Sonata 26

The Sonata 26 is a sailboat that was designed by American Gary Mull.

The Sonata 26 is a development of the Sonata 8. The two boats share the same specifications.

Production
The boat was built by Investigator Yachts in Australia, who completed 66 examples, starting in 1980. The design is out of production.

Design
The Sonata 26 is a small recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass. It has a fractional sloop rig, a transom-hung rudder and a lifting or optional fixed fin keel. It displaces 2822 lb and carries 500 lb of ballast.

The boat has a draft of 5.09 ft with the lifting keel down and 0.69 ft with the keel up. A fixed keel version was also built with a draft of 5.2 ft

The design has a hull speed of 5.96 kn.