fast sailboat range.{{cite web|url = https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/ranges/sun-fast|title = Sun Fast Sailboat range|access-date = 3 February 2023|work = Boat-Specs.com|year= 2023|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220918143917/https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/ranges/sun-fast|archive-date= 18 September 2022|url-status= live}}
Production
The design was built by Jeanneau in France, from 1998 to 2003, but it is now out of production.{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/builder/jeanneau-fra|title = Jeanneau (FRA)|access-date = 3 February 2023|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20230104184016/https://sailboatdata.com/builder/jeanneau-fra|archive-date= 4 January 2023|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/jeanneau|title= Jeanneau|access-date= 3 February 2023|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2023|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220418125800/https://sailboat.guide/jeanneau|archive-date= 18 April 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url = https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/builders/jeanneau|title = Jeanneau Sailboat builder|access-date = 3 February 2023|work = Boat-Specs.com|year= 2023|archive-url= https://archive.today/20210607203532/https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/builders/jeanneau|archive-date= 7 June 2021|url-status= live}}
Design
The Sun Fast 26 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of polyester fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a fractional sloop rig, with a deck-stepped mast, a single set of swept spreaders and aluminum spars with continuous stainless steel wire rigging. The hull has a plumb stem, a reverse transom with a swimming platform, twin spade-type rudders controlled by a tiller and a fixed fin keel, with a weighted bulb. It displaces {{convert|5732|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} and carries {{convert|1984|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} of cast iron ballast.
The boat has a draft of {{convert|4.92|ft|m|abbr=on}} with the standard keel.
The boat is fitted with a diesel engine of {{convert|10|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} for docking and maneuvering. The fuel tank holds {{convert|6.6|u.s.gal}} and the fresh water tank has a capacity of {{convert|26.4|u.s.gal}}.
The design has sleeping accommodation for four people, with a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin around a table and an aft cabin with a centered double berth. The galley is located on the starboard 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 head is located aft on the port side. Cabin maximum headroom is {{convert|72|in|cm|0|abbr=on}}.
For sailing downwind the design may be equipped with an asymmetrical spinnaker of {{convert|414|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}, flown from a retractable bowsprit.
The design has a hull speed of {{convert|6.32|kn|km/h|abbr=on}}.
Operational history
The boat was at one time supported by a class club that organized racing events, the Sun Fast Association.{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/association/sun-fast-jeanneau|title= Sun Fast (Jeanneau)|access-date = 18 September 2022|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220918134110/https://sailboatdata.com/association/sun-fast-jeanneau|archive-date= 18 September 2022|url-status= dead}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/sun-fast-jeanneau-class-association|title= Sun Fast (Jeanneau)|access-date= 3 February 2023|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2023|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220918134424/https://sailboat.guide/sun-fast-jeanneau-class-association|archive-date= 18 September 2022|url-status= live}}
See also
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://www.jeanneau.com/en/boats/sailboat/1-sun-fast/451-sun-fast-26/}}
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Category:1990s sailboat type designs
Category:Sailboat type designs by Philippe Briand