ATALANTA 26
Fractional Sloop • Twin Centerboards • Built 1955
Dimensions
- LOA
- 26 ft
- LWL
- 24 ft
- Beam
- 7.75 ft
- Max Draft
- 5.75 ft
- Min Draft
- 1.5 ft
- Displacement
- 4,480 lbs
- Ballast
- 950 lbs
Performance Ratios
- Capsize Ratio ⓘ
- 1.88 (offshore safe)
- SA/D Ratio ⓘ
- 15.9
- D/L Ratio ⓘ
- 145
- Ballast Ratio ⓘ
- 21.2%
Sail Plan
- Sail Area
- 270 sq ft
- I
- 22.8 ft
- J
- 9.5 ft
- P
- 26 ft
- E
- 11.8 ft
Construction
- Hull Type
- Twin Centerboards
- Rig Type
- Fractional Sloop
- Hull Material
- Wood ('hot molded' laminate)
- Ballast Type
- —
Production
- First Built
- 1955
- Last Built
- —
- Number Built
- 186
Engine & Accommodations
- Engine Make
- Coventry
- Engine Model
- Victor
- Engine Type
- Gas
- Headroom
- 5.25 ft
Notes: Twin centerboards, retractable rudder and narrow beam made this one of the earliest 'trailerable' cruising yachts of this size. The 'hot molded' construction method had been developed by the builder for the WWII Swordfish torpedo plane. George O'Day was, at the time, the US agent for Fairey Marine, and some were said to have been imported to the US. (We have yet to see one in the US)\nToday the ATALANTA is regarded, as a rare classic with a large percentage of the original boats still sailing.\n\nSail area:\n-Main: 155 ft² / 14.4 m² \n-Jib: 85 ft² / 7.9 m² \n-Genoa: 115 ft² / 10.7 m²