- Length
- 7.87 m
- Beam
- 2.43 m
- Draft
- 0.63 m
- Sail area
- 25.08 m²
Specifications
Dimensions & displacement6
- Length overall
- 7.87 m
- Waterline length
- 6.96 m
- Beam
- 2.43 m
- Draft
- 0.63 m
- Displacement
- 1,996 kg
- Ballast
- 635 kg
Sails & rig9
- Rig type
- Sloop, masthead rig
- Sail area
- 25.08 m²
- Mainsail area
- 12.18 m²
- Foresail area
- 12.83 m²
- Foretriangle height (I)
- 8.94 m
- Foretriangle base (J)
- 2.87 m
- Mainsail luff (P)
- 7.67 m
- Mainsail foot (E)
- 3.18 m
- Forestay length
- 9.39 m
Hull & construction2
- Hull material
- Fibreglass
- Keel type
- Modified full keel
Production & design4
- Production started
- 1974
- Production ended
- 1977
- Hulls built
- 130
- Designer
- Alan Payne
Performance ratios6
- Sail area / displacement
- 16.13
- Displacement / length
- 165.08
- Ballast / displacement
- 31.8 %
- Comfort ratio
- 18.07
- Capsize screening
- 1.95
- Hull speed
- 6.4 kn
Yacht photography
Years, generations and variants
Columbia T-261 generation
01
1974–1977