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Folkboats & other small yachts

Info on the Folkboat and other small yachts derived from the original design. These lists focus on long keel boats of around 26' length over all with a draught of around 4'. Generally, they're all solid and seaworthy small yachts with the obvious compromises of being somewhat wet to sail and cramped below by modern white boat standards. This is just a list with some extra information rather than an exhaustive resource on these yachts, but hopefully it'll be useful to someone. It's hardly a comprehensive resource, so if there are any designs I've missed let me know.

Folkboat designs & their derivatives

Name LOA LWL Beam Draught Displacement Ballast Sail area Headroom Berths Engine
Nordic Folkboat 25' 2" 19' 8" 7' 3" 3' 11" 4,300 lb 2,315 lb 258 sq ft      
Folksong 25 25' 2" 19' 8" 7' 3" 3' 9" 5,040 lb 1,985 lb 280 sq ft 4' 4" 3-4 Inboard / Outboard well
Contessa 26 25' 6" 20' 0" 7' 6" 4' 0" 5,400 lb 2,690 lb 304 sq ft 5' 8" 4 Inboard
Marieholm IF 25' 10" 19' 10" 7' 5" 4' 0" 4,740 lb 2,750 lb 280 sq ft 4' 8" 4 Inboard / Outboard well
Bowman 26 26' 1" 19' 10" 8' 0" 4' 0" 5,062 lb   313 sq ft   4 Inboard
Marieholm 26 26' 3" 20' 2" 7' 3" 4' 0" 5,000 lb 2,300 lb 280 sq ft   4 Inboard
Invicta 26 26' 5" 20' 8" 7' 4" 3' 11" 5,130 lb 2,307 lb 311 sq ft   4 Inboard
Hurley 27 27' 0" 20' 0" 8' 0" 4' 6" 5,820 lb   532 sq ft   5 Inboard
Halcyon 27 27' 0" 20' 3" 7' 8" 4' 0" 6,720 lb 3,000 lb 365 sq ft   4 Inboard
Dockrell 27 27' 0" 21' 0" 8' 0" 3' 0" 7,000 lb 3,200 lb 314 sq ft   5 Inboard

Other boats worth considering

These don't have the usual transom-hung rudder of the Folkboat, but are otherwise similar in their characteristics.

Name LOA LWL Beam Draught Displacement Ballast Sail area Headroom Berths Engine
Wing 25 25' 0" 18' 0" 8' 0" 3' 7" 6,610 lb 2,380 lb 260 sq ft   4 Inboard
Pearson Ariel 25' 7" 18' 8" 8' 0" 3' 8" 5,120 lb 2,300 lb 307 sq ft   4 Inboard
Cutlass 27 27' 0" 20' 0" 7' 8" 4' 6" 6,496 lb 3,250 lb 338 sq ft   4 Inboard
Albin Vega 27' 1" 23' 0" 8' 0" 3' 10" 5,070 lb 2,017 lb 341 sq ft   4 Inboard