PY 26 (PACESHIP)
Masthead Sloop • Fin w/transom hung rudder • Built 1972–1981
Dimensions
- LOA
- 26.33 ft
- LWL
- 22.5 ft
- Beam
- 9.5 ft
- Max Draft
- 4.5 ft
- Displacement
- 6,000 lbs
- Ballast
- 2,200 lbs
Performance Ratios
- Capsize Ratio ⓘ
- 2.09 (use caution offshore)
- SA/D Ratio ⓘ
- 16.4
- D/L Ratio ⓘ
- 235
- Ballast Ratio ⓘ
- 36.7%
Sail Plan
- Sail Area
- 339 sq ft
- I
- 34 ft
- J
- 11.9 ft
- P
- 28.85 ft
- E
- 9.5 ft
Construction
- Hull Type
- Fin w/transom hung rudder
- Rig Type
- Masthead Sloop
- Hull Material
- FG
- Ballast Type
- Iron
Production
- First Built
- 1972
- Last Built
- 1981
- Number Built
- 364
Notes:
The PY 26 was built in Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia, until 1977, when production was taken over by the AMF Corporation of CT (USA).
In the early 1980s, Tanzer Yachts obtained the molds for this boat and manufactured and marketed it as the TANZER 27.
A keel/centerboard version also exists.
Designers
- John Deknatel
- Raymond Hunt (C.R. Hunt & Assoc.) (1908–1978)
Builders
- AMF Corp. (1900–2012)
- Paceship Yachts Ltd. (1962–1981)