The South Coast 26 is an American trailerable sailboat that was designed by James Monroe as a cruiser and first built in 1977.
[1][2] The design was built by South Coast Seacraft in United States, starting in 1977, but it is now out of production.
[1][2][3] The South Coast 26 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim.
It has a masthead sloop rig; a raked stem; a reverse transom; a transom-hung, vertically-lifting wooden rudder controlled by a tiller and a lifting keel with a weighted bulb.
[2] The boat is supported by an active class club that organizes racing events, the South Coast Seacraft Owners' Association.