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What is Capsize Screening Formula (CSF)?

The capsize screening value for Voyager 26 is 1.75, indicating that this boat could - if evaluated by this formula alone - be accepted to participate in ocean races.

What is Theoretical Maximum Hull Speed?

The theoretical maximal speed of a displacement boat of this length is 6.2 knots. The term "Theoretical Maximum Hull Speed" is widely used even though a boat can sail faster. The term shall be interpreted as above the theoretical speed a great additional power is necessary for a small gain in speed.

The immersion rate is defined as the weight required to sink the boat a certain level. The immersion rate for Voyager 26 is about 108 kg/cm, alternatively 610 lbs/inch. Meaning: if you load 108 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm. Alternatively, if you load 610 lbs cargo on the boat it will sink 1 inch.

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The Nimble voyager 26 is a heavy sailboat which is a reasonably good performer. It is very stable / stiff and has an excellent righting capability if capsized. It is best suited as a coastal cruiser. The fuel capacity is originally very small. There is a very short water supply range.

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I’ve always been a sucker for pocket cruisers, so when Ken Lange, the owner of International Marine , offered the chance to sail the builders newest micro-adventurer, the Voyager 20, it didnt take much arm twisting. Ken and I spent an afternoon putting the boat through its paces in near-perfect conditions for the boat, 8 to 11-knot wind breeze on Sarasota Bay. Along with us were two perspective customers who were downsizing from an Endeavour 40. As often happens, the vagaries of life had conspired to interrupt their cruising dream, but they still had a zest for sailing and exploring, and the Voyager 20 seemed like the perfect platform for more modest adventures closer to home.

Boats like these, opening a door to more manageable, affordable escapes, are enjoying a bit of a resurgance today. Just as the fascination with loveable micro-homes is growing, cute micro-cruisers continue to attract new followers here. (Although an interest of micro-cruisers have waxed and waned in the U.S., it never really subsided in the U.K., where pint-sized sailboats have been, and remain ubiquitous in the boatyards, harbors, and marinas.) While new sailboat sales are still sluggish, builders like Lange are targeting a niche too small for high-volume production builders to bother with-the niche between performance-oriented daysailers and entry level cruisers.

Anytime you talk about pocket cruisers you have to clarify what you mean, for the term is loosely applied to a wide range of small boats, some with very little in common besides displacement. Size is certainly a factor, but size is relative. Ive seen 26-feet length overall (LOA) being a commonly cited as the upper limit for the pocket appellation, and that seems about right, although a few decades ago a 26-foot sailboat was called something else-a yacht.

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While there are a few thoroughbreds among the breed, pocket cruisers generally fall to the lower end of the performance spectrum, the inevitable result of trying to cram the comforts of home into 20 feet of waterline. Comfort-at sea and at anchor-take precedence over tacking angles, so you generally don’t see blistering speeds around the buoys. In my view, there are at least four main types of pocket cruisers.

  • Estuarine Elves -These are the maritime equivalent of the pop-top camper. They are easy to tow, suprisingly roomy, and generally forgiving sailboats. The poster childs are the popular West Wight Potters . The Victoria 18 , the Sanibel 18 , the ComPac Eclipse and any of the small catboats with any kind of cabin fall into this category. (International Marine also makes the West Wights and the Sanibel.) These are boats that can creep up the lakes, creeks, and rivers of North America and still manage bay chop. They have enough cockpit space for family daysailing, but also offer a place to duck out of the weather, sleep, eat and be cozy. New sailors and families are quite happy to putter along in them, but few offer wind-in-your-hair thrills with the wind forward of the beam.
  • Trailer Sailers – These are small cruiser/racers like the Rhodes 22 , San Juan 21 , Catalina 22 , Tanzer 22 , that can be Friday-night raced around the cans with other vintage boats, but also cruised. Like the Estuarine Elves, they are easy to trailer fairly quick to rig and launch, but with longer waterlines, more sail area and more efficient hull shapes, they generally perform better. This is probably the largest field of boats that could fit the pocket cruiser name; there are too many boats to list.
  • Auxiliary Pocket Cruisers – These boats can be trailered, but they require vehicles with big towing capacity and take much longer to rig. They usually have more ballast, built-in tanks, and can be equipped with inboard auxiliary engines-something you rarely find in the two smaller categories. Trailerability, in this case, means hauling the boat down to the Keys or Mexico for the winter, not down to the local ramp on a Sunday. These can be fixed-keel boats like the Contessa 26, the Pearson Ariel , and Cape Dory 25 (both Carl Alberg designs); or swing keels like the Paceship 26 (also available with fixed keel), Yankee Dolphin 24 , the Nimble 24, and the Lyle Hess-designed Balboa 26 . Although some boats in this category have circumnavigated, doing far offshore work in these boats requires a special breed of sailor-and Posiedons blessing.
  • Bahama-Mamacitas – Multihulls like the Corsair F-24 , the Wharram Tiki 21 , and the semi-custom trimarans like PS contributing editor Skip Allens new custom Wildflower probably could be shoehorned into the above group, but that would surely incite the wrath of Allen and the rest the multihull crowd, so Ill give them their own group here.
  • Microships – Generally these are fixed-keel boats with hefty ballast- displacement ratios that make them capable of cruising offshore. They are trailerable, but with displacement pushing 10,000 pounds, they require a powerful tow vehicle. Some, like the “Bill” W.I.B. Crealocks Dana 24 , have circumnavigated. Bruce Binghams Pacific Seacraft Flicka 20 , or Hess’s Falmouth Cutter 22 are other examples of small boats that pop up in far flung ports.

Skip Allen's custom-built Wildflower

So where does the Voyager 20, a more sophisticated cousin of the Potter 19, belong? Its 17.5-foot waterline and light displacement (1,750 pounds) puts it in the Estuarine Elves category, although it has several of construction features that you see in the Microships: heavy-duty Lewmar hatch and portlights and an encapsulated lead keel. It also has a fair amount of storage.

The layout below (featured in last week’s blog post ) is nearly identical to the Potter 19, with a small sink a port-a-potty, and v-berth. The biggest improvement over the Potter is the keel.

Lange borrowed the foil-keel design of the Montgomery 17 , a fun little pocket cruiser designed by Hess. Lange then added a centerboard to give it better performance to windward (the bugaboo of some shallow fixed-keel pocket cruisers in the 15 to 18-foot category). We saw more lift with the centerboard down, although the boat managed fine to windward with the board up.

With four adults and a cockapoo on board for our sail, the Voyager 20 was surprisingly stable and well balanced. The conservative ballast-displacement ratio, and hard chine held her upright, and the high freeboard and coamings kept the cockpit dry. With a relatively flat bottom, the boat tended to pound through chop when working to windward, but that is a trade-off for a short-waterline vessel that emphasizes high initial stability. The boat tacked through 90-degrees true on a GPS recorded track (accounting for any leeway), so it will get you where you want to go.

Built in California, the Voyager 20 is sold direct to customers. The fully equipped boat I sailed (complete with trailer, AC and 12-volt DC systems, galley, canvas, etc.) was listed at $38,000, more than three times anyone can expect to pay for a used entry-level trailer sailor on the used boat market with similar amenities. But the price is not out of line with the market for new boats, and it is hard to find other new boats in the 20-foot range that are not strictly daysailors. About the closest comparison that comes to mind in the new boat market is the Compac Eclipse (which also tops $30,000 when similarly equipped), and the Norseboat 21.5 ($35,000-plus depending on options). Id love to hear about some other pocket cruisers we should check out, and where you think they fall in the above categories.

For those who are boat shopping for a pocket cruiser you’ll find reviews of many of the boats I mention under “ sailboat reviews ” on the Practical Sailor website (some reviews are public, but many are for subscribers only). For those looking for something just a little bit roomier, our ebook Entry-Level Sailboats Volume 1 and Entry-Level Sailboats Volume 2 cover 25 popular boats between 26 and 31 feet that are readily available on the used boat market.

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Nimble Voyager 26 is a 25 ′ 11 ″ / 7.9 m monohull sailboat designed by Ted Brewer and built by Nimble Boats Works Inc. starting in 1989.

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VOYAGER 20 was first built in 2013.

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VOYAGER 20 is 5.33 m in length.

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voyager 26 sailboat review

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  1. Any Voyager 26 Owners Out There?

    Join Date: May 2009. Location: Currently, in SW Florida. Boat: Allied Seawind ll. Posts: 5. Any Voyager 26 Owners Out There? In my search for a safe, ocean capable, trailerable boat, I inspected an Ocean Voyager 26 last Saturday. I have been following the design for a few months now and was very impressed with what I saw.

  2. VOYAGER 26

    A boat with a BN of 1.6 or greater is a boat that will be reefed often in offshore cruising. Derek Harvey, "Multihulls for Cruising and Racing", International Marine, Camden, Maine, 1991, states that a BN of 1 is generally accepted as the dividing line between so-called slow and fast multihulls.

  3. Voyager 26

    Voyager 26 is a 25′ 11″ / 7.9 m monohull sailboat designed by Daniel Avourer and built by Voyager Marine Inc. (USA) starting in 1979. ... The lower a boat's ratio is, the less power it takes to drive the boat to its nominal hull speed or beyond. Read more. Formula. D/L = (D ÷ 2240) ÷ (0.01 x LWL)³ D: Displacement of the boat in pounds ...

  4. Voyager 26

    Beam 8'-3". Draft 3'-4". Displacement 6700lbs. Ballast 2750 lbs. Sail Area 360 sq. ft. Construction: Fiberglass. Power: 12 hp diesel. The Voyager 26 has proven to be a really good little pocket cruiser. The design features a full keel with moderately cutaway forefoot and of course she is a double-ender.

  5. VOYAGER 26: Reviews, Specifications, Built, Engine

    1 of 2. If you are a boat enthusiast looking to get more information on specs, built, make, etc. of different boats, then here is a complete review of VOYAGER 26. Built by undefined and designed by PDF, the boat was first built in 1979. It has a hull type of Long keel w/trans. hung rudder and LOA is 7.85. Its sail area/displacement ratio 16.42.

  6. ocean voyager26

    Boat Review Forum. SailNet is a forum community dedicated to Sailing enthusiasts. ... I'm currently looking at O. voyager 26 and would like information on it's construction and sailing abilties. I'm planning to sail her to the caribbean ... since sailing a 26' boat from Australia to the Caribbean is a different thing than sailing the same boat ...

  7. Review of Voyager 26

    The Motion Comfort Ratio for Voyager 26 is 27.4. Low High 90% 0 50 100. Comparing this ratio with similar sailboats show that it is more comfortable than 90% of all similar sailboat designs. This is a comfort value significantly above average.

  8. 1979 Voyager 26 sailboat for sale in Connecticut

    3'4'. Connecticut. $28,500. Description: Trailer. 1979 Voyager 26 Sailboat. The Voyager 26 is a solid pocket cruiser. The design features a full keel with a moderately cutaway forefoot and a canoe stern yielding good sailing performance. There is a galley, private head and berths for 4.

  9. Voyager 26

    I recently purshased a 1981 Voyager 26 Located on Lake Champlain I have a 1966 Pearson Commander as well. Its for sale ... A group for Voyager 26 sailboat owners, sailors and dreamers... Share information about Voyager 26 maintenance & repair, cruising in Voyager 26s, boats for sale & wanted or any other topic relating to Voyager 26 sailboats

  10. Nimble voyager 26

    The Nimble voyager 26 is a 26.0ft cutter designed by Daniel J. Avoures and built in fiberglass by Nimble Boats Works Inc. (USA) since 1989. The Nimble voyager 26 is a heavy sailboat which is a reasonably good performer. It is very stable / stiff and has an excellent righting capability if capsized. It is best suited as a coastal cruiser.

  11. Pocket Cruisers Unite!

    I've always been a sucker for pocket cruisers, so when Ken Lange, the owner of International Marine, offered the chance to sail the builders newest micro-adventurer, the Voyager 20, it didnt take much arm twisting.Ken and I spent an afternoon putting the boat through its paces in near-perfect conditions for the boat, 8 to 11-knot wind breeze on Sarasota Bay.

  12. 1986 Ocean Voyager Ocean Voyager 26 MK II

    Seller's Description. Ocean Voyager 26 MK II. Sail anywhere in this spectacularly well-balanced canoe stern, cutter rig, full lead keel pocket cruiser "Aria". Helm is so perfectly balanced under main, staysail, and jib that Aria will hold a course close-hauled with your hands dropped off the tiller. Aria is powered by a Universal M12 Diesel ...

  13. 1983 Voyager Marine Ocean Voyager 26 sailboat for sale in Texas

    26'. 8.25'. 3.3'. Texas. $10,000. Description: Full keel heavy displacement pocket cruiser. Clearly built with offshore work in mind. Canoe stern with transom hung rudder and tiller steering. 9 small bronze opening ports, cutter rigged with self tacking boom and external chain plates.

  14. Boat Reviews by David Pascoe, Marine Surveyor

    Over 80 used boat reviews by David Pascoe, marine surveyor "The purpose of these boat reviews is educational, to help you discern the differences in quality among boats generally. ... Bertram 26.6 II; Bertram 28 II; Bertram 30 Express; Bertram 30 Moppie; Bertram 31 SF; Bertram 33 SF ... Grady-White 24 Voyager; Grady White 272 Sailfish; Glacier ...

  15. Pocket Cruisers and Trailer-sailers for Every Sailing Style

    The Voyager 20 measures in at 19ft 10in overall, with a trailer-friendly beam of 7ft 6in, and its base price is $29,995. Pulse 600. Speaking of trailer-friendly, nothing else comes with as potent a blend of portability and punch as a trailerable trimaran. Alliteration aside, Corsair Marine's new Pulse 600 looks like an extremely enjoyable ride.

  16. PLAYSTEM Voyager 400 RC Controlled Wind Powered Sailboat in Blue

    Find helpful customer reviews and review ratings for PLAYSTEM Voyager 400 RC Controlled Wind Powered Sailboat in Blue - 26" Tall at Amazon.com. Read honest and unbiased product reviews from our users. ... If this boat was (a) 50% bigger, (b) had a different jib/head sail, and (c) was set up properly, it would be a 5 star for people who know how ...

  17. Voyager 26

    Voyager 26. 714 likes. a collection of photographs and information gathered from the internet on Voyager 26 sailboats. S

  18. Nimble Voyager 26

    Nimble Voyager 26 is a 25′ 11″ / 7.9 m monohull sailboat designed by Ted Brewer and built by Nimble Boats Works Inc. starting in 1989. ... The lower a boat's ratio is, the less power it takes to drive the boat to its nominal hull speed or beyond. Read more. Formula. D/L = (D ÷ 2240) ÷ (0.01 x LWL)³ D: Displacement of the boat in pounds ...

  19. Voyager sailboats for sale by owner.

    Voyager preowned sailboats for sale by owner. Voyager used sailboats for sale by owner. Home. Register & Post. View All Sailboats. Search. Avoid Fraud. ... 26' J Boats J/80 Annapolis MD, Maryland Asking $32,000. 36.5' Pearson 36-2 West Palm Beach Fl to Wilmington NC, North Carolina Asking $42,000. 36' S2 11C

  20. VOYAGER 20: Reviews, Specifications, Built, Engine

    If you are a boat enthusiast looking to get more information on specs, built, make, etc. of different boats, then here is a complete review of VOYAGER 20. Built by International Marine (USA) and designed by Herb Stewart, the boat was first built in 2013. It has a hull type of Keel/Cbrd. and LOA is 6.25. Its sail area/displacement ratio 16.85.

  21. Voyage sailboats for sale by owner.

    Voyager Marine Ocean Voyager 26: Length: 26' Beam: 8.25' Draft: 3.3' Year: 1983: Type: cruiser: Hull: fiberglass monohull: Engine: 1 other inboard; Location: Laguna Vista, Texas; ... 26' J Boats J/80 Annapolis MD, Maryland Asking $32,000. 36.5' Pearson 36-2 Wrightsville Beach NC, North Carolina Asking $42,000. 30' Island Packet IPY 27