Laguna 26 Buyer's Guide
Shopping the used Laguna 26 means looking at a small American cruiser designed by W. Shad Turner and built by Laguna Yachts from 1982, with around four hundred completed before the line closed. She is a masthead sloop of modest dimensions — about 25 feet 9 inches overall, a fin keel, and a tiller-steered transom rudder — and the available used boats reflect a boat that has aged as a straightforward recreational keelboat rather than a heavily modified racer.
Layouts on the Used Market
The Laguna 26 was drawn as a cruiser and built predominantly of fiberglass with wood trim, a raked stem, and a plumb transom. The interior arrangement is not detailed in the known record, but the 21.5-foot waterline inside a 25.75-foot hull and the 8-foot-4-inch beam describe the volume envelope a buyer actually walks into. A fixed fin keel and transom-hung rudder mean there is no lifting keel or enclosed steerage to complicate a survey, and the recreational keelboat classification sets expectations for a simple, open small-boat layout.
Equipment and Common Upgrades
On the used market a bimini is commonly fitted, the one piece of owner-added comfort that shows up with regularity. Beyond that, the boat's character is defined less by gadgetry than by rig choice: the masthead sloop is significantly overrigged for her size, and a 135 percent genoa is the meaningful sailplan upgrade that lifts sail-area-to-displacement from 17.8 to 21.1. A buyer should treat a well-cut genoa and sound halyards as the equipment that matters, rather than expecting factory-fitted electronics or power systems.
What to Inspect
A survey of a used Laguna 26 should focus on ordinary fiberglass and rigging wear typical of a boat this age. The hull is solid fiberglass with a 182-square-foot wetted surface and an immersion rate near 624 pounds per inch, so check for hull distortion under load and confirm the fin keel attachment and transom rudder pintles are sound. Standardized rig dimensions — 66.8-foot halyards at 5/16 inch and scaled sheet sizes — make line condition and winch function the practical inspection points rather than bespoke hardware.
Availability and Buyer's Takeaway
Typical markets for the Laguna 26 are the United States. For a buyer, the takeaway is a small, light cruiser best suited to sheltered water and day sailing, with a shoal draft of 3.08 to 3.38 feet dependent on load. Check the keel-to-hull joint and rudder mounts, confirm the genoa and halyards are serviceable, and expect a bimini rather than extensive upgrades. She is a simple boat to own if the rig and steering are honest.
Price & volume trends
Monthly asking-price and listing-volume trends for the Laguna 26. The line shows the median ask each month; the bars show how many listings appeared.
Monthly breakdown · 3 rows
| Month | Listings | Median ask | Δ vs. last mo. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25 | 1 | $12,500 | — |
| May 26 | 2 | $6,250 | -50.0% |
| Jun 26 | 1 | $4,500 | -28.0% |
Where they're listed
Laguna 26 listings appear across 1 country. United States has the most listings with 3.
Country view
3 listings · 1 country| Country | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | $4,500 | 3 | 1 | 100.0% |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| LM 26 | 26.57' | $ 21,047 | 13 | 4 |
| Pearson 26 | 26.12' | $ 6,000 | 9 | 5 |
| MacWester 26 | 26' | $ 4,759 | 6 | 1 |
| Laguna 26You are here | — | $ 4,500 | 3 | 1 |