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1980 Contessa 26

location icon Weymouth, Massachusetts
Year 1980
Length 25'6 ft
Builder/Manufacturer JJ Taylor & Sons Limited
Price
$11,900

The Contessa 26 was designed as an ocean-going cruising boat and has earned an enviable reputation as just that.  In 1987 Tania Aebi completed a solo circumnavigation in a Contessa 26.  She was 18 years old when she cast off on VARUNA in 1985 from New York City and 21 years old when she returned.  Many other Contessa 26's have logged thousands of offshore miles.

RELATIVE RISK has a 1989 Universal 10 hp diesel, a set of two-year-old sails, newer bronze opening ports, and a recently soda blasted and epoxy-barrier-coated bottom.  She appears to be in excellent condition. She's on a mooring easily accessible via launch. Her owner has decided to retire from sailing.

Specifications

Year Built 1980
Category Sail
Length Overall 25'6 ft
Beam 7'6 ft
Max Draft 4 ft
Construction Fiberglass
Hull ID ZJT032730580
Keel Full Keel
Engines 1
Total Engine Power 10 hp
Fuel Tank Cap. 12 gal
Water Tank Cap. 15 gal
Holding Tank Cap. 15 gal
Ballast 2300 lb
Displacement 5,400 lb

Engine 1 Specifications

Make: Universal
Model: M2-12 fresh-water-cooled
Fuel: Diesel
Engine Power: 10hp
Year: 1989
Accommodations

Sleeps four.  V berth forward with filler cushion, head next aft to starboard, hanging locker opposite to port. Main cabin with galley forward, sink to port, icebox opposite to starboard. Settees next aft to port and starboard. Six bronze-frame opening ports with screens. Two bulkhead-mounted oil lamps in main cabin, one in forward cabin.  Four 12 volt lamps, two in main cabin and two in forward cabin.

Galley

Galley features one burner gimbaled stove, stainless steel sink with hand pump, ice box.

Electrical

12 volt DC system with two 12 volt batteries, battery selector switch.

Electronics and Navigation

Autohelm 1000+ tillerpilot, Standard Horizon Eclipse VHF radio transceiver, Datamarine Corinthian knotmeter/log and depthsounder, Ritchie bulkhead-mounted compass.

Hull and Deck

Full keel design with attached rudder. Tiller steering. Six bronze-frame opening ports with screens, one Bomar opening hatch, dorade vent, solar vent. Double lifelines.

Sails and Rigging

2019 Dimattia Mainsail with two sets of reef points, 130% roller-furling genoa. Harken roller-furling system. Two Lewmar #8 genoa sheet winches, Lewmar #8 main halyard leads aft through clutch to winch mounted on coachroof, two smaller winches mounted on coamings. Boom vang.

Additional Inventory

Propane barbecue grill (mounts on stern rail), Whale manual bilge pump, automatic electric bilge pump (2021), West Marine #12 anchor with chain and rode, four PFD's, boat hook, docklines, fenders.

Disclaimer

The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.

Additional Contact Information
For further information, please contact John L. Procter, CPYB:
Office:  781-749-1645
Toll-free:  781-214-3632
Cell phone:  617-694-8455
E-mail: lawsonyachts@aol.com