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A 26 foot fiberglass-hulled sloop designed by naval architect Raymond H. Richards. This boat is notable for the fact that at least five have circumnavigated the globe and many are still in use on blue water voyages. It is believed that the original intent of the design was to be a local cruiser/racer similar to the Thunderbird class sloop. But due to the exceptional stability of the hull design and their stout rigs, the boats are often considered small blue water cruisers.

The first hulls were built in the mid to late 1960s by the Mayhew and Strutt boatyard of Victoria, B.C in Canada. Haida 26' hulls were built by at least one other yard (unknown) besides Mayhew and Strutt. Boats could be purchased as a bare hull, ready to sail, or somewhere in between. Of the yard-built boats, three known variants exist: the flush deck, the cruising cabin and the later full fiberglass MkII. The total number of hulls is unknown.

Except for the Mk2 version, the decks were built from plywood over mahogany stringers. The cruising variant had a fiberglass cabin top with 5'9" of headroom in the cabin. The aluminum mast is deck stepped but located on top of a large supporting arch structure that forms the forward bulkhead. Standing rigging is of stainless steel with stainless steel chainplates protruding through the deck and secured to the inside of the hull. Except where a conversion has been performed, an outboard motor is located within a well aft of the cockpit. The hull is mated to an iron fin keel and secured by 3/4" stainless steel bolts. Standing rigging was constructed of stainless steel wire with two lower shrouds and one set of upper shrouds over a single set of spreaders. Rig is slightly fractional, ~1/18.

LOA: 26'0"
LWL: 21'10"
Beam: 8'3"
Ballast: 1800 lbs.
Displacement: 5,200 lbs.
Draft: 4'6:
I: 29.3'
J: 9.3'
P: 27.8'
E: 12'

The only known webpage regarding the Haida 26' [1]

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