Baycruiser 26

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Character

Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.

TrailerableBeam 2.54 m — inside the 2.55 m no-permit tow width across most of Europe, and the 2.59 m US and Canadian limit. About 1,450 kg of hull, so roughly 2,050 kg on a trailer: check that against your own towing rating.Shoal draftDraws 0.31 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.

CoastalBluewater

2.26 — right around the 2.0 line, the edge between coastal and offshore.

Capsize screening 2.26

EasygoingPowered-up

23.6 — a lot of sail for her weight; powered-up and eager, a real performer.

Sail area / displacement 23.6

TenderStiff

52% of her weight is ballast — very stiff, carrying full sail in a blow.

Ballast 52%

Powered-up and quick to accelerate — this one likes to sail.

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions

Weights

Ballast / displacement

51.7%

Rig & sail area

Rig

Fractional Sloop

Ratios

SA / displacement

23.6

Capsize screening

2.26

Hull

Hull type

Cbrd (trunk) w/dual rudders

Construction

Fiberglass

Production

Years built

First built 2014

Builder

Swallow Yachts

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The family

Related models

The designs closest to hers — usually the rest of the builder's range, sometimes the same hull sold under another name.

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