1983 Frances 26
General Specification
Construction
- GRP construction
- Trunk cabin (not flush deck) version giving approximately 1.83m (6ft) headroom
- Very attractive, traditional, double-ender design
- Encapsulated lead long keel
- 51% ballast ratio
- Self draining cockpit
- Transom hung rudder (modified to later style without cut-out by Victoria Marine 1999)
- Dedicated gas locker
- New guard wires and life lines 1999
- New sacrificial anode 2010
- All skin fittings checked and 2 replaced 2010
- Antifouled 2010
- Last surveyed 1999
Mechanical & Electrical
- 9hp Yanmar 1GM10 diesel inboard (2010, only run 9 hours)
- Shaft drive to 3 blade propeller
- Plastic fuel tank (new 2010 together with all new hoses & fittings)
- Exhaust system including skin fitting renewed 2010
- All hoses including stern gland renewed 2010
- Single lever engine control in cockpit
- Tiller steering
- 1 x battery charged from engine alternator
- 240v shore power with galvanic isolator
Rigging & Sails
- Fractional Bermudan Sloop rig
- Mast deck stepped in tabernacle
- New standing rigging 1999
- All lines led back to cockpit
- Slab reefing mainsail (2007, hardly used)
- Roller reefing (1999) genoa (2007, hardly used)
- Cruising chute (good condition)
- Old mainsail
- Old genoa
- Old storm jib
- Various other old sails
- Sail cover with lazyjacks (2007)
Accommodation
- 4 berths in 1 cabin
- V-berth/double berth with infill in bow
- Single settee berth with lee cloth
- Quarter berth
- Galley with gimbaled Spinflo Nelson gas stove (2 burners, grill and oven, new 2009) and circular stainless steel sink with manual (foot pump) cold water supply
- Insulated cool locker
- Plastic freshwater bladder (2011, not used)
- Heads compartment with sea toilet (serviced 2009, no holding tank)
- Forward facing chart table with chart stowage under
- Removable saloon/cockpit table (stored in heads)
- Ample storage lockers throughout including hanging locker
- Various cups, saucers, plates, pans and cutlery
- Maximum headroom approximately 1.83m (6ft)
Equipment
Navigation Equipment
- Icom IC-M421 DSC radio
- Garmin 128 (mounted on swinging bracket above quarter berth so can be seen from cockpit and cabin)
- Nasa log
- Depth sounder
- Wind direction/speed (requires attention)
- Clock and barometer
- Navigation lights
Safety Equipment
- Radar reflector
- Manual bilge pump
- Coastal flare pack in container (expired)
- 2 x lifebelts, one with light
- Dan buoy
- Fire extinguishers (not guaranteed in date)
- Fire blanket
- First aid kit
Deck Equipment
- Bruce anchor with chain
- Manual windlass
- Teak cockpit grating
- Cockpit canopy
- Cockpit dodgers (serviceable)
- Cockpit cushions (serviceable)
- Various fenders
- Various warps
- Various buckets and brushes
Other Equipment
- Bombard 2/3 man dinghy with oars
- Tool box with various hand tools, spanners, spare parts, engine oil etc.
Remarks:
The Frances 26 is, without doubt, a modern classic. With her beautiful traditional double-ended design, and her long keel and modest draft, she is everything that a small cruiser should be! The original “Frances” was designed by the American designer Chuck Paine for his own use and was the start of a long and successful line of Frances, Morris and Victoria yachts that now grace seas and ports around the world. Designed to cruise in and around the Caribbean, and to safely survive a gale at sea, the Frances is an easily handled, capable small cruiser with a well deserved reputation.
This well equipped example is a trunk cabin version with standing headroom throughout the majority of the cabin, and benefits from a new diesel inboard engine, fuel tank and exhaust system.
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