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Articles

Coastal Cruising's 3-part article (15 pages) about how the Tartan 26 came to be. Quite an interesting read, if I do say so. I apologise for the quality of the copies; I received a photocopy of the story stashed in with other papers that I got when I bought Pretentious.

You will notice, if you have studied the Tartan brochure (~ 1.68MB pdf) that there are some differences between the original design and also with the prototype, Trilogy. Even Tartan made significant modifications throughout her brief production life, especially w/ regards the rudder configuration.
  1. Page 1 (first page of part one)
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    (with body plan and original sail plan, which in my opinion was better than what it ended up being. The mast was moved aft a foot, making the foretriangle larger)
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  6. Page 6 (first page of part two)
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  11. Page11 (first page of part three)
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