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Invicta 26 |
Brief details |
Builder |
Various - see text |
The Invicta is a
Folkboat type yacht built in GRP, with elegant lines and excellent
sailing and seakeeping performance. They have many similarities
to the better known and generally more expensive to buy Contessa
26 design. |
LOA |
26' 5" |
Sail area |
311 sq ft
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LWL |
20' 8" |
Rig |
sloop |
Beam |
7' 4" |
Cabins |
Saloon only, with heads in forepeak |
Draught |
3' 11" |
Berths |
4 |
Displacement |
5,130 lbs |
Engine |
various, but originally usually a Dolphin petrol inboard |
Ballast |
2,307 lbs |
BHP |
6 - 12 |
Keel type |
Long fin keel with encapsulated lead ballast |
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The Invicta 26 was designed by E. G. van de
Stadt in 1964, as a GRP Folkboat derivative. For several years
the hulls were moulded by Tylers, and fitted out by a variety
of well-known boatyards. From 1969 a Mk II version was produced,
with a trace more headroom, and the later hulls were moulded
by Fi-Craft of Essex, and fitted out either by Fi-Craft or
Salterns Yacht Agency. Production continued until the late
1970s, and the yachts have become somewhat of a modern classic.
There were Mk I and Mk II Invictas, the example illustrated
yacht being a Mk I. The Mk IIs have a fractionally raised
deck line, to increase interior space very slightly, and less
sail area than the original design, which was intended partly
as a racer. The hull form is very much that of a Folkboat
type, but with more interior space, although the narrow beam
makes the interior small by modern standards.
In 2001 'Yachting Monthly' did a used boat test on the design,
and commented ".... Invictas are seakindly, knockabout
cruisers that will keep a couple or young family safe in all
weathers and embarrass some modern yachts with their speed".
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