1981 Tollycraft 26
Step aboard this beautifully maintained and thoughtfully updated 1981 Tollycraft 26, a classic cruiser that combines timeless design with numerous upgrades. Renowned for its sturdy construction and seaworthiness, this Tollycraft boasts a brand new (2023) Volvo D4 Diesel engine with only 79 hours on it, including 2 new fuel tanks, shaft, propeller all new plumbing and wiring plus more. These are only a few of the many upgrades the owners have installed while enjoying cruising “Reel Catch” for the last 8 years.
If fishing is your passion, “Reel Catch” has a new custom-made swim platform to accommodate a Yamaha 25hp trolling motor mounted on an “Easylift” lift, plus the Tender and outboard on a Seawise style davit system. Included are two electric Scotty downriggers, four rod holders mounted on the rail plus S/S rocket launchers mounted on the flybridge rail. Brand new UltraDeck flooring finishes off the cockpit and flybridge nicely and is fantastic under foot.
The exterior boasts highly polished stainless steel trim which includes a new rub rail, new hand rails on the flybridge, new innovative s/s arch and bimini frame which can be lowered for transportation or boat house and also supports the solar panels, new helm seat and back-to-back seating, new courtesy and spot lights, new canvas, new side windows and fwd hatch. The electronics include a 2021 Garmin GPS 943XSV MFD with Radar overlay and AIS and the list goes on.
The interior has been lovingly refurbished with new galley counter top and drawers, new round sink, new propane stove top, new fridge, new dinette table and upholstery including new upholstery in the v-berth, new flooring.
With gleaming exterior finishes and a meticulously clean and inviting interior, this vessel radiates pride of ownership, that elevates the original charm of the craft. Every detail has been considered to keep this 26-foot gem in remarkable condition, making it a standout in the Tollycraft lineage. With its impeccable cleanliness and contemporary updates, this vessel is a “must see” and is ready for its next owner to take it to new horizons.
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1981 Tollycraft 26 Specifications
Name........................................................... Reel Catch
Year...................................................................... 1981
Builder.................................. Tolly Craft Boats Kelso WA
Designer.......................................................... Ed Monk
LOA......................................................................... 26’
Beam....................................................................... 10’
Draft ....................................................................... 3’9”
Displacement.................................................... 9,000lbs
Hull ..............................................................Fiberglass
Deck............................................................. Fiberglass
Steering.......................................................... Hydraulic
Fuel.................................................................... 100gal
Water................................................................... 40gal
Hot Water............................................................... 6gal
Holding Tank......................................................... 20gal
Heat..................................................... Diesel forced air
CONSTRUCTION
- Hull is molded CRP single skin
- Superstructure is CRP over cored sections
- Decks are molded CRP over cored sections
- Stringers are CRP over coring
- Fordeck around windlass rebuilt removing 3’ x 3’ soft sections
- NEW 2020 swim platform integrated with trolling motor
- New sliding and fixed side windows, powder coated in white, installed Aug 2023
- Hull has been stripped to gelcoat, blasted, blisters ground out, repaired and filled, new bottom paint
- New stainless steel rub rail (2024)
INTERIOR
- Bright, inviting and exceptionally clean with major upgrades throughout:
- New Planar 44D Diesel forced air cabin heat (2020)
- Newly finished teak and holly style flooring (2017)
- Galley: New custom counter with custom storage, new large round sink, with hot/cold mixing faucet
- Stovetop burner: New propane Kenyon two burner
- Fridge: New Nova Cool front-loading undercounter fridge/freezer (2019)
- New window blinds
- Dinette: back to back seating for 4 to port, new bright upholstery, custom made table
- Forward cabin: V-berth style, new mattress and covers, filler cushion, storage, reading lights
- New custom fwd hatch with beautiful wood frame
- Head: Enclosed compartment with a new sink and cabinetry
- Jabsco Manual toilet, macerator and holding tank (2017)
- Shower with drain pump
- Vanity, mirrors, LED lighting, heat plumbed into head
MECHANICAL
- NEW 2023, Diesel Volvo Penta D4, 270Hp, V-drive, fuel injected
- 79 Hours only on new engine
- Bow Thruster: tunnel style, Bow Power by Marine Hardware
- Trim Tabs: Bennet
- Trolling outboard: 2020 Yamaha T25XWTC mounted on “Easylift”, 20” travel with remote steering on joystick, throttle mounted aft in the cockpit (2020)
- New 2 x Aluminum fuel tanks, 100gal (2023)
- Duel racor filters with vacuum gauges and engine
- Fresh water heat exchanger
- Propeller: 19 x 21, 4 blade bronze RH (new)
- S/S prop shaft, 1 ½” (New 2023)
- New strut (2023)
- Rudder: Bronze spade
- Stern Gland: Tides dripless type
ELECTRICAL & PLUMBING
- 30amp shore power, 12VDC and 120VAC
- Start Battery: GRP27 Lead Acid
- 2nd Start battery installed, also powers the bow thruster
- House Batteries: 4 x Golf Cart Lead Acid (2019)
- Battery Charger: Promariner 12-40 P with remote (2020)
- Inverter: Freedom 20, 2000w, Xantrex remote (2020)
- Solar panels: 300watts (2021)
- Solar Controller: MPPT Epever
- LED lighting throughout including nav lights
- New courtesy cockpit and flybridge lighting 2021
- New blue “mood lighting”
- Water Tank: New Plastic 40gal
- Hot water tank: heated by engine or 12V. 6gal
- Holding Tank, plumbing and toilet
INSTRUMENTS
- Garmin GPS 943XSV, flybridge (2021) includes Radar overlay, AIS and radio controls
- Garmin GPS map 520 at lower helm
- Hummingbird fishfinder, at lower helm
- Garmin radar: GMR 18HD+ (2021)
- Uniden VHF, at lower helm
- Standard Horizon GX2200 on the flybridge
- TV: Sylvania mounted on the bulkhead in dinette
FORDECK AND SIDE DECKS
- Anchor Winch: Lofrans Marlin 12VDC
- Anchor: Rocna 10, 180ft ¼” chain, 100’ ½” nylon
- Spare Bruce anchor
- Life Rails: SS tube pushpit, stanchions
- Foredeck structurally rebuilt
- Ultra-Deck decking on foredeck, side decks and cockpit, installed Aug 2023
- New custom built fwd hatch (2025)
COCKPIT
- Large cockpit finished in Ultra-Deck (2024)
- Engine access through two large covers
- Lazerette storage and access to plumbing
- High safe sides with new S/S rails
- 2 x Downrigger mounts plus 4 x rod holders mounted on the rail
- Trolling motor throttle mounted to starboard, steering via a remote joystick
- Stern Line: 400’
- Boarding Ladder: SS tube extendable
- Cockpit eyebrow canvas
- Stairs mounted on the house to access the flybridge
FLYBRIDGE
- New custom S/S arch and structure incorporating the new bimini canvas and solar panel mounts
- Custom table mounted over door lid
- New back-to-back seats (2024)
- New swiveling captain’s chair (2024)
- UltraDeck flooring (2024)
- Helm instruments include: new Volvo EVC throttle, Volvo engine smart gauges, Garmin GPS, bow thruster control,
ADITIONAL EQUIPMENT
- Tender: Highfield CL260, PVC, 8’6”, (2017)
- Outboard: Yamaha 6hp, 4 stroke, 2020
- Davits: Seawise type, electric
- Canvas covers: Window covers, flybridge seat covers, helm cover on the flybridge
- 2 x electric Scotty downriggers included
- 2 x folding cockpit deck chairs
- Assorted galley equipment, glasses
- Dehumidifier and heater
- Safety gear, assorted
- Portable sunscreen/shade, can be erected anywhere on board the boat for shade
- Large dock box located on the dock
MAINTENANCE AND UPGRADES
- Blackline Marine March 2024: repaired all chips and dings in gelcoat for new rub-rail, windows and hatches, this included spray painting colour matching, metal work polishing, gelcoat polish and wax
- Blackline Marine July 2023: Hull prep for blister repair and bottom paint
- Bayside Diesel 2023: New Volvo D4: major installation including 2 x new diesel tanks, all new fuel system, new EVC controls at both helms, electrical, new exhaust muffler, new shaft tube and shaft, new prop
- Installation by Owners: New side and aft sliding and stationery windows ordered from Bounty Marine
- Bayside Diesel Jan 2024: Kicker cockpit controls, fuel tank, black water tank
- Bayview Yachts Aug 2024: UltraDeck installation
- Ocean Metal 2021: Fabrication of soft top frame and bimini, stern line reel, new seat mounts, downrigger mounts, cockpit light brackets, fabricate removable mounts and transport rack to lower bimini frame, new dinghy davit brace, fabricate new upper deck railings
- All Weather Boat tops 2022: canvas installation
- Salty Dog Marine 2021: Installation of electronics, solar panels, courtesy lighting, clean up electrical
- Trolling Motor 2020: Yamaha 25hp
- Raven Marine 2020: Installation on Planar diesel heater
- Monaro Marine 2020: Installation of new swim platform with new trolling motor
- Crescent Beach Marina 2020: AC and DC electrical upgrade, including Invertor, fuses, ACR, bus bars, battery cables and more
- Design and fabricate new swim grid to accommodate trawling motor
- Interior upgrades:
- Galley counter and sink, new stovetop, new fridge
- Dinette: new custom built table,
- New upholstery in dinette and berth
- New toilet, plumbing and tank
- New flooring in cabin
- Last haul-out: 2024
- Last anti-fouling: 2024
- Last zinc(s) change: 2024
- Last engine oil change: 10 hour oil change on new engine
- Next oil change due at 200 hours
The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.
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