Calado 1,60/2,40 m
Desplazamiento 6.300 kg
Shallow draft:1.6m/5.25′
Hull: Fin w/spade rudder
Holding tank: 60 ltrs./15.85 gal.
Shallow draft: 1.6m/5.25′
Prototype was ‘Inferno’. Built by Bruckman on a ‘male’ mold.
Design #36.
Hydraulically canted keel and one forward retractable canard.
Two versions. The racing version had a fractional rig (specs reported above). The cruising version had a masthead rig and shallow keel.
Cruising version:
Draft: 4.5 ft / 1.37 m
Ballast: 4,000 lbs 1,815 kg
Masthead rig dimensions:
I:36.45’/11.11m
J:11.00′ /3.35m
P:33.00’/10.06m
E:12.00’/3.66m
A number of different engines were installed including: Bukh, Yanmar, Volvo, Drofin, and Ford. The Bukh was installed in hull #1 as well as some others.
Paul Whitings first design (at age 16) which he also built. Successful JOG/RORC racer.
Dimensions are only approximate.
Std./Charter and Owners versions.The last model from from this builder before being absorbed by the Dufour brand.
successor to the Mamba 31.
Delivered with masthead or fractional rig.
Daysailor/Weekender version of PEARSON 26 with larger cockpit, (no bridge deck) shorter coach roof, the same rig and somewhat lighter displacement.
With a few cosmetic changes, this version was first called the PEARSON 26W.
Of these 2 variants, at least 300 were built.
All PERSON 26’s have outboard wells and nearly all rely on outboard motors for auxiliary power.