Review of Tripp 26

Basic specs.

The Tripp 26 is a sailboat designed by the American maritime architect William Tripp. The Tripp 26 is built by the American yard Carroll Marine Ltd..

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Hull

The hull is made of fibreglass. Generally, a hull made of fibreglass requires only a minimum of maintenance during the sailing season. And outside the sailing season, just bottom cleaning and perhaps anti-fouling painting once a year - a few hours of work, that's all.

Engine

The boat is typically equipped with an engine.

Sailing characteristics

This section covers widely used rules of thumb to describe the sailing characteristics. Please note that even though the calculations are correct, the interpretation of the results might not be valid for extreme boats.

Immersion rate

The immersion rate is defined as the weight required to sink the boat a certain level. The immersion rate for Tripp 26 is about 143 kg/cm, alternatively 804 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 143 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm. Alternatively, if you load 804 lbs cargo on the boat it will sink 1 inch.

Sailing statistics

This section is statistical comparison with similar boats of the same category. The basis of the following statistical computations is our unique database with more than 26,000 different boat types and 350,000 data points.

L/B (Length Beam Ratio)

What is L/B (Length Beam Ratio)?

The l/b ratio for Tripp 26 is 3.01.

Compared with other similar sailboats it is more spacy than 54% of all other designs. It seems that the designer has chosen a slightly more spacy hull design.

Maintenance

Rig

Dimensions of sail.

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If you need to renew parts of your running rig and is not quite sure of the dimensions, you may find the estimates computed below useful.

**Guiding dimensions of running rig**
Usage	Length		Diameter
Mainsail halyard	26.2 m	(86.0 feet)	8 mm	(5/16 inch)
Jib/genoa halyard	26.2 m	(86.0 feet)	8 mm	(5/16 inch)
Spinnaker halyard	26.2 m	(86.0 feet)	8 mm	(5/16 inch)
Jib sheet	8.0 m	(26.3 feet)	10 mm	(3/8 inch)
Genoa sheet	8.0 m	(26.3 feet)	10 mm	(3/8 inch)
Mainsheet	20.1 m	(65.9 feet)	10 mm	(3/8 inch)
Spinnaker sheet	17.7 m	(58.0 feet)	10 mm	(3/8 inch)
Cunningham	3.6 m	(11.9 feet)	8 mm	(5/16 inch)
Kickingstrap	7.3 m	(23.8 feet)	8 mm	(5/16 inch)
Clew-outhaul	7.3 m	(23.8 feet)	8 mm	(5/16 inch)

Boat owner's ideas

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References

[Ref 1]: ISO 8666 Small craft — Principal data.
[Ref 3]: ISO 12215-5 Small craft — Hull construction and scantlings.