Like the SADLER 29, the SADLER 26 was provided with the same kind of extra flotation making it unsinkable even when flooded.
Bilge keel version draft: 3.5′.
Shallow fin: 3.83′.

Shoal draft:1.4m/4.59′
Bilge keel: 1.2m/3.94′
Keel/CB – BU: 1.1m/3.61′ BD:1.4m/4.92′
Initially supplied with the Watermota 30hp Seapanther engine.
After 1982 boats were fitted with the Bukh 20.
Beginning in 1986 the standard engine was the Volvo 2002.

Shoal draft fin: 1.2m/3.94′
Bilge Keel: 1.0m/3.28′
Keel/CB: BU:0.7/2.3′ BD:1.5m/4.92′
In the beginning, many of these boat were sold as as unfinished ‘kits’.
In about 1979, an updated version of the SADLER 25 emerged with enhanced interior trim and moldings for galley, chart table unit and bunk bases. The height of rig was also increased by about two feet.
The Petter Mini 6 singe cylinder diesel engine was fitted as standard in most of the SADLER 25s up to about 1979.
Some later boats were fitted with a single cylinder BMW engine.

The SADLER 25 was replaced with the SADLER 26 in 1981.

This updated Sadler 25 has an enhanced interior trim and factory supplied mouldings for galley, chart table unit and bunk bases. The height of rig was also increased. Replaced with the SADLER 26 in 1981.

The original Colin Mudie design was modified several times since first introduced.
Hulls molded by Tyler Boat Co.

Keel/CB also available.
Draft-BU:3.92′

Similar to SUN 27/SUN 838. A later, slightly modified version was called the SUNSTAR 28.