Nonsuch 26

The Nonsuch 26 is a Canadian sailboat, that was designed by Mark Ellis and first built in 1981. It is one of the series of Nonsuch sailboats.

The Nonsuch 26 is a development of the larger, 1978-designed Nonsuch 30.

Production
The Nonsuch 26 design was built by Hinterhoeller Yachts in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada, between 1981 and 1988.

Design
The Nonsuch 26 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with a balsa cored deck and wood trim. It has a cat rig, an unstayed mast with a wishbone boom, a plumb stem, a vertical transom, an internally-mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a wheel and a fixed fin keel. It displaces 8500 lb and carries 2750 lb of ballast.

The boat has a draft of 4.50 ft with the standard keel fitted.

The boat is fitted with a Westerbeke 13 diesel engine of 13 hp. The fuel tank holds 24 u.s.gal and the fresh water tank has a capacity of 60 u.s.gal.

The design has sleeping accommodation for four people, with two straight settee berths in the main cabin and two aft cabins, each with a single berth. The galley is located on the port 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 enclosed head is located opposite the galley on the starboard side.

The design has a PHRF racing average handicap of 225 with a high of 238 and low of 213. It has a hull speed of 6.62 kn.

Operational history
In a review Michael McGoldrick wrote, "the Nonsuch 26 is much easier to sail short-handed than the average sailboat, and that it probably has as much interior room as many 30 footers".