Colgate 26 Sportboat

The Family Sport Boat®
Top Sailing Boats for Performance Racing and Training

With Offshore, you sail with peace of mind knowing that the sailboat you're on is in top condition with the latest equipment and amenities.

For basic training, performance sailing and racing courses you sail the high-performance Colgate 26 sailboat - quite simply the safest, easiest, most fun boat there is. Designed by Steve Colgate and renowned naval architect Jim Taylor, the Colgate 26 won the 1997 Cruising World magazine Boat of the Year Award in the Pocket Cruiser category shortly after it debuted. This is the boat the U.S. Naval Academy, U.S. Coast Guard Academy, Maine Maritime Academy, Eckerd College and other institutions across the United States have chosen as their primary trainer.

In the security of its big, ergonomically designed cockpit you have plenty of room to move around, experiencing the feel of a larger boat with features that make sailing easy and safe. After learning on a Colgate 26, you are prepared to go on to racing or comfortably make the transition to cruising boats.

The Colgate 26 was conceived and designed with the future of sailing in mind. "My feeling was, and its been proven true," said Colgate, "that if a boat has all the features desired for teaching beginners and racing, the same boat will appeal to the broad public market. Our sail boats are being used and abused 6 to 7 days a week, 12 months a year in a number of Offshore Sailing School locations.”

Colgate made his Colgate 26 sailing boats as versatile as possible, thereby enhancing their resale value by appealing to a broad sector of the sailing public. Although widely used for training purposes, most of the 278 sail boats on the water today were bought by individuals who sail on lakes and bays for recreational fun, racing or both.

Thinking of owning? Offshore Grads save $500 off the purchase of a Colgate 26!

For more information on ownership, contact Steve Colgate at 866-842-4355 or visit www.colgate26.com. Fleet discounts are available.

Jack Hornor, principal naval architect and
marine surveyor critiques the Colgate 26
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