sailboat data tanzer 26

This pocket cruiser and popular club racer is built for speed and comfort

Opinions vary widely when talk turns to the Tanzer 26, the Canadian-built masthead sloop that was popular in 1970s and 1980s. Some sailors contend the recreational sailboat offers just about everything you might want in a small package—simple rigging, rugged construction, ample room below deck, cruising capability and, surprisingly, speed. Detractors say the boat lacks style and is more akin to a plastic bleach bottle with an unpleasing squatty profile. 

Designed by Johann Tanzer, the boat enjoyed a 10-year production run starting in 1975 at the Tanzer Industries Vaudreuil plant in Dorion, Quebec. With 960 T26s built, the company went out of production in May 1986 when Tanzer Industries filed for bankruptcy. 

During those two decades, the company also built 2,270 Tanzer 22s, its most successful model, which emerged as a popular club racer. Tanzer first found success in 1958 with its Flying Scot and over the years the company churned out approximately 8,000 boats in several lengths, up to 34 feet. 

According to T26 owners, the boat offers qualities that will appeal to cruising families as well as racing skippers. As the Tanzer 26 website puts it, “She provides both speed and responsiveness that is quite unusual for a production boat. But she is not just a fast sailboat that wins races. Her expansive and comfortable interior as well as forgiving nature make her a safe and easily handled cruising boat for the family.” 

First impressions

When discussing the merits of form versus function, the Tanzer 26 could easily be lumped in with the latter. Not the prettiest girl at the dance, the compact pocket cruiser nonetheless has many admirers. It’s a boat absent of traditional sheer, graceful overhangs, or even the openness of a race boat. In two words, the Tanzer 26 is practical and affordable, and that’s what attracts so many sailors. 

Construction

Although the majority of Tanzer boats were built at the home base near Montreal, others were produced in Edenton, North Carolina, and Arlington, Washington, during the height of the company’s success.  

The T26 hull is constructed as a single unit in hand-laid fiberglass with alternate layers of woven roving and mat. Additional layers are applied in high-stress areas. The deck, cabintop and cockpit are also constructed as a single unit, reinforced by sandwich construction to help ensure a rigid, insulated, non-flexing deck.

Latter models featured longer exterior handrails, nonskid deck, and a portal configuration with a single, long window on each side of the cabintrunk, replacing the former array of three or four portals per side.

The boat has a fiberglass hull, fin keel with a draft of 3 feet, 10 inches and transom-hung rudder. Tanzer offered a shoal-draft model as a factory option with a keel draft of 2 feet, 8 inches.

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Specifications TANZER 26

1974 - 26.33 ft / 8.03 m - Johann Tanzer - Tanzer Industries Ltd. (CAN)

TANZER 26 Sailboat Data

Hull Type: Fin w/transom hung rudder Rigging Type: Masthead Sloop LOA: 26.33 ft / 8.03 m LWL: 22.50 ft / 6.86 m S.A. (reported): 282.00 ft² / 26.20 m² Beam: 8.67 ft / 2.64 m Displacement: 4,350.00 lb / 1,973 kg Ballast: 1,950.00 lb / 885 kg Max Draft: 3.83 ft / 1.17 m Construction: FG First Built: 1974 Last Built: 1985 # Built: 960 Builder: Tanzer Industries Ltd. (CAN) Designer: Johann Tanzer

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Hull Speed: 6.36 kn

Information about Tanzer 26

About Tanzer 26     Specifications & drawings of the different T-26 models

History of the Tanzer 26           Several informative articles about the Tanzer 26.

The demize of Tanzer industrie         An article about the final days of Tanzer Industries Ltd

Tanzer_26_Brochure.pdf       Download the Tanzer 26 Brochure

T22Manual.pdf         While this is the T22 owner and operators manual, most of this is perfectly usable when it comes to the T26. Be sure to download this!

Logs    Download useful log for your Tanzer

rudderplan p1      Rudderplan p2            The new rudder plan

The Tanzer sailship specs      Tanzer 22, Tanzer 7.5, Tanzer 26 and Tanzer 8.5 specs

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Tanzer Industries Ltd.

Founded by Johann Tanzer, Tanzer Industries Ltd. was one of the largest sailboat manufacturer in Canada for more than 20 years. The Tanzer line ranged from 16 to 35 feet. The most successful model was the TANZER 22 with more than 2200 built. But other models including the 26 were also built in large numbers. In it’s heyday Tanzer built boats on both coasts of the U.S., but the factory at Dorion, Que., turned out the bulk of the roughly 8,000 Tanzers built. The company was forced into bankruptcy in May of 1986.

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• Gordon K. (Sandy) Douglass
• Johann Tanzer
• Johan Tanzer
• Johnson/Melges Boat Works
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• Raymond Hunt (C.R. Hunt & Assoc.)
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TANZER 26 Detailed Review

If you are a boat enthusiast looking to get more information on specs, built, make, etc. of different boats, then here is a complete review of TANZER 26. Built by Tanzer Industries Ltd. and designed by undefined, the boat was first built in 1974. It has a hull type of Fin w/transom hung rudder and LOA is 8.03. Its sail area/displacement ratio 16.98. Its auxiliary power tank, manufactured by undefined, runs on undefined.

TANZER 26 has retained its value as a result of superior building, a solid reputation, and a devoted owner base. Read on to find out more about TANZER 26 and decide if it is a fit for your boating needs.

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TANZER 26 is built by Tanzer Industries Ltd..

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TANZER 26 was first built in 1974.

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TANZER 26 is 6.86 m in length.

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TANZER 26 has a mast height of 7.7 m.

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I am looking to probably downsize to a smaller boat this spring. My primary motivation for downsizing is cruising range. I likely have another 20 years of employment to look forward to and currently only 4 week's vacation a year. I like the idea of exploring a lot of different places like Cape Breton Island, the North Channel and the Gulf of Mexico. The problem is, my current cruising sailboat just isn't fast enough to reach any of those places in a two week vacation. So, after two cruising sailboats over 30', I think I have figured out the best type of sailboat for my current sailing style is a trailer sailor. I have already decided there is nothing under 20' that appeals to me. I have a wife and son and dog that come with me, so I would like a proper head and a galley. I have narrowed my search down to 2 options a proper trailer sailor with swing keel such as a CS 22 or Catalina 22 or a semi trailerable boat that is trailerable but not ramp launchable, such as a Tanzer 26. I currently lean towards the semi trailerable options like the Tanzer 26 due to them having standing headroom (at least the ones I would be interested in), however, by making that choice I am disallowing myself use of a lot of remote wilderness boat launches. So my question is for those of you in cruising boats without standing headroom. How big of an inconvenience do you find not being able to stand upright in the cabin? Does it drive you crazy after a few days or a couple of weeks out cruising, or is it no big deal? I'm not looking for hard facts here, just mostly how people feel about cruising on this type of boat. I am not worried about seaworthiness, I have owned and sailed to lively open boats in open water including a Fireball 17 and my current Prindle 16, so I am aware of a small boats limitations with regards to weather, I am mostly just interested in the liveability of the cabins for 2 or 3 weeks time?  

Budget will, of course, make a difference.. but if you're talking sub-10K boats then it's a bit limited. Our first and second boats (Shark 24 and Viking 28 - ironically both iconic Great Lakes boats, and we've always been on the West coast) had 5 feet headroom. We owned the Viking for 10 years as our son grew up, he first sailed on her at 18 days of age. A sweet sailing boat, and in reality, most of our time below was spent sitting or sleeping. At the galley, one stood in the companionway with infinite headroom. While we were much younger then, I don't recall a lot of complaining or 'wishing for more headroom' rather than more 'space'. Presently it's nice to be able to walk around upright, and to be able to dress without having to crouch, but still most of our time below is not spent standing except at the galley. It may be more difficult going the other way (from having standing headroom to not) esp depending on your agility and fitness. Downsizing is interesting on many fronts.. we moved, over the years, from 24 to 28 to 40, then decided to downsize to a 30. Going up was easy and amazing, but after over a decade with a 40 footer all the 30s seemed way too tight, and we ended up with our 35 footer which suits us still, yet another 12 years on.  

Have you considered a Seaward 25 or 26? They are pricey but should satisfy all of your requirements.  

paulinnanaimo said: Have you considered a Seaward 25 or 26? They are pricey but should satisfy all of Ayour requirements. Click to expand...

Since we own a Seaward 25, I'll admit to being biased. I can say that it would probably fit your requirements well. It's roomy, seaworthy enough for the Great Lakes, and tows and launches fairly easily (so long as you have the vehicle for the job). A used Seaward 25 can be found for half the price of a used Seaward 26rk. Personally, I like the interior better on the 25, but the 26 has the retractable keel, and a stiffer mast step due to the keel trunk. It serves the 2 of us well for 2 or 3 weeks. Add a kid and dog to that...hmmm. That depends on the kid and the dog, I guess, but there is room. I think a Catalina 22 would be claustrophobic for your intended use, but they are nice boats. We've been up to the North Channel with a group of trailer sailors a couple of times. Catalina 25 and Oday 26, are not out of the question for this. I'm always amazed at the creative ways owners of these boats have come up with tricks for mast raising, etc. Hunter 260 is another good choice, especially if the water ballast would be important to you in getting the towing weight down some. Here's a link to some of the boats that have trailered up to the North Channel to sail with the group: Boat types that have cruised with us | Trailer/Sailors Association BTW, there were 2 Catalina 25's (a wing keel and a swing keel) up there last summer, and an Oday 26 up there the year before.  

There are really two issues here: Standing headroom (or near standing) and tow vehicle consideration. They are related fairly closely and your most likely consideration is whether you have a suitable tow vehicle (3/4 ton pickup or van, preferably 4WD) that will give you the capacity to tow 5K to 7.5K safely. If your tow vehicle limits you to the typical 3.5K to 4.5K of a 22' boat, consider the Chrysler 22 as well as the Catalina 22, Oday 22/23. If you can tow more, and won't really do much local trailer sailing, I'd go with a keel boat like a C&C 24/25, Cal 25, or others that typically can be trailered but must be launched with a travellift. You will have either standing headroom or just a tad short in any of these. And, the Cal 25 draws 4' and has standing headroom with the pop top up. If you want ramp launchable, I'd give the Catalina 25 a heavy thumbs up. While they still have a swing keel and only draw about 18" with keel up, they are very roomy inside and, if you find one with a pop top, you will have standing headroom that parallels much bigger boats. Others in this class (but without pop-tops) include the Oday 25 and Chrysler 26. My son owned a Catalina 22 years ago and I had a Catalina 25 for many years. While the 22 was fun for lake sailing, it had neither the room nor the seaworthiness on the Great Lakes that the 25 had. Unless you don't have a suitable tow vehicle, I'd stay clear of the 22/23 foot boats and go to 25/26.  

Everyone's different. However, with every day that goes by, creature comforts become more necessary than optional. Body parts have use-by dates.  

Arcb said: So much good information from everyone here. Sesmith, I enjoyed your link. Do Canadians participate as well? Click to expand...

I don't know how agile you are, but if you are thinking about staying out for longer periods of time, I would be less concerned about headroom and would lean towards boats with a bit more accommodations than a Catalina 22. Personally I would minimally look at boats with a permanent galley set up and a head that is not under the berths. If my budget was tight, I would look at some of the 1960's era keel/centerboard MORC rule boats like the Morgan 24/25, Dolphin 24, Sailmaster 22/23, Seafarer 22, and similar designs. These boats sail well in most conditions and have a bit more in the way of living accommodations than the trailerables that followed ,10 years later. If you have a bigger budget there are some neat dagger board with a bulb andboats like the Tripp 26. And if don't mind crane launching there are boats like Laser 28 that was designed to be trailerable and which has great accommodations for a boat of this size and performance. Jeff  

Jeff_H said: I don't know how agile you are, but if you are thinking about staying out for longer periods of time, I would be less concerned about headroom and would lean towards boats with a bit more accommodations than a Catalina 22. Personally I would minimally look at boats with a permanent galley set up and a head that is not under the berths. If my budget was tight, I would look at some of the 1960's era keel/centerboard MORC rule boats like the Morgan 24/25, Dolphin 24, Sailmaster 22/23, Seafarer 22, and similar designs. These boats sail well in most conditions and have a bit more in the way of living accommodations than the trailerables that followed ,10 years later. If you have a bigger budget there are some neat dagger board with a bulb andboats like the Tripp 26. And if don't mind crane launching there are boats like Laser 28 that was designed to be trailerable and which has great accommodations for a boat of this size and performance. Jeff Click to expand...

I looked at trailer boats a long time ago and thought the Rhodes 22 looked like it offered a lot for its size. Well thought out with inherent compromises. A small, weekend fart-around with a bit of comfort kinda thing. It's a niche boat and many people love them. Compac also has boats in this market - quite a few with older and new models. Pop-tops lend themselves to nice weekender camping trips.  

Jeff man you surprise me... you forgot my prior boat, the S2 7.9... ramp launchable anywhere, self righting without the keel down, and a nice 5' draft when you lower the 600lb daggerboard. Boat is as fast as a J24 (faster actually).. 1 person can raise the mast, some are inboards (nice little 9hp 1 cyl diesel yammie)... Well built and a good one can be had for about $10k (on a trailer). The "standing headroom" isn't so much, its about 5'8" at best, but has either a real head or a big enclosed porta pottie head (depends on model)... V berth is huge. Pipe berths are decent. Boat handles well, and is built to last. Only downside to the boat is it's not light at 4050lbs, realistically its more like 4700lbs (all up), you need areal tow vehicle to pull it (1500 pickup good idea with a V-8 or at least a proper tow package). Draws 18" board up (rudder up)... 5' board down (rudder down). I'm gonna shoot myself in the foot with this one... but a Starwind 27 also give nearly standing headroom, reasonably fast, deep draft (and shoal draft models), and deck stepped mast. Oh a better boat to trailer than either of the above, and much nicer down below is an Oday 26, shoal/centerboard model. Again not really standing headroom, but a lot of boat for 26 feet, and still trailer launchable at 24" draft.  

So just a thought,why not have the boat you like at home and when you want to try different waters go where you want and rent one( bare boat?) with the price of fuel,trucks and the time that could be better spent sailing,enjoying yourself.i bet it may pencil out to be feasible..it would very much expand where you could go ,from Vancouver island to sea of coryez to caribean or the east coast...wherever. As an aside I have just just recently acquired a nice S2 7.9 so it intresting to hear about them( but ineed a mast for it). Seems a very well built boat  

Shnool, I am losing my touch. I fear that I am no longer worthy of being curmudgeon at large. The S2 7.9 would be a near perfect choice. How could I forget? Then again how could you have sold yours? Jeff  

Jeff_H said: Shnool, I am losing my touch. I fear that I am no longer worthy of being curmudgeon at large. The S2 7.9 would be a near perfect choice. How could I forget? Then again how could you have sold yours? Jeff Click to expand...

I would sell mine.as it's more boat Than I know how to sail..so far..and my c/l 16 is enough for most lakes here in alberta..and i don,t have time to get into racing.but it seems like a easy boat to trailer around for a 26 ish footer. But I think a minimum heavy 3/4 or better yet 1 ton to pull it around.....safety first  

Perhaps you have some expertise but my experience is that there is little difference between a 1 ton and a 3/4 ton. Slighter stiffer springs? Diesels have a lot of pulling torque and are good for serious towing. But you will pay for the diesel motor though the resale value holds far better than gas.  

Bruce Kirby's Norwalk Island sharpies are pretty cool. One of the designs may have a pop top.  

I can't really speak to how well it would do in your cruising area as I used it on lakes, but I could raise the mast and launch my Hunter 26 by myself (was in my 50's at the time). Used an S-10 Blazer to tow it (too small for anything but basically flat roads). With the canvas poptop (screen w/zip up transparent panels) you could stand at the galley (2 burner Origo alcohol stove and sink, hand pump w/water from 5gal container). It's a water ballast (as is the newer 260) boat with a swing keel and had an enclosed head w/porta-potty. The Catalina 250 is a similar boat as well.  

I have a C22 and the wife and I camped with it on the Lake George Islands for a week last summer. The boat did the job, as in its like a huge dingy that you can fill with your gear. But then it is too full and not much room for you. If you know how to sail and handle a boat it can do more than you would think. But its just too small. We were always camped on various islands so we had that space and the boat got semi unpacked. Now as far as towing, rigging and launching it is relatively easy but still a minor workout and about 45 minutes of hard work to get ready on the ramp. I have considered a bigger trailor sailer and in theory it works but you would have even more trouble launching and rigging to get ready. Those boats are really relocatable boats. That is - if I moved it out to Newport, then it would be out there for a month or two say half the season. And if I moved it back then I'm not inclined to launch it more than one more time because it is such an ordeal. So I'd be back at my home port Kingston NY. In fact next summer I will probably do a split season with the boat in Long Island Sound and then either back in Kingston or possible Lake George. I know it will be hard sweaty work. With all that considered, including what my sweating laboring in the hot sun is worth, for what will realistically be 2-4 long weekends - renting a boat starts to look better and better.  

A Catalina 22 with the pop top option is worth a look. I cruised in one for two summers. Troon to Stornaway then Pula to Albania. Taught me a lot about sailing and cruising.  

The nice thing about our little piece of floating waterfront property is that it can be relocated. Perhaps consider moving the boat you have and driving to it. I know folks that drive to Newport RI from Montreal.  

My wife and I have stayed on our Catalina 22 for three days in a row and are planning a longer trip. We don't have the pop-top, but I haven't found the lack of standing headroom to be much of a problem. Putting on long pants can be a bit acrobatic if you don't have the hatch open. We put boards across the settees and sleep across the cabin, it's quite roomy that way. There's a porta-potti in the v-berth behind a curtain. We use the rest of the v for storage. It works great for us. Definitely camping, but very cozy and lots of fun. However… If you add a child and a dog into the mix… I'm sure you could make it work but I don't think it'd be fun. A Catalina 25 with a pop-top would be great for you! Enclosed head, standing headroom, definitely room for a couple and a child. However at 4500 lbs once you add the trailer you'd be pushing the weight limit for your tow vehicle. Last year a friend of mine bought a Rhodes 22 that has been sailed extensively on Lake Superior. It would probably work for you. It's set up as a cruiser, even has pressure water if you can believe it. An enclosed head and a usable but compact galley. The Rhodes 22 Reviewed  

We started out on a Helms 25 swing keel, similar to the C22 and also with non-standing headroom. My back ached every morning and I couldn't wait to reach the cockpit to stretch and stand up straight. It was a fun, simple boat but I'll never be without standing headroom in any boat I plan to overnight on. How about a trailer sailer with a pilothouse like the Kodiak Nimble? She's got 6'5" of headroom and plenty of protection from bugs and weather if you do plan to cruise the North Channel. I just finished a round up of my favorite trailer sailers here . You might find a few others that could be suitable for your needs.  

Sal Paradise, if I read your post correctly, you tent camped on islands rather than staying on the boat. This is exactly the type of information I was looking for, some of the places and conditions I sail in would be far from ideal for tent camping, especially considering my Prindle 16, which I am not selling is a pretty good boat for this type of operation. Minnewaska, things are already in motion with my 35. I really do want a smaller more nimble boat, I enjoyed my boat immensely as a live aboard, but she is a lot of boat for me to tack up wind through the 1000 Islands single handed, if I still lived near open water, I wouldn't consider selling her, but I am 90 miles upstream against the prevailing winds before I even reach Lake Ontario, so for me, right now, smaller is better, I may get a bigger boat again one day. Minnesail, it sounds your experience is similar to Sal Paradise, if I read your post correctly, you see your C22 almost more as a large camp cruiser. This is making me think my idea of 26, 27 ft might be a little more comfortable for a couple weeks on board. Kwaltersmi, those nimble arctics are really cool boats, they would be ideal for my home waters, but I think those flat sharpie hulls would not ride big steep great lakes seas very well. I will definitely read your article this evening, I enjoy them, they are well thought out and well researched.  

Arcb said: Minnesail, it sounds your experience is similar to Sal Paradise, if I read your post correctly, you see your C22 almost more as a large camp cruiser. This is making me think my idea of 26, 27 ft might be a little more comfortable for a couple weeks on board. Click to expand...

If there's any boat on your short list I'd want to be out in a 4' Lake Ontario chop in, it's the S2 7.9. But I wouldn't want to tow it thousands of km's, even with a big truck. I think your answer is one of the pop-up MacGregor 25/26 (D or S only!) models. Half the towing weight.  

I really like our Chrysler 26. It is a lot of boat to haul and launch, but is doable. We spent just under 2 weeks in the North Channel this year with our family of 6 aboard. We live in southern Michigan, so we drove to Northern Michigan then crossed Lake Huron to the North Channel. We are thinking of visiting the Apostle Islands this year if we don't buy a bigger boat.  

Unlike other things, there is no " sweet spot" in this size problem. Too big to launch and too small to go anywhere. Or if there is a perfect size,I think it is pretty close to 23-24 feet. I find that sailing is one of those activities where saying something does not give you the feeling of what its like to do it. The rigging and launching of a 26 foot boat is going to be a real pain. Things get big and heavy real fast. For example, the swing keel on the C22 is 500 lbs. The swing keel on the C25 is 1500 lbs. And it uses the same hardware and lifting cable. That keel on its support beam on the trailer doesn't want to move and makes it hard to get off the trailer. Also, the mast of a C22 is aboout 70 lbs and the weight of a C25 mast is 150 lbs. And you are lifting the mast, with all the standing rigging and spreaders on it, on a wobbly deck and usually its been in the hot sun so the mast is 150 degrees and the sun is in your eyes as you look up at it. Iwo Jim style you stand the mast up and beg the guy in the bow to get the forestay on quickly. Then you have to carry and lift the 9.9 outboard which is 100 lbs. Carry it over to the boat and lift it up onto the bracket. My 5 HP merc is about 55 lbs and carrying it hurts my arm after about 100 feet. Then its time to dig out the boom. See where this is going? You haven't even backed the trailer in yet. You will need strong men to help you. Then go have fun!! This is supposed to be fun. LOL I usually have help and it still takes me nearly an hour. A sweaty stressful hour. I will say that I have the pop top and it does work miracles in terms of space and ventilation. The other thing I hate about the C22 is that my outboard is offset to port so in rough conditions on port tack the prop can come out of the water if the boat is really heeled over. I like to get the motor idling in forward and sail in. Sometimes trying to get in an inlet single handed in waves and wakes the prop is cavitating and things can get frustrating. I wish it were possible to mount the outboard on the centerline but the rudder is there.  

Sal Paradise said: I wish it were possible to mount the outboard on the centerline but the rudder is there. Click to expand...

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I totally agree with your assessment Sal Paradise, which is why I phrased my original question how I did. If I am going with a 26 or 27' boat, it will be a keel boat, because I don't want to rig something that size without a mast crane any way. I rig my Prindle 16 each time I go sailing and even it's a pain. I think my search will be focused mostly on 26 to 27 ft locally built used keel boats that are light and narrow enough to be occasionally relocated behind a full size truck.  

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The Tanzer 27 is a 26.58ft masthead sloop designed by C. Raymond Hunt and built in fiberglass by Tanzer Industries Ltd. since 1982.

The Tanzer 27 is a moderate weight sailboat which is slightly under powered. It is stable / stiff and has a low righting capability if capsized. It is best suited as a coastal cruiser.

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