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The following information and photographs are
displayed as a service to anyone researching yacht types. Details
and photographs are normally based on one specific yacht, but could
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the same class being identical. Where common variations exist,
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The price guide covers the normal ranges of age and condition. Exceptional
boats, whether good or bad, may fall outside these guidelines. |
Contessa 26 |
Price Guide
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£10,000 to
£14,000++ *
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| Builder |
originally Jeremy
Rogers, Lymington, also various other builders (see text
below) |
| LOA |
25' 6" |
Sail area |
244 sq ft (100% foretriangle) or 304 sq ft main
and genoa |
Brief details |
| LWL |
20' 0" |
Rig |
sloop |
Designed by David Sadler and Jeremy Rogers in 1965/66 as
a GRP Folkboat type, the first Contessa 26 was launched in
1966. The first few boats proved to be very successful racers,
including in long-distance events. They are still sought after
as very attractive and seaworthy small cruisers. *
As these are 'modern classics', you do find really good examples
changing hands for surprisingly high prices |
| Beam |
7' 6" |
Cabins |
2 |
| Draught |
4' 0" |
Berths |
4 |
| Displacement |
5,400 lbs |
Engine |
originally Vire petrol, most now re-engined |
| Ballast |
2,690 lbs |
BHP |
7 - 12 |
| Keel type |
Long keel with encapsulated iron ballast |
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The Contessa 26's were
originally built by Jeremy Rogers in Lymington from
1966 to 1976, though a few more were built using the
same moulds, first by Chris Carrington and then by Maclan
Marine. About 350 were built in England in total.
Another set of moulds were shipped
to Canada, where they were built under licence by J.
J. Taylor until 1990. They produced another 400 or so
boats, originally being sold as Contessa 26's, but after
1984 being called J J Taylor 26's - some of these later
boats had a slightly modified deck moulding with an
enlarged 'hump' by the hatchway to give greater headroom,
and a slightly revised interior layout, although the
hull always remained the same.
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