Tartan 26 #30 (1972) ~ "Pretentious"

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Tod Mills
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Tartan 26 #30 (1972) ~ "Pretentious"

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I bought her Nov 8, 2003 and she sat on the hard until the July 4 weekend of the following summer whereupon I jury-rigged my Honda 5 outboard on the transom and took her out for a sail.

Then that fall I brought her home. Here is a pic with her mast down in preparation for hauling. I hired a boat hauler as at that point I didn't have a trailer or a truck big enough to pull her:

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She's:

26' loa

22'-6" lwl

8' beam

4'-6" draft

5200# displ

2300# lead ballast (external bolt-on keel).

323 sq ft sail area

The interior is simple: head in forepeak, settees p/s, galley divided p/s, quarterberths p/s, then some cockpit stowage.

Her ailments when I bought her included: general neglect, including dirt everywhere, very oily bilge, some soggy areas in deck, strong gasoline odor (leaks), loose leaky keel, obsolete Kermath Sea Pup 5 hp inboard engine, lots of hoses just waiting to burst and sink the boat, etc ad nauseum.
Tod Mills
Tartan 26 #30 project boat
--setting a new record for "World's Slowest Restoration"
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