26' Tartan Fantail

2024 Tartan Fantail Weekender model sailed for 2 seasons in fresh water

I ordered the boat new from Tartan and after the first season I got a slip at our marina that could fit a Corsair trimaran unfoldedand Ive always wanted a trimaran.

Tartan has been making the Fantail for approximately 14 years. My boat is the first one with a white hull. It is a beautiful boat, in nearly new condition, and has a very large cockpit!

The boat was stored inside my storage unit.

This boat is a lot of fun to sail. It just takes a few minutes and you are out on the water. The engine is super quiet, the boat backs up with ease, and the engine easily pushes the boat along at 5 knots. My friends at the marina with much larger boats always wanted to go out on the Fantail. The cockpit easily fits 6 or more. When my wife and I went out, she could lay down in the cockpit and go to sleep, and I could control everything from the back of the cockpit. There is not much to do when you tack because the jib is self tacking and you control the jib sheets from either side of the boat.

I priced out a new Fantail Weekender with the same options: over $160,000. For over $35,000 less you will get a very clean, nearly new Fantail. Note: If you look at older Fantails, many have an aluminum mast, and these boats don't sail nearly as well. Also, the Torqeedo Pod system is relatively new. Many of the older Fantails have the 3.0 electric motor that is essentially an outboard that is mounted in the stern locker and has to be kicked up when sailing. In my opinion it ruins the look of the boat. With the pod you get a nice clean stern.

The boat just came out of the water and is on the trailer and ready for next season. It can be left in my storage unit over the winter, or picked up anytime.

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Features of the boat:
Torqeedo Cruise 3.0FP POD drive electric motor with 24-3500 lithium ion battery, charger and folding propeller. Just plug it into shore power to charge and you are ready to go. I daysail, and never came back to the dock with less than 70% charge. The controller tells you percent battery power, speed, and distance you can travel based on your current battery usage.

Low maintenance exterior trim. The only wood is the tiller; a tiller cover and tiller extender are included.

VC 17 bottom paint. Paint was applied at the factory, and after the first season I applied another coat of VC 17.

Shoal Draft keel, 3.5. The standard boat comes with draft of 4.5. The designer, Tim Jackett, said the boat sails just as well with the shoal draft keel.

Raymarine VHF radio.

Raymarine Wireless knot and depth with multifunction display.

Carbon fiber mast, and carbon fiber pocket boom with lazy jacks. I did not like the zippered mainsail cover that came with the boat, and I had a custom made traditional mainsail cover (Lee Sail Covers, same tan color) made which I prefer. Both are included with the boat.

Self tacking jib with jib sheets led aft. You can easily control the jib sheets while steering the boat.

Dacron main and roller furling jib.
Interior has navy blue V-berth cushions.

Large port and starboard cockpit lockers, and large stern locker.

Porta potti.

Dual axel trailer.