Colgate 26 | Daysailer

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The ideal trailerable daysailer

Looking for a trailerable sailboat, comfortable daysailer or sprightly racer? You’re looking for a Colgate 26 for sale! The Colgate 26 is The Family Sport Boat®. A winning combination of performance racing and family fun, Steve Colgate created this incredibly versatile keelboat that challenges hard-core racers, yet is a pleasure to sail for beginners.

The Colgate 26 sailboat is a sailboat conceived and designed with the future of sailing in mind. Working with noted sailboat designer Jim Taylor and sailboat manufacturer Precision Boat Works, Steve Colgate produces sailboats for sale that fill the demand for recreational boating and sailing instruction. A blue water pocket cruiser with excellent sailing performance, the Colgate 26 sailboat is “a boat for all reasons” - the family sport boat® that combines outstanding safety features, comfort and durability at exceptional value.

Steve Colgate's concept

“A great deal of thought and over 45 years of teaching experience and sailing school management went into the concept of the Colgate 26 sailboat," says Steve Colgate, founder of Offshore Sailing School. "For years, I suggested to the major boat builders a need for a low cost, durable, safe instructional sailboat for sale with great performance and a lot of fun to sail. They did not believe there was a market. My feeling was, and has been proven true, that if a boat has all the features desired for teaching beginners and racing, the same boat will appeal to the broader sailing market."
 

In 1996, after searching long and hard for a new stock boat to take the place of the Olympic Class Solings Offshore Sailing School started teaching on in 1967, Steve (above) and his team decided it was time to design the perfect sailboat. Steve wrote the parameters for what he considered the perfect teaching and performance daysailer, and noted marine architect Jim Taylor (at right) drew the lines. He then chose Precision Boat Works in Palmetto, Florida as the builder. "One of our first orders came from the United States Naval Academy, which chose the Colgate 26 to replace its aging fleet of small training boats," says Steve.

Award-winning boat of choice

In 1997 the Colgate 26 was awarded the Cruising World Boat of the Year in the Pocket Cruiser Division. And sales started coming in. Offshore Sailing School uses the Colgate 26 exclusively as its training boat for Learn to Sail, Performance Sailing and Racing courses. Other schools and service organizations have picked up on the durability and performance of this boat, including Club Nautique in California, the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, Maine Maritime Academy, United Kingdom Sailing Academy and more. 

Popular for racing

There are several Colgate 26 fleets thriving in the northeast, and many individual owners enjoying the boat as a family sailboat daysailer or racer in PHRF fleets. For four years, the well-known Knickerbocker Cup competition for International Match Racing has designated the Colgate 26 sailboat for this annual event.

When you look for a sailboat that will last and perform, bear in mind that Offshore Sailing School’s fleet of Colgate 26s is used 7 days a week, 12 months a year. They have held up beautifully with very low maintenance needs.

Please click here to learn more about how Steve and his team arrived at the concept for this boat, and why you should consider it as your next and most favorite way to find freedom on the water.

Find out more about the Colgate 26 for sale.

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Inquire today and find out how students can receive a full refund  of course tuition if they purchase a Colgate 26.