Cranchi E26 Classic

Name: Cranchi E26 Classic
Brand: Cranchi

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E26 Classic - exterior — Cranchi

Design

Designer: Centro Studi Ricerche Cranchi
Naval architect: Aldo Cranchi

Summary

Motor MonohullInboard DieselCE B

Length overall: 25.8 ft
Beam: 8.2 ft
Maximum speed: —
Cruising speed: —
Range: —

* A standard reference image, not the actual boat — shown to help visualise this model's published dimensions.

Best Suited For

Coastal Cruising
From the published figures: CE Category B · LOA 7.85 m

Tags are derived from certified class, length, sail area, accommodation and tankage using the criteria described on the Sources page; an editor may add or remove one.

Speed, Power & Tanks

What the builder publishes about how fast, how strong and how much the boat carries.

Power to weight

Total engine power per tonne of published displacement — more means livelier acceleration for the hull. Drawn for motor yachts.

not published: displacement

Tanks

Fuel and water on one scale: a tank twice the height holds twice as much.

Fuel71 gal
Water17 gal
9 gal of water per berth

Design Category

Certified CE design category B (Offshore): the wind and waves the EU Recreational Craft Directive says this boat is designed to take.

D
Sheltered waters
Wind
up to Beaufort 4
Waves
up to 0.3 m
C
Inshore
Wind
up to Beaufort 6
Waves
up to 2 m
BThis boat
Offshore
Wind
up to Beaufort 8
Waves
up to 4 m
A
Ocean
Wind
above Beaufort 8
Waves
above 4 m

Design limits set by the EU Recreational Craft Directive (2013/53/EU), in significant wave height. A category covers the conditions of those below it. It is the limit the boat was designed to, not a promise that it is safe in any conditions within it — that judgement stays with the skipper.

Dimensions

LOA: 25.8 ft (7.85 m)
Hull length: 25.6 ft (7.8 m)
LWL: —
Beam: 8.2 ft (2.49 m)
Draft (min): 3.1 ft (0.95 m)
Draft (max): —
Air draft: —
Displacement: —
Ballast: —
Cabins: 1
Heads: —
Berths: 2

Performance

Maximum speed: —
Cruising speed: —
Range: —
Guests: —
Crew: —

Engine and Tanks

Engine: 280–350 hp (Volvo Penta)
Engine count: 1
Engine manufacturer: Volvo Penta
Propulsion type: —
Fuel capacity: 71 gal (270 L)
Fresh water capacity: 17 gal (65 L)
Black water capacity: —

Construction

Hull material: —
Deck material: —
Rudder type: —
Steering wheels: —

Builder's Own Figures

Art direction: Christian Grande
Thruster draft (approx): 0,95 m
Maximum persons capacity: Cat. B 10 / Cat. C 12
Dry displacement (by engine): 2.400 / 2.660 kg
Engines (options): V6-280 / V8-350 / D4, sterndrive DP-S

Figures read fromcranchi.com/yacht/e26-classic/read 9/13/2026

About Cranchi

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Italian builder of motor yachts, founded in 1870 on Lake Como and joined by the Monzino family in 1970.

Cranchi counts six generations since 1870, the year Giovanni Cranchi's craft business was registered to build wooden boats on Lake Como. In 1932 another Giovanni Cranchi, grandson of the founder, moved the workshop to Brienno, still on the lake shore, and gave it the scale of a boatyard. In 1970, a hundred years after the first workshop, Tullio Monzino went into partnership with Aldo Cranchi and the yard moved to the nearby Valtellina to expand. The yard has operated independently since 1870, and the Cranchi family still owns it today alongside the Monzino family.

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