The Sovereign 26 is an American trailerable

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that was designed by the

Sovereign Design Group Sovereign Yachts was an American boat builder based in Port Richey, Florida. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of fiberglass sailboats. The company was founded by Doug Steeg in 1978 and closed in 1998. History Steeg starte ...

as a cruiser and first built in 1982.

Production

The design was built by

Sovereign Yachts Sovereign Yachts was an American boat builder based in Port Richey, Florida. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of fiberglass sailboats. The company was founded by Doug Steeg in 1978 and closed in 1998. History Steeg starte ...

in the

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, starting in 1982, but it is now out of production.

Design

The Sovereign 26 is a recreational

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, built predominantly of

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. It has a

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rig and a fixed fin

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. It displaces and carries of ballast. The boat has a draft of with the standard shoal draft keel. The design has a

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of .

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Design

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