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Seaward Yachts 26RK

Fractional Sloop · Lifting Keel w/bulb; trans. Hung Rudder · First built 2005

A fractional sloop with a 1.83m lifting bulb keel, offering deep-water performance in a trailerable 8.66m package

Designed by Nick Hake.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Lifting Keel w/bulb; trans. Hung Rudder

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The Seaward Yachts 26RK, on the water

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Character

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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 1,724 kg of hull, so roughly 2,300 kg on a trailer: check that against your own towing rating.Shoal draftDraws 0.38 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.
LivelySea-kindly

Her light displacement on a narrow beam gives 14 — a quick, lively motion that feels every wave.

Comfort ratio 14
CoastalBluewater

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

Capsize screening 2.14
LightHeavy

113 — light for her waterline, so she is easily driven and quick to accelerate.

Displacement / length 113
EasygoingPowered-up

18.4 — plenty of sail for her weight; lively and quick to respond.

Sail area / displacement 18.4
TenderStiff

32% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.

Ballast 32%

Light and lively — happiest day-sailing and coastal-hopping in settled weather.

What the fleet has seen

The Seaward Yachts 26RK, as the fleet has seen it

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The Seaward Yachts 26RK is a fractional sloop sailboat designed by Nick Hake, built by Seaward Yachts and Hake Yachts (Seaward) since 2005. It features a lifting keel with a bulb and a transom-hung rudder, with an overall length of 8.7 meters, a beam of 2.5 meters, and a displacement of 1723 kg. The boat has a draft of 1.8 meters and a retractable rudder.9:05 It is designed as a trailer-sailor, with a towing weight of 6,000 lbs, and an optional Yanmar Diesel engine is available. Production of Seaward boats occurs at the Island Packet facility.

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Seen once across one channel of the fleet.

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The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
31.6%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Fractional Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
18.4
Displacement / length
113.0
Comfort ratio
13.5
Capsize screening
2.14
Hull speed
6.7 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
734
Hull
Hull type
Lifting keel w/bulb; trans. hung rudder
Construction
Fiberglass
Ballast type
Lead
Production
Years built
First built 2005
Designer
Nick Hake
Builder
Seaward Yachts, Hake Yachts (Seaward)

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