Super Seal 26 - 'Runaway Ruby' designed by Ron Holland and built in 1984 by John Baker Yachts in Exeter.
Runaway Ruby has been excellently maintained with lots of upgrades made between 2019 and 2022 to electronics, sails, and cruising amenities making her into a very capable and surprisingly comfortable cruiser-racer.
Super Seal 26 - 'Runaway Ruby' designed by Ron Holland and built in 1984 by John Baker Yachts in Exeter.
Runaway Ruby has been excellently maintained with lots of upgrades made between 2019 and 2022 to electronics, sails, and cruising amenities making her into a very capable and surprisingly comfortable cruiser-racer. Runaway Ruby formerly known as Jalo 1 has been very successful in the Solent racing scene this includes being the Division winner of Cowes week 2017, class wins in RTI on several occasions, and overall ISC winner in RTI in 2019
AVAILABLE FOR VIEWINGS SIX DAYS A WEEK BY APPOINTMENT ONLY
Mechanical
Yanmar 1GM - 6.5hp
Seawater cooling
Professionally serviced February 2022
2 blade folding flexifold prop - New 2019
Shaft drive
ELECTRICAL:
1 Domestic battery - New 2022
1 Engine battery - New 2022
Engine alternator
240 battery charger
Equipment
DECK EQUIPMENT:
9.5 kg Sarca Excel anchor - New in 2022
7mm chain x2 20m - New in 2022
12mm warp 20m - New 2022
Spliced anchor snubber - new 2022
Danforth Kedge anchor
Spinlock tiller extension
Stainless steel swimming ladder
x5 fenders
Boat hook
2 stainless steel wires from pushpit to pulpit supported by stanchions
Dodgers
New overboom canvas cover with battens to shade deck aft of mast
Spliced mooring warps
x2 10 m breast lines (black eyes)
x2 15 m springs (red eyes)
Rope-chain-rope mooring bridle
Deck Brush
2x buckets
Canvas mainsail cover
Furling jib cover
Canvas tiller cover
New tiller - 2021
New forehatch - 2022
New Coachroof windows - 2022
NAVIGATION EQUIPMENT:
Plastimo Contest compass and new cover 2022
Wireless Tacktick depth, speed and log
Wireless Tacktick wind - New anenometer cups and bearings 2022
Garmin GPS - 152H
ICOM VHF - M59
Autohelm tillerpilot
McMurdo M10W AIS transponder
Anchor Ball
SAFETY EQUIPMENT:
Ocean Signal EPIRB1
1 manual bilge pump
Clock and Barometer
4 man ocean safety liferaft - New in 2020 - service due February 2023
x2 manual fire extinguishers
Emergency Tiller
Rigging
Bermudan sloop
New standing rigging - 2016
Kemp aluminum spars - 2016
New spinnaker pole - 2016
Selden Furlex - full service - 2022
Spinnaker pole
Dyneema/Polyester running rigging
Most lines are led back to the cockpit and the mainsheet Easymatic 4:1 system is in easy reach of the helm position on a traveller that spans the cockpit seating
Backstay adjustment is by reduction blocks with a cam cleat adjacent to the rudder mounts - so also ideally situated or access from the helm
WINCHES:
x2 Lewmar self tailing for Genoa/spinnaker
x2 Gibb size 8 and 1 Lewmar 16 ST
SAILS:
Laminate mainsail - Ullman Sails - 3 reefs - serviced 2022 - very good condition
Cruising mainsail - Dacron - good condition - serviced 2022
Racing jib - medium size - North Sails - 3di laminate - very good condition
No.3 jib - very light use - very condition - foam luff for neat furling - perfect for stronger winds and single-handing
No.1 cruising jib - serviced 2022- good condition
North laminate code zero on furler - good condition - transforms light wind reaching
Light spinnaker
Heavy spinnaker
Accommodation
5 berths in 3 cabins including saloon
Double V berth in forepeak
Settee berths to either side of the saloon
Quarter berth to starboard
Large storage locker to port, accessed from the cockpit
Chart table to starboard
Folding saloon table
Upgraded galley to port
Neptune 2 burner and grill - new 2022
Gas system professionally installed in 2022
S/S sink - filter fitted 2022
Heads compartment to starboard with a handbasin and a Lavac sea toilet
Beige upholstery
Vanished marine ply throughout
Gelcoat deckhead
Construction
Super Seal 26, designed by Ron Holland and built-in 1984 by John Baker Yachts of Exeter, who built 100 of these well performing cruiser racers before production was taken over by Parker. This is hull number 96 and the last one built by John Baker Yachts.
GRP topsides, deck, and superstructure
A striking red stripe swoops around beneath the extruded aluminum toerail
Transom hung rudder
Cast iron fin keel
Non-slip sole
Last antifoul International Microncoats
TANKAGE:
1 30 ltrs fuel tank
1 100 ltrs water tank
DIMENSIONS:
LOA: 25.12 ft / 7.92 m
Beam: 9.25 ft / 2.82 m
Draft: 4.40 ft / 1.32 m
Displacement: 5,000 lb / 2,268 kg
