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Frances 26 Overview
The Frances 26 is a most capable design, a small cruiser with a wide horizon, originally designed by Chuck Paine for his own use as the smallest sailing yacht that would be safe for offshore cruising. Although well suited to serious passage making, their modest draft and easily handled sailplan also makes them ideal for exploring the shallow waters of the East Coast and beyond. Chantal is a cutter rigged version of this popular design and has been in the same ownership for the past 19 years.
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Deck
- CQR anchor with approximately 40m chain
- Kedge anchor
- Lewmar manual anchor windlass
- Stainless steel pulpit, pushpit and stanchions
- Mainsail cover
- Various fenders and warps
- Two boarding ladders
Cabin
The accommodation offers four berths in an open plan cabin. Large V berth forward with infill and stowage under. Opening hatch to foredeck. Small settee to port with fold-down chart table over. Full length settee berth to starboard. Galley to port. Stainless steel sink with manually pumped water supply. Plastimo two burner gimballed gas hob with grill. There is plenty of work surface in the galley with a removable work top and also the chart table. Quarter berth aft to port. Separate heads compartment to starboard with marine toilet and optional holding tank with pump under starboard bunk. Demountable hardwood table which seats four, with fiddle rail.
Sails & Spars
Masthead rigged Bermudan cutter. Keel stepped anodised aluminium mast and boom. Small wooden bowsprit. Stainless steel standing rigging (original). Polyester running rigging (various ages). Slab reefing mainsail with lazyjacks. Furling headsail system. Boomed staysail. Two Andersen sheet winches. Anderson halyard winch. Lewmar control line winch.
- Mainsail – Dacron – Original
- Furling jib – Jeckells – Dacron – 2014
- Staysail – Dacron – Original
- Spare jib – Dacron – OriginalLocated beneath the companionway is the Yanmar 1GM10 marine diesel engine (original). 9hp, single cylinder, naturally aspirated. Direct, salt water cooling. Electric start. Single lever controls. Shaft drive to a fixed three bladed bronze propeller. Regularly serviced by local marine engineer.
Electrical & Electronics
12 VOLT SYSTEM:
- Domestic battery – 2024
- Engine start battery – 2024
- Alternator charging
- Solar panel
NAVIGATION & ELECTRONICS:
- Garmin GPSmap 3010c chartplotter
- Depth instrument
- ICOM IC-M402 DSC VHF
- Speed & log instrument
- AIS receiver
Machinery
Located beneath the companionway is the Yanmar 1GM10 marine diesel engine (original). 9hp, single cylinder, naturally aspirated. Direct, salt water cooling. Electric start. Single lever controls. Shaft drive to a fixed three bladed bronze propeller. Regularly serviced by local marine engineer.
Safety
- Two manual bilge pumps
- Emergency tiller
- Navigation lights
- Fire blanket
- Horseshoe lifebuoy
- Harness points
- Radar reflector
- Four-person liferaft
Construction
Frances 26 built by Victoria Marine in 1989 to a design by Chuck Paine. White GRP hull with green style stripes, superstructure and decks with teak lad decks. Long keel with lead ballast. Tiller steering to keel hung rudder. Aft self-draining cockpit. Teak laid cockpit seating and sole. Last surveyed in 2020 – copy available upon request
Specifications
- Stock Number: 11055
- Name: Chantal
- Vendor: Brokerage (we are not the vendor)
- Model Year: 1989
- Engine Year: 1989
- Engine hours: 404
- LOA: 7.92m (26ft )
- Beam: 2.44m (8ft )
- Draft: 1.17m (3ft 10in)
- LWL: 6.48m (21ft 3in)
- Weight: 3,084kg (6,799lbs)
- Hull Material: GRP
- Keel Config: Long keel
- Berths: 4
- Cabins: 1
- Fuel Type: Diesel
- Make: Frances
- Category 1: Sail - Cruisers
- Category 2: Sail - Cutters
- Location: Royal Harwich Yacht Club
NOTES TO PROSPECTIVE BUYERS & READERS - The company offers the above details in good faith and whilst every care and attention has been taken in the preparation and correctness Foxs Yacht Sales cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct their agent or surveyor to investigate such details as the buyer desires validating. We do not accept liability whatsoever for claims arising, construed as derived from the use of these details. This document is intended as a guide and is NON-CONTRACTUAL. Electronics and instruments are included in good faith and expected to work, but due to their nature, cannot be guaranteed. Their residual worth is based on the current second hand market for valuation purposes. E & OE
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