We were Balboa 26 owners for 2 years, but sold our beloved boat in 2005. We understand there are still many Balboa enthusiasts out there who appreciate this fine boat and we decided to keep this homepage up and running, although we cannot contribute our own pictures to this page anymore.
Nontheless -- if you have any Balboa 26 pics and would like to show them off here, don't hesitate to e-mail me.
I will be happy to add you to the list.
Original Balboa 26 brochure and manual of launch and retrieve (grateful thanks to Cliff Unruh for his permission to link)
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FREE online SAILING SIMULATORS:
1.) An INTERACTIVE SAILING SIMULATOR !
2.) And here is a WAVE SIMULATOR
3.) Another similar simulator
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SUPPLIER OF BALBOA PARTS:
Idasailor - carries parts for the Balboa 26 and other types of the Balboa's.... ask for their MAIL CATALOG and you will find many many articles for the Balboa (not so much online).
Here is an excerpt of the (scanned) printed catalog...
side 1 - side 2 - side 3 - side 4 - side 5 - side 6
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BALBOA FORUM (Information exchange):
Balboa 26 Forum on Yahoo Groups - information and picture exchange
Sign up to the Yahoo Groups Forum for Balboa 26 owners (information and photos exchange for Balboa owners)
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ABOUT THE DESIGNER OF THE BALBOA 26:
Lyle C. Hess
(you will be redirected to another site.... come back again!). One other boat he designed was the Ensenada 20. This site containes informative descriptions/photos of several projects.
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A site with many links to sailing-related sites:
This Sailing Page with hundreds and hundreds of listed sailing sites... worth a look and ad-free too!
Practical Sailor Magazine
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AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST....
About Us, the makers and keepers of this site.
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(projects with the sewing machine!)
Balboa 26 Information Exchange for Balboa owners
on YAHOO GROUPS!
(See right column)
Practical Sailor Magazine is featuring the B26 in it's June 2007 issue!
If you want to belong to the "unofficial Balboa 26 list"... e-mail Ron and he will, in exchange for some info of you and your boat, send you this list. There are (as of summer of 2005) about 50 owners listed, all over the USA. Probably a fellow Balboa owner lives right next to you?! And here is Ron's Balboa 26!
Model: Balboa 26 (retractable swing keel and trailerable)
Year: 1973 Hull: #217
Sleeps: 4-5 (4 pushes the limits and 5 only, if they REALLY REALLY like each other)
Galley: Two-burner propane stove
Head: Porta-potti
Steering: Tiller
Hull: Fiberglass
Engine: 9.9 Mercury Bigfoot Sailpower Outboard
(2004 model), four-stroke, electric start
Designer: Lyle Hess
Trailer: dual axle with surge breaks
Click on the blue B26 button above to submit your boat location and find other Balboa owners on the map!
