Alpa A8 Sailboats for Sale & Market Overview

Drawing Diagram

Builder drawing

Hull type

Monohull · fin

Rig

Masthead Sloop

LOA

26.25' · 8 m

Displ.

4,630 lbs · 2,100 kg

First year

1974

The Alpa A8 emerges from a golden era of Italian yachting, representing a collaboration between the pioneering Alpa shipyard and the legendary design firm Sparkman & Stephens. Introduced in the late 1960s, the A8 was conceived as a highquality compact cruiser that could compete under the prevailing offshore racing rules while offering enough amenity for family coastal cruising. As a Sparkman & Stephens design (specifically Design No. 1952 in the Sparkman & Stephens archive), the boat carries the hallmarks of the firm’s "fin and skeg" era, balancing a traditional aesthetic with thenmodern underwater appendages. The construction quality was high for its time, utilizing thick, handlaid fiberglass that has allowed many examples to remain in active service decades later.