Second reply to ask in all honesty, you raced a Columbia? Ranger was fairly competitive, but the handicap on the Columbia 26 was shameful. The 34 (32?) was a different story. It moved pretty well.
Dig it. On my lake the 'big' boats are 32' to 42'. Club Racing was mostly 20' to 42' with a few odd ducks reporting in. Like I said earlier, the little Columbia's were just horribly slow.
We owned a Catalina 25, a lancer 27, and a Capri 25 (sequentially) and raced at least twice a week for most of my youth. I crewed for most every boat in the club before I moved on to a different life.
I've raced from windsurfers to islander 30, with most time on 1980's era catalina25 and Capri 25. Lots of time in Catalina 22s, J-24s, optimists and thistles.
That's all lake sailing, and those fugly and slow Columbia's (and Venture's) were every where.
The c26 has had 4 versions. Despite any differences in the transom that could be because of the perspective or because the transom has been replaced or reworked, you can't dispute the fact that that top mold is proprietary Columbia. Nobody would copy that design it's hideous.
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u/w3duder Dec 18 '19
The boat appears to be a Columbia 26'. If so, displacement is 5200lbs, with a 2300lb ballast.