Island Packet 26 MKI
Cutter · Keel/centreboard · 1980–1982
A cutter-rigged keel-centerboard cruiser derived from the Bombay Express 26 and built by Bob Johnson's original firm
Designed by Walter Scott & Robert K. Johnson, built by Traditional Watercraft.
- LOA
- Beam
- Draft (max)
- Displacement
- Ballast
- Hull type
- Keel/Cbrd.
Is it for you?
Character
Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.
Her moderate displacement on a beamy beam gives 21 — a moderate, middle-of-the-road motion.
2.10 — right around the 2.0 line, the edge between coastal and offshore.
256 — moderately heavy for her waterline, a balanced cruising weight.
16.1 — moderate power for her weight; steady, all-round performance.
34% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.
A balanced, easily-driven cruiser — comfortable and forgiving for coastal work.
- Heavier than ~80% of boats her size on file
- Beamier than ~86% of boats her size on file
Compared with 460 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.
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