Oyster 26
Sailboat
26′ 2″
Monohull
Since 1978
Overview
- Builder
- Oyster
- Model
- 26
- Type
- Sailboat
- Category
- Monohull
- Built
- 1978–1981
- Designer
- Holman & Pye
- Hull material
- Hull and deck: GRP (glass reinforced polyester)
- Rig
- Sloop Marconi 3/4
Dimensions
- Length overall
- 26′ 2″ (7.98 m)
- Waterline length
- 22′ 8″ (6.91 m)
- Beam
- 9′ 10″ (3.00 m)
- Draft
- 4′ 10″ (1.47 m)
- Displacement
- 6,360 lb (2,885 kg)
- Ballast
- 2,535 lb (1,150 kg)
Power and tanks
- Engine
- 1 inboard engine
- Power
- 8 hp
- Fuel
- 11 gal (42 L)
Sails and rig
- Sail area
- 409 sq ft (38.0 m²)
Accommodation
- Cabins
- 1
- Berths
- 4
Design ratios
- Sail area / displacement
- 19.1
- Displacement / length
- 244
- Ballast ratio
- 40%
- Capsize screening
- 2.12
Power from the sails for the boat's weight. Under 16 is modest, 16–20 a typical cruiser, over 20 lively.
How heavy the boat is for its waterline. Under 200 is light, 200–300 moderate, over 300 heavy.
Share of the weight that is ballast. Higher generally means stiffer in a breeze.
Under 2 is generally considered better for offshore use.
More details
- Appendages
- Keel : fin without bulb
- Ballast ratio
- 40 %
- Cockpit
- Closed aft cockpit
- Construction
- Hull and deck: GRP (glass reinforced polyester)
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Helm
- Single tiller
- Mast configuration
- Deck stepped mast
- Number of levels of spreaders
- 1
- Rigging type
- Sloop Marconi 3/4
- Rotating spars
- No
- Rudder
- Single transom hung rudder
- Spars construction
- Aluminum spars
- Spreaders angle
- Swept-back
- Standard public price ex. VAT (indicative only)
- N/A €
- Standing rigging
- 1x19 strand wire continuous
- Trailerable
- No
- Unsinkable
- No
Data from boat-specs.com. Check details with the builder before relying on them.