Seal 26 Sailboats for Sale & Market Overview

Hull type

Monohull · fin

Rig

Fractional Sloop

LOA

26.33' · 8.03 m

Displ.

5,000 lbs · 2,268 kg

First year

1978

The Seal 26, predominantly known in the yachting community as the Super Seal 26, represents a pivotal moment in British boatbuilding where the agility of a racing dinghy was successfully married to the utility of a coastal cruiser. Introduced in the late 1970s by John Baker Ltd., the vessel broke away from the earlier Angus Primrosedesigned Seal lineage (the Seal 22 and 28) when Baker commissioned the rising star of offshore racing design, Ron Holland. The result was a highperformance liftingkeel yacht that offered a thenrevolutionary combination of speed and shallowdraft versatility. According to the Parker & Seal Sailing Association, the model was so successful that after John Baker Ltd. ceased operations in 1981, the tooling was acquired by Parker Yachts, who continued its evolution as the Parker 27.