Voyager 26 Buyer's Guide
The Voyager 26 on the used market is a late-seventies Daniel J. Avoures design built by Voyager Marine Inc., a 25-foot-9-inch double-ended cutter with a long keel and about 6,700 pounds displacement. She appeals to buyers wanting a small, heavily built cruiser with real sleeping space and a traditional profile rather than a modern racer.
Layouts on the Used Market
Every Voyager 26 shares the same essential plan: comfortable accommodations for four, an efficient galley, a private head, and berths you could actually sleep on. The cockpit is good sized but the foot well was kept intentionally small so a following sea would not sit in the boat. Because three different builders constructed her and all stuck close to the original design, layout differences between individual boats are minimal; condition and owner care matter far more than which yard produced a given hull.
Equipment and Common Upgrades
With a 12 hp BMW D-12 diesel and only 12 gallons of fuel and 24 of water, the Voyager 26 is a simple cruiser. Buyers should focus on energy and sail-handling upgrades over creature comforts: a windlass and ground-tackle improvements matter more than a stereo, and a roller-furling genoa or upgraded winches reshape the cutter rig's manageable sail plan. Navigation gear has often been modernized to GPS and autopilot on surviving boats. Canvas such as a full cockpit enclosure adds real value in a shallow, open cockpit.
What to Inspect
The known construction point to verify is the intentionally shallow cockpit foot well, designed so the boat would not hold a lot of water if pooped; check cockpit drainage and any history of water intrusion into the lazarette or quarter berths. The fiberglass hull and long keel are straightforward to survey.
Availability and Buyer's Takeaway
Expect to search broadly rather than locally for a used Voyager 26. For a shopper, the Voyager 26 is a low-complexity, sea-kindly pocket cruiser.
- Confirm the cockpit drains and sole are dry and unrotted
- Verify the BMW D-12 starts clean and the 12-gallon tank is sound
- Check the cutter rigging against 3/8-inch sheet specs and look for furler upgrades
- Inspect the four-berth layout for soft spots or head leakage
- Prefer a hull whose builder stayed true to the original Avoures design
Price & volume trends
Monthly asking-price and listing-volume trends for the Voyager 26. The line shows the median ask each month; the bars show how many listings appeared.
Monthly breakdown · 1 row
| Month | Listings | Median ask | Δ vs. last mo. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 25 | 1 | $28,934 | — |
Where they're listed
Voyager 26 listings appear across 1 country. Germany has the most listings with 1.
Country view
1 listings · 1 country| Country | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | $28,934 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
Comparable models
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Similar boats to compare
4 similar designs| Model | LOA | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victoria 26 | 26' | $ 23,686 | 26 | 8 |
| Sadler 26 | 25.75' | $ 10,829 | 25 | 6 |
| Victoria 26 | 26' | $ 23,134 | 8 | 5 |
| Voyage 26You are here | — | $ 28,917 | 1 | 0 |