COLGATE 26
Fractional Sloop • Fin Keel w/bulb • Built 1996
Dimensions
- LOA
- 25.67 ft
- LWL
- 20 ft
- Beam
- 8.5 ft
- Max Draft
- 4.5 ft
- Displacement
- 2,600 lbs
- Ballast
- 1,050 lbs
Performance Ratios
- Capsize Ratio ⓘ
- 2.47 (use caution offshore)
- SA/D Ratio ⓘ
- 28.6
- D/L Ratio ⓘ
- 145
- Ballast Ratio ⓘ
- 40.4%
Sail Plan
- Sail Area
- 338 sq ft
Construction
- Hull Type
- Fin Keel w/bulb
- Rig Type
- Fractional Sloop
- Hull Material
- FG
- Ballast Type
- Lead
Production
- First Built
- 1996
- Last Built
- —
- Number Built
- 375
Notes:
Originally commissioned and developed by Steve and Doris Colgate for use at their sailing schools.
A number have also been sold to US Coast Guard, US Navy, and Maine Maritime Academies for both instruction and intercollegiate competition.
Waterline Systems became the Colgate 26 builder in 2020.
A shoal draft version is also available:
Draft: 3.5'
Disp.: 2800 lbs.
Bal.: 1250 lbs.
Prior to 2005, sail area was reported as 283 sqft.