Haida 26 - Lindaré

to quote Robert Perry

“One of the very best boats ever designed. I based a good part of my design work around the Haida 26. I love that boat.”

Custom Haida – took several years to build the conversion.  I was a yacht designer both with Jay Benford (traditional designs) and Bruce King (Ericson Yachts, Hinkley, 90’+ luxury yachts etc).  This has been our family pocket cruiser since 1989.  And it is probably the only Haida with standing headroom for a 6’1″ person!  Located in Victoria, BC, Canada.

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Because of my yacht design experience, I spent a lot of time optimizing the interior and exterior of this boat.  Sat in her for 3 days before doing anything. This is completely unlike any other Haida on the planet and much more like a bigger boat.

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You may wonder why the interior is upholstered with a synthetic felt product – somewhat like automobile trunk liner material? Well, we discovered that it prevents condensation and mildew formation. It is always dry, yet washable if need be. The only places we encounter mildew over the winter is where there is no liner.  Only came in gray at the time so everything was coordinated around that.

Note the metal bulkhead and overhead heat protection and the extractor fan over the stove, the griddle and working board over top the 3 burner gimbaled Force 10 stove and the tiny microwave. Pot storage behind the the stove and under the stove. Icebox under the cushion at the bulkhead opening, steel mast support bridging the bulkhead opening.

Also note the full cabin length grab rail below the ports.  The working table drops down flat against the cabinet.

Table leaves swing up and bridge across to the port settee, or the whole table stores down at floor level folded, or as shown.  Full cabin length grab rail below the curtains. Consumable storage behind and under seats and chart storage behind seat back on port side as well as a lot of storage P & S behind seat backs.

Note the emergency pull start cord for the engine just above the top step – saved us one time when the key sheared on the starter and we had been forced almost onto the rocks by current and wave action with no wind!

Note the half coffin berth P & S.  The back folds down on an aluminium leg and the seat  back cushion is just re-positioned so you can sleep with your head and shoulders out if you wish. However, the berth is long enough to be used as a full length coffin berth if you want to without lowering the seat back.

Note the pre-drilled screw holes around the bulkhead opening. On the right you can see the piano hinge that connects two door halves that permit the forepeak to be sealed off if need be – it will leak, but is a whole lot better than nothing. Screws and driver live on corner on the floor. Another floodable chamber exists under the V-Berth which should fully seal. Same process – pre drilled holes etc.

Anchor locker is accessed by removing the mirrored door at the foot of the berth. Head is on the right.

Steel beam supports mast step.  Bulkhead is about 1.5″ thick.

Head is Wilcox Crittendon bronze and porcelain head. Whale pumps for salt water – head and galley.

2 main SS 316 keelbolts at each end of the flange keel, and as shown here –  Monel double keel bolts with stainless backing plates hold the cast iron epoxy coated keel.  Galvanic bonding throughout.

Vire 7 hp inboard turns a 12 x 10 3 blade prop on 1″ bronze shaft.

 

 

U-bolts go through deck and 4′ long aluminum channel chain plates under deck

Strap braces stabilize u-channel;  angle channel is bolted to bulkhead and u-channel

 

 

Hull to deck join is glassed with multiple layers of roving on the exterior – about 10″ onto the deck and 10″ down onto the hull all round.  Makes the original bolt through not needed, though it was left in place

Some things it features are:

twin headsails and poles
roller furling genoa
single sheet staysail on boom and flying stay
twin headstays (for twin headsails – one is a roller furling foil) plus quick release flying stay, twin backstays
fully battened main in lazyjacks
battenless main (never used)
monel and 2 massive SS 316 keel bolts
floodable chambers
deck hatch as main cabin access (see pic)
standing headroom
5′ x 7′ v-berth
2 half-coffin quarter berths (ie head out)
expandable table that reaches settee to settee or drops to face front the starboard berth at floor level
ice box
microwave
Force 10 SS 3 burner gimballed pressure kerosene stove with oven
Force 10 SS pressure kerosene heater
Vire 7 hp 2 cycle inboard – quieter and fewer moving parts.  Turns 12 x 10 3 blade

 Also includes 10′ OMC inflatable on davits, older  3.5 Eska OB,  CQR, choice of Danforth or North Hill, 2 radios – portable is submersible, new never used Life Sling man overboard rescue gear, life jackets, new compass, wood cradle ends for dry land storage, portable engine bed for engine run up in shop, etc

The pictures are current – that is the condition she is in. The last survey valued her at 19.5k in 2008.

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Contact:

Mo Alton

p79@shaw.ca

250-478-9609