Didi 26
Description
The Didi 26 is a high-performance, trailerable sailboat designed by Dudley Dix in 1997, built for amateur construction using radius chine plywood techniques. It’s a compact cruiser-racer with a length overall of 26’3” (8m), a beam of 8’1” (2.47m), and a displacement of 2,205 lbs (1,000 kg). It features a lifting or fixed keel (draft: 1’8”/0.5m up, 5’7”/1.7m down) and a fractional sloop rig with a sail area of 352 sq.ft (32.7 m²). The boat offers two rig options (tall or short) and a 400kg bulb keel for stability. Its construction uses plywood with epoxy coating, making it lightweight yet durable, with a stitch-and-glue cabin top for simplicity.
Construction Details
| Designer | Dudley Dix |
|---|---|
| Length | 26.000 ft |
| LOA | 26.250 ft |
| LWL | 24.770 ft |
| Beam | 8.100 ft |
| Displacement | 2205 lb |
| Max Draft | 5.580 ft |
| Min Draft | 1.640 ft |
The standard boat dimensions
| i | 29.79 ft |
|---|---|
| j | 8.86 ft |
| p | 34.45 ft |
| e | 12.79 ft |
| p2 | - |
| e2 | - |
| I | J | P | E | P2 | E2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29.79 ft | 8.86 ft | 34.45 ft | 12.79 ft | - | - |
Sails
| Sail Type | MAINSAIL |
|---|---|
| 23 | * 34.45 |
| 10 | * 12.79 |
| 24.55 | * 35.62 |
| 88 | 86 |
| 24.76 | * 35.9 |
| 4.5 | * 6 |
| 118.76 | * 227.18 |
| Sail Type | JIBSAIL |
|---|---|
| Luff | 29.53 ft - (9001 mm) |
| Foot | 10 ft - (3048 mm) |
| Leech | 25.43 ft - (7751 mm) |
| Percentage LP | * 94.24 % |
| Length Perpendicular | * 8.35 ft - (2545 mm) |
| Deck Angle | * 16.86 ° |
| Area | * 123.23 ft² |
| Sail Type | JIBSAIL |
|---|---|
| Luff | 29.5 ft - (8992 mm) |
| Foot | 11 ft - (3353 mm) |
| Leech | 26.25 ft - (8001 mm) |
| Percentage LP | * 109.82 % |
| Length Perpendicular | * 9.73 ft - (2966 mm) |
| Deck Angle | * 11.19 ° |
| Area | * 143.59 ft² |
| Sail Type | GENOA |
|---|---|
| Luff | 29.53 ft - (9001 mm) |
| Foot | 14.93 ft - (4551 mm) |
| Leech | 23.19 ft - (7068 mm) |
| Percentage LP | * 130.59 % |
| Length Perpendicular | * 11.57 ft - (3527 mm) |
| Deck Angle | * 22.62 ° |
| Area | * 170.86 ft² |
| Sail Type | ASYMMETRICAL |
|---|---|
| Luff | 36.088 ft - (11000 mm) |
| Foot | 23.75 ft - (7239 mm) |
| Leech | 32 ft - (9754 mm) |
| Perc LP | * 165 % |
| Area | * 643 ft² |
| Sail Type | ASYMMETRICAL |
|---|---|
| Luff | 44.95 ft - (13701 mm) |
| Foot | 24.5 ft - (7468 mm) |
| Leech | 40 ft - (12192 mm) |
| Perc LP | * 165 % |
| Area | * 826 ft² |
| Sail Type | ASYMMETRICAL |
|---|---|
| Luff | * 29.53 ft - (9001 mm) |
| Foot | * 14.62 ft - (4456 mm) |
| Leech | * 27.17 ft - (8281 mm) |
| Perc LP | * 165 % |
| Area | * 324 ft² |
Disclaimer. Boats are not all the same -- even when produced in the same factory of the same model. Sailrite does its best to publish accurate dimensions, but we often find it worthwhile to have our customers measure their boats carefully before we produce kits for them. You should take the same precautions, especially when the data is not from Sailrite.