The Colgate 26 – For Performance Sailing and Sailboat Racing
A Super-Exciting Sailboat for Round-the-Buoy Racing
Steve Colgate designed the Colgate 26 to be a fun small racing sailboat, with built-in features for maximum racing efficiency as well as day sailing comfort. With experience in one-design keelboats, center boarders and ocean racers, Steve thought a lot about sailboat design features that would make the Colgate 26 such a great boat for sailboat racing.
There are Colgate 26s in many PHRF fleets across the country. We could go on and on, but why don’t you give Steve Colgate a call, set up a test sail, and find out yourself why the Colgate 26 is so much fun in round-the-buoy sailboat racing competition.
A Great Boat for Teaching and Coaching Sailors to Race Better
The Colgate 26 has superb handling characteristics for seasoned racing sailors and sailors who want to learn to race. Rather than just go for a test sail, sign up to participate in one of Offshore Sailing School’s sailboat racing classes, with expert coaches on the school’s Colgate 26 fleets. The Colgate 26 is the boat of choice for the 20th Anniversary of the annual North U/Offshore Sailing School Performance Race Week held in April in Southwest Florida.
A Favorite for Collegiate Sailboat Racing
The U.S. Naval Academy took delivery of 12 identical Colgate 26s for Collegiate Racing in December 2015, adding to their existing fleet of 30 Colgate 26 trainers. Those 12 “Navy 26s” had to be built with less than one pound difference between the boats! The U.S. Coast Guard Academy, Maine Maritime and other institutions have chosen the Colgate 26 for training and racing too.
