Yamaha 26
{{short description|Sailboat class}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2019}}
{{Use American English|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox sailboat specifications
|name = Yamaha 26
|image = Yamaha 26.jpg
|caption = 1983 Yamaha 26 Tall Rig
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|designer = Yamaha Design Team
|location = Japan
|year = 1979
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|builder = Yamaha Motor Company
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|draft = {{convert|5.09|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|displacement = {{convert|4343|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}
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|hull type = Monohull
|construction = Fiberglass
|loa = {{convert|26.19|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|lwl = {{convert|21.00|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|beam = {{convert|9.19|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|engine = Yanmar 1GM {{convert|7.5|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} diesel engine
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|keel type = fin keel
|ballast = {{convert|1433|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}
|rudder type = internally-mounted spade-type rudder
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|rig type = Bermuda rig
|I = {{convert|28.54|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|J = {{convert|8.69|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|P = {{convert|29.86|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|E = {{convert|11.15|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|sailplan = Fractional rigged sloop
|sailarea main = {{convert|166.47|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
|sailarea headsail = {{convert|124.01|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
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|sailarea total = {{convert|290.48|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
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|phrf = 201 (average)
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The Yamaha 26 is a Japanese sailboat that was designed by the Yamaha Design Team as a cruiser-racer and first built in 1979.{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/yamaha-26|title = Yamaha 26 sailboat specifications and details|access-date = 4 March 2019|last= Browning| first = Randy |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2019|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220408230134/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/yamaha-26|archive-date= 8 April 2022|url-status= live}}Sherwood, Richard M.: A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America, Second Edition, pages 178-179. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1994. {{ISBN|0-395-65239-1}}
Production
The design was built by the Yamaha Motor Company in Japan starting in 1979, but it is now out of production.{{cite web|url =https://sailboatdata.com/builder/yamaha|title = Yamaha|access-date = 4 March 2019|last= Browning| first = Randy |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2019|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220408230201/https://sailboatdata.com/builder/yamaha|archive-date= 8 April 2022|url-status= live}}
Design
The Yamaha 26 design was based upon Magician V, a prototype boat that won the 1978 Quarter Ton class.
It is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with aluminum spars. It has a fractional sloop rig, a raked stem, a raised and squared-off reverse transom with an integral swimming ladder, an internally mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed fin keel. It displaces {{convert|4343|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} and carries {{convert|1433|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} of ballast.
The boat has a draft of {{convert|5.09|ft|m|abbr=on}} with the standard keel fitted.
The boat is fitted with a Japanese Yanmar 1GM diesel engine of {{convert|7.5|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}}. The fuel tank holds {{convert|7|u.s.gal}} and the fresh water tank has a capacity of {{convert|18|u.s.gal}}.
The boat's galley is located on the port side of the cabin and includes a single-burner stove that slides under the port quarter berth. The head has a privacy door and is located forward, just aft of the bow "V"-berth. Additional sleeping space is provided by two quarter berths, although the entire cabin can be used for sleeping space, using the seat-back cushions. A small table can be fitted on the starboard side and can be stowed when not in use.
The cockpit has two genoa winches, two spinnaker winches (optional) and a two more halyard winches (optional for spinnaker halyard) on the cabin top. The mainsheet traveler is in the centre of the large cockpit. There are recessed genoa tracks inboard. A spinnaker was provided as factory standard equipment.
The design has a PHRF racing average handicap of 201 with a high of 192 and low of 215. It has a hull speed of {{convert|6.14|kn|km/h|2|abbr=on}}.{{cite web|url =http://www.sailingjoy.com/sailboat_specs/sailboat_specs/view/4739/yamaha-26 |title = Sailboat Specifications for Yamaha 26 |access-date = 4 March 2019|work = Sailing Joy|author= InterVisionSoft LLC|year = 2019|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190306044625/http://www.sailingjoy.com/sailboat_specs/sailboat_specs/view/4739/yamaha-26|archive-date= 6 March 2019|url-status= dead}}
The boat was subject to a major design update, during production in 1982.
Operational history
See also
Similar sailboats