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NEW LISTING – Frances 26 ‘BLUE ILEX’

Monday 28th June 2021

Mark Cameron Yachts are delighted to have been appointed to act in the sale of the Frances 26 ‘BLUE ILEX’.

The Frances 26 BLUE ILEX is one of the last boats to be built by Victoria Yachts in Warsash; the 1994 London Earls Court Boat show exhibition boat for the company, she also featured in the PBO review of that same year. A cutter rigger version of the Frances 26 design she is set up for comfortable cruising with all  lines lead aft to the cockpit with the exception of the foresail halyards. Below decks she features the later layout with four adult-sized berths, childs berth, linear galley and heads compartment aft.

A much loved example of the Frances 26 her inventory includes highlights such as:

• Hull polished and antifouled ready for launching 2021
• Yanmar 2YM15 marine diesel engine, installed new 2013, less than 500 hours run
• Sterngeard overhaul in 2013
• Simrad autopilot
• Tack Tick wind instrument (2011)
• Autohelm ST50 Depth and Log instruments
• Icom IC-M411 DSC VHF (2008)
• Lowrance HDS M5 plotter
• Saturn Sails Mainsail, fitted new in 2018
• Saturn Sails Yankee, new in 2020, not used to date
• Seago inflatable dinghy

We have a large number of additional photos available upon request. BLUE ILEX is offered for sale lying ashore and ready for her new owners to commission and launch for the summer afloat.

Find Full Details of BLUE ILEX here

Frances 26 ‘BLUE ILEX’

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26’ FRANCES. A small double-ended cruiser.

HULL NUMBER 1 of the Frances design, built by Tom Morris in 1975. It had a custom tall, double spreader sailplan, no pulpits, and beautiful sails, for racing.

LALUZ. A flush decked Frances that has sailed more than halfway around the world.

ONE OF THE British cutters, She has the more conservative, shorter mast and two jibs of short hoist. Her tidy rig would be the better choice for longer, further offshore voyaging.

The second FRANCES was fractional sloop rigged with a self-tending jib. The first few FRANCESes were flush decked like this. When a short house was added with full headroom (if one was less than six feet tall), and more efficient sailplans were designed, interest in the boat blossomed. Before all was said and done, more than 200 yachts were built to this design.

ORIGINAL FRANCES DIMENSIONS

LOA: 25′  10″

LWL: 21′  3″

BEAM: 8′  4″

DRAFT: 3’  10″ (NOW 4′-1″)

DISPLACEMENT, as built: 6,800 lbs Full load 7300 lbs (approx)

BALLAST (lead):  3,500  lbs

SAIL AREA (100% foretriangle): 317 to 340  sq ft (varies)

DISPL/L RATIO: 316 – 330 (varies)

SAIL AREA/DISP RATIO: 14.5 to 15.6 (varies)

LA LUZ cruising in the tropics. She sailed from Maine to New Zealand.

The FRANCES is one of recent history’s most admired small cruising designs. Well over 200 of the small yachts are now sailing, and they are well loved wherever they voyage. I decided to design this small but capable cruising boat in 1974. My own boat was flush-decked, and I cruised it from Maine to Rhode Island. Another (LA LUZ) is halfway through a circumnavigation. A third (YANLI) has sailed from England to Australia and then to Hawaii and back to Australia.  Many of the sisterships added a small house for full headroom, and a variety of sailplans have been fitted.

FRANCES es were built in fiberglass by Morris Yachts in America and Victoria Marine in the U.K. Quite a few fine examples were custom built from our plans of cold-moulded wood using the WEST system.

And now, in her dotage, new aspirants are restoring these fine old boats for their own adventures. Sailing the open ocean in such a small boat is borderline foolhardy- though many have successfully crossed oceans. But if you are aware of the discomforts of facing a storm at sea in something of this size, and are aware of the many advantages of a small, manually handleable yacht, the Frances is one of the better alternatives.

The lines of the original FRANCES.

A preliminary sketch for the first FRANCES .

I often ponder what it might be about the FRANCES design that makes it so popular. I think it must be the aesthetics first and foremost.  But the real surprise is how well it sails. Nearly half of her weight is ballast, and it is made of lead. So despite her shallow draft she is reasonably stable and surprisingly fast. Of the various rigs the ones with larger headsails and smaller mainsails proved to be the faster and more weatherly, at the expense of more work trimming, of course. Some of the earlier sailplans were frankly overcanvassed, and a new sailplan, designed in 2020, offers more drive with less heeling,

YOU COULD add a spinnaker, and then you could race her. With a shallow keel and a lot of wetted surface, racing the short-rigged Frances is an exercise in futility. But it’s colorful and if there’s not a lot of windward work, you might just possibly collect silverware.

In the last year I have been contacted by three Frances owners who want to improve their 45-year-old boats, and one who intends to build a new one. The biggest improvement among many small ones is to fit a carbon fiber mast and a new sailplan. This new rig falls about halfway between the old short and tall rigs. It specifies a roller-furler for the jib and a genoa, and a solid vang for the boom, plus a deployable Spectra inner forestay and Solent jib for windier conditions. If you own an old Frances and want to improve it, or can buy one for a reasonable price but are realistic about the significant cost to bring it up to date, contact the designer and invest in a new rig and sails that will significantly improve your boat’s performance, and leave the political craziness and economic uncertainty of life ashore behind.

The original FRANCES hull is pared away in width below the points where the cabin sole needs width and the fairing radius between keel and hull is tight. This is a shape without a lot of form stability, so the FRANCES compensated with an unusually low center of gravity thanks to 3500 pounds of lead ballast.

THE NEWEST SAILPLAN. It uses a carbon fiber mast and simplified rigging with sweptback spreaders, a single aft lower shroud, and larger diameter stainless steel rigging. The offshore or inshore mission of each boat can be addressed by the amount of overlap of the genoa. This particular boat’s owner anticipates heading off on an immediate ocean crossing, so the genoa is of modest overlap and a deployable Spectra stay and Solent jib are available for heavy weather.

I adored my little FRANCES . She was beautiful, well mannered, stable enough, and just plain fun. Her sleek lines cut through resistance like a dreadnaught. Point FRANCES toward a destination and she was unstoppable. Her timeless virtues seem to have disappeared from the modern world. They just don’t build ’em like FRANCES anymore.

LA LUZ had a big genoa so she goes very well in light airs. She spent five years sailing in the South Pacific and ended up in New Zealand.

THE NEW VERSIONS will have a short cabin very similar to this, perched atop the midship raised deck. The perception of space this lends to the interior is quite amazing.

WITH THE SHORT, almost 6-foot headroom house, the interior of a Frances could feel much larger than you’d expect on a 26-foot boat. This is a custom WEST-system boat built in New Zealand.

The Aft Head arrangement for the Frances with one seaberth and a permanent double. (Note: The companionway steps may have to be slid forward depending upon your choice of propulsion).

The Aft Head arrangement for the Frances with two settees, and a large double berth forward. (Note: The companionway steps may have to be slid forward depending upon your choice of propulsion).

The original FRANCES is a highly respected, classic design. She’s comparable in many ways to an MGTD or a J3 Cub. They spewed oil and weren’t very fast by today’s standards, but they were so cute and stylish and safe that owners have enjoyed every minute of their use for decades. The hullform is conventional, heavily ballasted , with no concessions made for speed. It has a CSV (capsize screen value) of 1.70. Anything less than 2.00 is considered a good choice for offshore voyaging.

This design is featured in both of my recent books; MY YACHT DESIGNS and the Lessons they taught me, and THE BOATS I’VE LOVED— 20 Classic Sailboat Designs by Chuck Paine. Both are beautiful, full colored, first class books which give you lots more information on this design, and can be purchased on this website.

QUITE A FEW sailplans have been fitted to a FRANCES. This is one of the “tall rigs”, which could even be raced, and really got the boat going in light to moderate airs, but are too overcanvassed for offshore voyaging.  If your idea is to sail around the world, the more conservative rigs, with a three-foot shorter mast, would require reefing less often.

A British built cutter rigged FRANCES.                                                photo credit Charlie Whiteman

FOR MORE PHOTOS OF LA LUZ , A FLUSH-DECKED FRANCES THAT HAS BEEN SAILED HALFWAY AROUND THE WORLD, CLICK HERE:

http://frances26.org/laluz.php

Further information may be obtained from:

CHUCKPAINE.COM LLC Tenants Harbor, Maine 04860-0114

To email Chuck:

[email protected]

A LONG, FUN HISTORY OF THE FRANCES 26 DESIGN

You’ll find great histories of the FRANCES design in both of my books, available as digital downloads from this website. But a recently formed Facebook Group called The Chuck Paine Yacht Designs Fan Club has produced all sorts of photos from owners all over the world, and a few interesting anecdotes. With the benefit of these gifts from the 48-year history of the Frances design, here is a much longer story, told mostly in pictures..

The first of many eventual sailplans had a tall fractional sloop rig with a self-tending jib set on a jibboom. This worked okay before  jib roller-furling became popular, but the boomed jib gave up some potential sail area and the tall mast was heavy and required a lot of rigging with its weight and windage.

THERE I WAS at age 30. Young and ambitious, I’d come up with an idea of what life was about for me. Design a new yacht, build a prototype in my beautiful rented shop, sell it to one of the many emerging fiberglass boatbuilders and do it all over again. With my superb shop full of the finest tools someone else’s money could buy, a pretty girlfriend who looked like she might stick around, and my loyal dog Shep at my feet, what could possibly go wrong?

IN 1973 I had recently quit my job working for Dick Carter as a draftsman. I’d met this girl (now my wife) and decided to take her on a backpacking trip from Scotland to India. I had this idea that when we returned I would take my life savings and design and build a boat. The Westsail 32 had become a life-changing phenomenon for sea-seeking vagabonds, and I figured what the world needed was a smaller, more affordable double-ender.  26 feet was all I could afford so that determined her size. I lucked out and was able to rent this beautiful, heated and insulated shop full of the best woodworking tools for next to nothing. This shows the nearly finished hull upside down in midsummer of 1974, when I met this guy named Tom Morris who was getting started as a boatbuilder and fell in love with the design. We made a handshake deal that he would take a fiberglass mold off my hull, invest in a lot more tooling and a ballast mold, and I would press on and finish my boat in time for me to take it to the Newport Boat Show in September, and we would both become rich and famous. In the end, luck intervened.

AFTER TOM MORRIS had taken his mold off my hull the day came to turn her over.

AS THE SUMMER wore on my boat was nearing completion. Her hull was built using the then popular foam core over stringers method, with a conventional glass covered plywood deck over frames.

WITH MY BOAT NEARLY FINISHED, the shop burned to the ground. Gone were my new boat, my life savings, all my tools, my landlord’s beautiful shop that I had planned to live out my life in, and my newfound livelihood. But I dusted myself off and determined to take the insurance settlement and build another Frances in the Spring.

IN A STROKE OF GOOD FORTUNE I had met Tom Morris and he had committed to building new Franceses. When he heard about the loss of my boat he offered to sell me a hull from his new mold at cost, and space in his shop in Southwest Harbor in which to complete it. I hired my twin and he moved to Maine to help me get it built. We worked together for six months of intense work and got her finished in time to show her at the 1975 Newport Boat Show. Tom and I sat together on the side deck for four days and sold boats… it was that easy back in the halcyon days of fiberglass boatbuilding.

WHEN CUSTOMERS CAME ALONG who wanted to build a FRANCES of some other material than fiberglass, I would sell them the appropriate plans. Most of these customers hailed from other parts of the world. This one is Tom Thumb , built in Australia.

NUTCRACKER was built in the WEST System by a lady sailmaker from Toronto.

HERE’s NUTCRACKER 46 years after first launched, restored to like-new condition. WEST System cold molded yachts last virtually forever., given a facelift every 50 years or so.

TOM THUMB coming at you. A lot of boat, a lot of ballast, and a lot of wind.

A GUY NAMED DICK CROSS BOUGHT A KITBOAT FROM Tom and hired my brother Art to help him finish it. Art drew a rig with a huge 150% overlap genoa, and in less than ten knots of wind the boat really flew. Like many well-drawn double-enders his boat KARMA could be easily steered by a wind-vane self steerer. Here Dick is having a kip while the boat steers itself happily to windward. Dick was a man’s man. No roller furling on that genoa, and if the breeze got above 10 knots he’d have to wrestle it into submission and hoist a smaller jib. And don’t forget his version had a bowsprit.

IN 2022 I caught up with hull number one of the FRANCES, built by Tom Morris alongside the hull that I was completing in his shop. She’s still going strong. I still remember that her original owner asked me to design a tall double-spreader rig for her so that she could be raced.

TOM MORRIS sent this photo of one of his first builds, BLENKEZOUKER, to most of the European yachting magazines. As a result Bernard Hayman, the then editor of Yachting World in Britain, wrote an embarrassingly favourable editorial, decrying the fact that it took a bloody Yank to design something so beautiful. Four British boatbuilders saw the editorial and heard that it had in the words of Hayman elicited more inquiries to Yachting World than any article in its history, and asked to build it under license. Tom Morris and I chose a young and ambitious entrepreneur, Peter Gregory, and his new company Victoria Marine, to build the Frances in the UK. In a few years he had built more than 150 Franceses is various versions, and commissioned three more Chuck Paine designs to be built at his shop in Warsash at the mouth of the Hamble river. The success of the Frances and my next design for Peter, the Victoria 30 , caught the eye of Charles Maunder at Bowman Yachts in Woolston (Southampton, UK), and in the next few years he built hundreds of yachts to four of my designs.

CHUCK AND DEBBY at their first London Boat Show, 1977.

HERE’S ONE OF the many Franceses at her birthplace Stone Pier Yard in Warsash, UK. Not your typical English weather, but when the sun shines in southern England, it’s glorious.

A CUTTER RIGGED Frances somewhere along the coast of England.  The wobbly perimeter of the sunshade makes me crazy.

THUS BEGAN MANY YEARS of commuting to England to sell boats, and to convince either Peter or Charles Maunder of Bowman Yachts that he needed a new design. I would attend the London Boat Show at Earls Court Exhibition Centre every January, and the Southampton Boat Show every September. In all those years I can’t recall  a Southampton show when the relentless rain that typifies an English summer didn’t cease for the week in September that I had to be at the show

A TYPICAL Southampton Boat Show scene.

DITTO. Was it my sunny disposition that brought the fine weather?

GALAVANT WAS built in New Zealand in wood/epoxy. If you ever get to Christchurch, drive to its seaport Lyttleton and maybe you will find her there.

SOME OF THESE home-built boats were really nicely done. GALAVANT ‘s owner decided to open up the interior by eliminating the usual “main bulkhead”, using a series of hanging knees to provide adequate strength. I like it.

SAME BOAT looking aft

I PARTICULARLY LIKE the cabin sole- nice, light color.

ANOTHER PHOTO OF HER SHAPE.

FELICITY . A British Frances that sailed to Maine.

SOLEIL . Tom Morris owned this one himself for awhile.

A VICTORIA FRANCES. Location unknown. This is the tidy original “British Cutter” rig. Not fast, but it could stand up to much more wind than the tall, racy rigs.

I FOUND YANLI in Bateman’s Bay, Australia. When I encountered her I didn’t know her story. She must have been shipped there on the deck of a freighter, I thought. Nobody would be crazy enough to sail a Frances that distance. Then through the Chuck Paine Yacht Designs Fan Club on Facebook I learned her actual story. A fellow bought her new in Warsash, UK. He financed her. Put down his down payment, hoisted the sails, and that was the last the bank heard from her owner for years. He sailed her south to the Canary Islands, then across to the Caribbean. Then through the Panama Canal. Howcum the bank didn’t have an arrest warrant waiting for her at this obvious choke point I can’t fathom. Then on he sailed to New Zealand. As if that weren’t enough adventure sailing too small a boat on too large an ocean, he then sailed across the Pacific again to the North, to Hawaii. And that is where the bank finally caught up with him. The bank arrested the boat and sold it to an Aussie. Who then sailed it BACK across the Pacific to Australia. Which is how I got to take this photo in Bateman’s Bay Australia three years ago- not looking too bad after the equivalent of sailing around the world!

THE JOYS OF downwind sailing.

INYONI . Needs some bottom paint.

TOM THUMB in Sydney, Australia.

TULA . Someplace in Florida, I think.

FREJA . Location unknown.

A BRITISH BUILT FRANCES, someplace in England..

THE CUSTOM VARNISHED companionway and forward hatch are nice touches.

FELICITY SAILED transatlantic from the UK to Maine. She lives in Rockland, Maine now, a few miles from my home.

WILDWOOD is one of the Tom Morris built beauties.

THIS BRITISH BUILT Frances is trying out her new mainsail.

A HOME-BUILT Frances on turnover day. Location and details unknown.

ANOTHER PHOTO OF David White’s British-built FELICITY outside of Rockland, Maine harbor.

TOLERANCE . In my dotage I’ve come to find varnished teak railcaps intolerable. I really like the ones that are simply painted white. They’re so much easier to take care of. And if the shape of the design is inherently beautiful, varnished teak is just gilding the lily.

A CLOSEUP OF GALAVANT sailing in Lyttlton Harbour, NZ.

ERICA . I think she’s at Universal Marina on the Hamble river.

GALAVANT Galavanting nicely to windward.

GALAVANT’s colorful reacher.

ONE YEAR PETER GREGORY showed one of his creations in the water at the Southampton Boat Show.

WHIM. Tollesbury, Essex, UK.

WHIM ‘s nice, wide open interior.

SOLEIL’ s Interior

SOLEIL – Morris built Frances

SOLEIL ‘s Galley.

A CUTTER RIGGED FRANCES. Location unknown.

AN ENGLISH FRANCES somewhere in the UK. One reason the Frances sails reasonably well despite the shoal draft is the absence of a garboard radius. The entire keel does its work of preventing leeway- all the way up to where it meets the hull.

A cutter rigged Frances somewhere in the UK.

ELLA is one of the two FRANCESes I am aware of that fitted a gaff rig.

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Victoria Frances 26 for sale in Dartmouth United Kingdom

Dartmouth United Kingdom

Make & Model

Victoria Frances 26

MEASUREMENTS

Description.

The Frances 26 is an early Chuck Paine design originally designed for his own personal use, made for fast, simple sailing. They offer a mix of day sailor and offshore cruiser and since their introduction in 1974 over 200 have been built on both sides of the Atlantic with one known to have circumnavigated.

The Frances 26 is an early Chuck Paine design originally designed for his own personal use, made for fast, simple sailing. They offer a mix of day sailor and offshore cruiser and since their introduction in 1974 over 200 have been built on both sides of the Atlantic with one known to have circumnavigated. Shebeca is a very fine example of this capable yet compact cruising yacht and been exceptionally well kept and maintained by her current owner. She was out of the water antifouled and serviced in February 2022 and is now berthed on the River Dart awaiting new adventures with her next owners.

Sleeps 4 in 4 single berths in 1 cabin plus saloon

• Companionway steps
• Ample shelving and stowage
• Blue upholstery
• Starboard side Navigation station with large port facing chart table
• Instrument/switch panel.
• Saloon table
• Coach roof windows
• Timber flooring
• Barometer & Clock
• 2 x single berths forward
• 2 x single berths stern
• Hanging rail
• Portside linear galley
• Work surface
• Origo 2-burner Gas cooker
• Cutlery / crockery
• Stainless-steel sink
• New Jabsco manual marine toilet

Anchoring and Mooring Equipment:

• 25 lb CQR anchor 
• Bruce anchor  
• New 8mm anchor chain
• 6 x fenders
• 8 x mooring warps

Navigation Equipment:

• Lowrance HDS 5m Chartplotter
• NASA log / speed (2021)
• NASA wind indicator (2021)
• NASA echosounder (2021)
• Lowrance VHF with AIS receiver

General Equipment:

• Sprayhood new 2021
• Cockpit canopy new in 2020
• Stack Pack sail cover
• Cockpit cushions
• 1 x cockpit locker
• Teak cockpit grating  

Safety Equipment:

• Stainless steel pushpit, pulpit and lifelines
• Radar reflector
• Automatic bilge pump
• Manual bilge pump
• Water level alarm
• Navigation lights

Hull & Construction

• Hand-laid GRP hull
• Moulded non-slip surface to deck, coachroof and cockpit coamings
• Tiller steering
• Cruising speed 5 knots
• Maximum speed 5.5 knots
• Sea water cooled
• Last service Feb 2022
• Shaft drive
• Engine access under companionway steps

Electrical:

• 2 x batteries both 2020
• Victron battery charger
• Shore power
• Solar panel
• Stainless Steel fuel tank (45 litres capacity)
• New freshwater tank
• Manual water system

Deck & Rigging:

• Bermudan sloop rig
• Stainless-steel standing rigging (2011)
• Running rigging
• Slab reefing mainsail  
• Headsail furling
• Plastimo roller furling system
• Spinnaker pole
• Midship spring cleats
• Wooden coach roof grab rails  
• Spare Mainsail
• Main and Genoa washed and serviced 2022
• 2 x Gibb genoa winches
• 3 x Gibb Halyard winches

Engine Count

Engine Horse Power

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Hull Material

Displacement(kgs)

ABOUT VICTORIA FRANCES 26

The Victoria Frances 26 is 26 feet long and has a 8 feet beam. This 1981 Victoria Frances 26 with 9 horsepower. The Victoria Frances 26 is made of grp.

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• Sailboat Guide

Frances 26 is a 25 ′ 11 ″ / 7.9 m monohull sailboat designed by C. W. (Chuck) Paine and built by Morris Yachts, Custom Build, Victoria Marine (UK), and Northshore Yachts starting in 1975.

Rig and Sails

Auxilary power, accomodations, calculations.

The theoretical maximum speed that a displacement hull can move efficiently through the water is determined by it's waterline length and displacement. It may be unable to reach this speed if the boat is underpowered or heavily loaded, though it may exceed this speed given enough power. Read more.

Classic hull speed formula:

Hull Speed = 1.34 x √LWL

Max Speed/Length ratio = 8.26 ÷ Displacement/Length ratio .311 Hull Speed = Max Speed/Length ratio x √LWL

Sail Area / Displacement Ratio

A measure of the power of the sails relative to the weight of the boat. The higher the number, the higher the performance, but the harder the boat will be to handle. This ratio is a "non-dimensional" value that facilitates comparisons between boats of different types and sizes. Read more.

SA/D = SA ÷ (D ÷ 64) 2/3

• SA : Sail area in square feet, derived by adding the mainsail area to 100% of the foretriangle area (the lateral area above the deck between the mast and the forestay).
• D : Displacement in pounds.

Ballast / Displacement Ratio

A measure of the stability of a boat's hull that suggests how well a monohull will stand up to its sails. The ballast displacement ratio indicates how much of the weight of a boat is placed for maximum stability against capsizing and is an indicator of stiffness and resistance to capsize.

Ballast / Displacement * 100

Displacement / Length Ratio

A measure of the weight of the boat relative to it's length at the waterline. The higher a boat’s D/L ratio, the more easily it will carry a load and the more comfortable its motion will be. The lower a boat's ratio is, the less power it takes to drive the boat to its nominal hull speed or beyond. Read more.

D/L = (D ÷ 2240) ÷ (0.01 x LWL)³

• D: Displacement of the boat in pounds.
• LWL: Waterline length in feet

Comfort Ratio

This ratio assess how quickly and abruptly a boat’s hull reacts to waves in a significant seaway, these being the elements of a boat’s motion most likely to cause seasickness. Read more.

Comfort ratio = D ÷ (.65 x (.7 LWL + .3 LOA) x Beam 1.33 )

• D: Displacement of the boat in pounds
• LOA: Length overall in feet
• Beam: Width of boat at the widest point in feet

Capsize Screening Formula

This formula attempts to indicate whether a given boat might be too wide and light to readily right itself after being overturned in extreme conditions. Read more.

CSV = Beam ÷ ³√(D / 64)

From BlueWaterBoats.org :

Inspired by the sweet curving lines from the east coast fishing boats of Scotland, the Frances 26 is an early Chuck Paine design for his own use. Optimised for fast and simple sailing, the resulting boat is a peculiar mix of daysailer and offshore cruiser. Since her introduction in 1974, over 200 have been built on both sides of the Atlantic and at least one has circumnavigated.

Paine started by scaling down the size of a traditional double-ender, and then applied lessons from modern design thinking to produce a minimalist sailboat that would be affordable for him to sail. Her design draws heavily from her Scottish heritage with a hint of Norwegian double-ender thrown in for good measure. Most striking are her elegant lines – there’s a fine entry, a lively sheer, full bilges and a long keel.

She’s proven to be a great cruiser which can accommodate up to four in a relatively open-plan layout. Belowdecks the interior is all wood but her flush deck means she is missing full standing headroom at only five feet of clearance. A version was built in the UK by Victoria Marine which offered six feet of standing headroom by trading the flush deck for a coachroof. The production hulls were solidly built from fiberglass with 9 1/2 oz cloth, additionally a number have been custom-built using cold-moulded wood and many of these have also added a coachroof. Both cutter and sloop rigs were offered and some have been converted to gaff.

With a high ballast to displacement ratio, in excess of 50%, owners comment she can hold onto her full sail area well after many others have reefed. You’ll find this boat easily driven with excellent directional stability and surprisingly fast. Of the various rigs the ones with larger headsails and smaller mainsails tend to be faster and more weatherly (at the expense of more trimming work).

Plans for the Frances 26 are still available from Chuck Paine. More recently in 2011, as a “what if” exercise, Paine updated the design to be inline with more current design thinking.

“If I had it to do over again I’d change a few things, hence FRANCES II (Frances the second). The most significant improvement would be to replace the undulating profile shoal draft keel with a much more modern and effective one. With a slightly deeper keel and the “full flow aperture” I developed on the later of my offshore oriented custom designs, FRANCES II will stand up to a whole lot more sail and point much closer to the wind.”

Besides being slightly larger in all dimensions, the biggest change is a deeper, shorter and more effective keel. The rig has been updated to be taller with a masthead genoa. Additionally, the rudder has been fully balanced to reduce helm forces and a small cabin house added to give full standing headroom. With the new keel and rig the new Frances II promises to be a much better performer, being stiffer and more weatherly.

The design influence of the Frances 26 design came from a backpacking trip in the early 1970s when Chuck Paine, 30 years old at the time, was inspired by the sweet curves of the double-ended fishing boats on the east coast of Scotland.

Paine commented, “I wanted a boat that embodied everything I knew about the design of efficient cruising vessels of GRP construction. She had to be capable of yearly cruises to and among the Caribbean islands, small enough to fit my limited budget, but large enough to survive a gale at sea.”

Upon his return to the US, he laid up the first hull in 1974 out of fiberglass at his workshop in Maine. This first hull was destroyed by fire prior to completion, but fortunately Tom Morris from Morris Yachts had taken a mold and it was from this his yard built the subsequent hulls. Paine fitted out the fourth Morris-built hull for himself, which he took cruising down the East Coast of America.

By the late 1970s, the boat had also emerged in the UK. After first appearing in a review in Yachting World Magazine, Bernard Hayman, editor at the time, loved the design enough to encourage Victoria Marine (now Victoria Yachts) based in Southampton to win the rights for UK construction. In later years Victoria Marine made a few changes to the boat including a shallow well forward of the mast, a coachroof to enable full standing headroom and more accommodation. This version was initially called the Victoria 26, and as it evolved, later became the Victoria 800.

The UK boats were just as successful as the their US counterparts. Production continued through until the late 1990s until sadly, with a strange repeat of history, the moulds for both designs were destroyed by fire.

Paine also designed a couple of siblings based on the Frances 26 – a 24-footer called Carol and a 30-footer called Leigh. Leigh was later built by Victoria Yachts.

Links, References and Further Reading

» Frances26.org , owners forum, information and reviews » The official Morris Yachts website . » Chuck Paine’s official website including the Frances 26 plans. » The Best Boats to Build or Buy by Ferenc Mate » Small Boat Journal #40, Frances 26 – Sophisticated Tradition in a Proper Yacht by Steve Callahan, January 1985

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The Frances 26 Sailboat

The Frances 26, a long-keeled, canoe-sterned sloop was designed by Chuck Paine and built in the USA by Morris Yachts.  

Essentially the same sailboat as the Victoria 26, but built in the USA by Morris Yachts and renamed the Frances 26.

Published Specification for the Frances 26

Underwater Configuration:   Long keel, canoe stern

Hull Material:   GRP (fibreglass)

Length Overall:  26' 0" / 7.92m

Waterline Length:  21' 3" / 6.48m

Beam:  8' 0" / 2.44m

Draft:  3' 10" / 1.17m

Rig Type:  Fractionally rigged sloop

Displacement:  6,800lb / 3,084kg

Designer:  Chuck Paine

Builder:  Morris Yachts (US)

Year First Built:  1975

Number Built:  200+

Owners Association:   Frances 26 Owners

Published Design Ratios for the Frances 26

1. Sail Area/Displacement Ratio: 15.1

2. Ballast/Displacement Ratio: 51.5

3. Displacement/Length Ratio: 316

4. Comfort Ratio: 29.0

5. Capsize Screening Formula:   1.7

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Summary Analysis of Published Design Ratios for the  Frances 26

1. A Sail Area/Displacement Ratio of just 15.1 suggests that she'll need a stiff breeze to get her going. In any other conditions, unless you've got plenty of time on your hands, motor-sailing will be the way to go.

2. A Ballast/Displacement Ratio of 51.5 means that she'll stand up well to her canvas in a blow, enabling her to power through the waves.

3. A Displacement/Length Ratio of 316, tells us she's clearly a heavy displacement cruising boat. You can load her down with all your cruising gear and equipment and it will hardly affect her waterline. Not an ideal choice for coastal sailing, but will come into her own on an offshore passage in testing conditions.

4. Ted Brewer's Comfort Ratio of 29.0 suggests that crew comfort in a seaway is similar to what you would associate with the motion of a coastal cruiser, which is not encouraging news for anyone prone to seasickness. 

5. Her Capsize Screening Formula of 1.7 tells us that she would be a better choice of sailboat for ocean passage-making than one with a CS rating of more than 2.0. 

Any Questions?

What other versions of the Frances 26 were built?

There were two main versions of the Frances 26: the original flush-decked version built by Morris Yachts in the USA, and the coachroof version built by Victoria Marine in the UK. The latter offered more headroom and a slightly different interior layout. Some Frances 26s were also custom-built using cold-moulded wood or fiberglass, and some had different rigs, such as gaff or sloop.

What is the accommodation like in the Frances 26?

The Frances 26 can accommodate up to four adults and one child in a relatively open-plan layout. Belowdecks, the interior is all wood, with a V-berth forward, a linear galley to port, a quarter berth to starboard, and a heads compartment aft. The saloon has two settees that can convert to berths, and a folding table. There is also ample storage space throughout the boat.

What, if any, alternative accommodation layout versions are available for the Frances 26?

The coachroof version of the Frances 26, built by Victoria Marine, had a slightly different interior layout than the flush-decked version. The main difference was that the head compartment was moved forward, next to the V-berth, and the galley was moved aft, next to the companionway. This created more headroom and a more spacious saloon.

What sail plan and rigging options are available for the Frances 26?

The Frances 26 was originally designed as a cutter, with a mainsail, a staysail, and a yankee. However, some owners have converted their boats to sloops, with a single headsail, or gaffs, with a gaff-rigged mainsail. The sail area is about 31.3m², and the mast height is about 10.7m.

What is the Frances 26 like to sail?

The Frances 26 is a fast and simple sailboat that can handle a wide range of conditions. She is easily driven, has excellent directional stability, and is surprisingly weatherly. She can hold onto her full sail area well after many others have reefed, and she can tack through less than 90 degrees. She is also comfortable and seaworthy, with good motion and balance. Owners comment that she is fun to sail and easy to single-hand.

What is the average cost of a secondhand Frances 26?

The price of a secondhand Frances 26 depends on the condition, age, equipment, and location of the boat. However, based on some recent listings, the average cost of a secondhand Frances 26 ranges from £15,000 to £25,000 in the UK.

Are the boatbuilders Morris Yachts and Victoria Marine  still in business?

Morris Yachts, the original builder of the Frances 26 in the USA, is still in business as of 2021. However, they no longer produce the Frances 26 model. Victoria Marine, the builder of the coachroof version of the Frances 26 in the UK, ceased trading in 1998.

What other sailboats have been by this designer?

Chuck Paine, the designer of the Frances 26, has created many other sailboats over his career. Some of his most notable designs include:

• The Annie 29, a larger version of the Frances 26 with more headroom and amenities;
• The Bermuda 40, a classic cruising yacht with graceful lines and performance;
• The Apogee 50/51/58 series, offshore bluewater cruisers with modern features and comfort;
• The Able Apogee series (34/36/42/44), smaller versions of the Apogee series with similar qualities;
• The Morris series (28/36/40/42/45/46/48), high-quality custom yachts built by Morris Yachts.

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• Boat REF#  ·  212062
• Length  ·  7.92m
• Year  ·  1985
• Construction  ·  GRP
• Underwater profile  ·  Long Keel
• Sleeping berths  ·  4
• Engine  ·  1 x diesel 9hp, Yanmar 1GM10 (1985)
• Lying  ·  Portishead

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• Specification
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Sloop rigged Proctor Aluminium spars (1985) with Stainless Steel standing rigging (2002)

New roller reefing gear 2013

Electrical Systems

12 volt battery, 2 batteries charged by: engine, shore power New batteries 2014

Construction

Accommodation

2 burner propane Stove

2 halyard winches 2 sheet winches Manual windlass 2 anchors (CQR) 30.00m of chain dinghy (2012) (Inflatable) New spray hood, sail cover and dodgers 2014

The vessel has its own yard cradle

Nav Equipment

Safety Equipment

2 bilge pumps (2 manual / 0 electric)

Broker's Comments

It is a testament to this design that originally Chuck Paine drew the Frances 26 double ender for his own use as a small ocean voyager, a task which they have shown themselves adept at.

On stepping aboard you are immediately struck by the quality of both hull and fit out of this particular one which featured in articles both in the March and April editions of PBO magazine in 2015.

Lovingly brought up to a very high standard and with many recent improvements she is now regrettably looking for a new owner due to bereavement.

This has to be one of the nicest small craft I have ever had the pleasure of visiting.

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Frances 26 Boat for Sale

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• Location: Plymouth
• LOA: 26'0" (7.92m)
• Beam: 8' 2'' (2.49m)
• Draft: 1.17
• ID no.: 1011029
• Engine Make: Yanmar 1GM10
• Horsepower: 10hp
• Drive Type: Shaft drive
• Fuel Type: Diesel
• Fuel Tank Size: 20 Gallons
• Cruise Speed: 4 Knots
• Top Speed: 5 Knots
• Range: 100 NM, 1 litre per hour
• Engine Hours Port: 20

Broker Remarks

This Frances 26 for sale with Network Yacht Brokers Plymouth is an excellent yacht she has been lovingly restored over the past three seasons and is in superb condition. The owner has fitted her out to his specification for his recent trip to Brittany, she has top of the range hardware and is a dream to handle at sea. This Frances 26 has lots of important upgrades mainly a totally reconditioned Yanmar 1GM10 diesel engine, with only 20 running hours, new stainless steel standing rigging, a complete set on ne Westaway sails, and the list goes on. For further details contact our office to arrange a viewing on this top of the range Frances 26! Follow this link for a review on the Frances 26: http://frances26.org/reviews.php

Accommodation

Sleeps three in one cabin Single berth to port up forward (small single/child berth to starboard) Two single quarter berths to port and starboard aft Large full size chart table to starboard with chart draw Ample under berth/cupboard/draw storage throughout Galley to port No heads but can easily be fitted Galley: Eno two burner gas hob Coolbox Stainless steel sink  Ample cupboard and draw storage throughout

Mechanical and Rigging

Built in 1980 by Victoria Yachts Warsash Designed by Chuck Paine   Traditional canoe stern and forward bow sprit Long encapsulated keel Tiller steering Mechanics: Yanmar 1GM10, 10hp diesel engine (completely reconditioned 2013, 20 running hours) Single lever morse controls Shaft driven Fixed pitch three blade propeller Electrics: Two x 12V, 100ah batteries (new 2013) Charging from engine alternator Complete electric refit 2013 12V lighter plug socket at chart table Tankage: Fuel capacity 20 litres (4.5 gallons) Rigging:  Masthead hybrid sloop/cutter rig Aluminium Proctor mast and boom Stainless steel standing rigging (replaced 2010) Removeable inner forestay Terelyne running rigging (new 2011) Lewmar kicker Slab reefing Harken Carbo block mainsheet system Selden aluminium extending spinnaker pole Sails: Westaway mainsail (new 2010) Westaway genoa (new 2010) Westaway staysail (new 2010) Westaway code zero (new 2011)

Plastimo Contest steering compass Standard Horizon Explorer DSC VHF/GPS radio (new 2013) Depth sounder Wind pilot self-steering (new 2011) Ground Tackle:  15kg Delta anchor 15 meter chain 100 meter warp 10kg spare Delta anchor 5 meter chain 40 meter warp Mooring cleats Deck Gear: Two x Gibb sheet winches Two x Harken #16 single speed, self-tailing halyard winches on coachroof Two x Gibb mast winches  Harken Carbo block/Lewmar/Karver deck hardware Safety Equipment: Navigation lights Bilge pump Fire extinguisher Equipment: Sprayhood  Mainsail cover Genoa cover Halyard bag Boathook Various warps and fenders  Inflatable dinghy Solid GRP dinghy

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• Boat REF#  ·  222626
• Length  ·  7.92m
• Year  ·  1990
• Construction  ·  GRP
• Underwater profile  ·  Long Keel
• Sleeping berths  ·  4
• Engine  ·  1 x diesel 9hp, Yanmar 1GM10 (2002)
• Lying  ·  Poole

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2005/06 New Prop Shaft Fitted 2008 X2 New Batteries Fitted 2011 New Cutlass Bearing

Cutter rigged Proctor Aluminium spars (1990) with Stainless Steel standing rigging (2005)

2004/05 New Rigging Fitted 2012 New Staysail Cover 2014 Yankee Jib Sacrificial UV Strip Fitted

Electrical Systems

12 volt battery, 2 batteries charged by: engine, shore power Batteries new 2008

Construction

2002 New 12 Gallon Fuel Tank Fitted 2012/13 New Skin Fittings and seacocks DZR and Bronze

Accommodation

2 burner propane Stove

2 halyard winches 2 sheet winches Manual Slanchorman windlass 2 anchors (Plough & CQR) 8.00m of chain 30.00m of rode

Nav Equipment

2008 New Standard Horizon DSC VHF 2008 New Standard Horizon CP 3001 Chart Plotter

Safety Equipment

2 bilge pumps (1 manual / 1 electric)

Broker's Comments

A striking classic cutter design.

The Frances 26 has the most striking and elegant lines she has a fine entry, a lively sheer, full bilges and a long keel.

She is proven to be a great cruiser which can accommodate up to four in an open-plan layout.

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• Boat REF#  ·  316307
• Length  ·  7.90m
• Year  ·  1988
• Construction  ·  GRP
• Underwater profile  ·  Long Keel
• Sleeping berths  ·  4
• Engine  ·  1 x diesel 9hp, Yanmar 1GM10 (1988)
• Lying  ·  Real Club Nautico

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Engine serviced summer 2022 3 blade prop included but not fitted Alternator Mastervolt 12 v 90 amp Lithium battery 150 amp Charge regulator alpha pro 3 Victron energy 12v 30 amp dc dc charger TBS expert pro battery monitor Inverter TBS 12v 600 W TBS 12v 40 amp charger Solar panel 20W Charge controller Victron MPPT 75/10 with Bluetooth LED lighting

Cutter rigged Aluminium spars (1988) with Stainless Steel standing rigging (2018)

Twin furling foresails Running rigging 2022 Lines led aft Spinlocks 2022

Electrical Systems

12 volt battery, 3 batteries charged by: engine, solar panels, shore power

Construction

Synthetic teak Flexiteek 2.0 2021 Anti fouled/hull maintenance Dec 2021

Accommodation

Cooker does not work

3 burner propane Stove

2 halyard winches 2 sheet winches Manual windlass 1 anchors

Nav Equipment

Safety Equipment

2 bilge pumps (1 manual / 1 electric)

Broker's Comments

The Frances 26 is a blue water pocket cruiser designed by Chuck Paine. It is a double ender with a fairly fast keel for its characteristics, which makes this boat allegedly one of the best options for long crossings in boats of its length.

She is currently undergoing a complete refit to give her ocean category.

This is apparently the only model in Spain of the Frances 26.

Here is information about recent investment, direct from her owner:

Electric improvements 11,877 € Engine up to date 1,944 € New deck 6,955 € Security 1,763 € New sails and rig check 1,243 € Radar reflector and boom brake walder 395 € New VHF Antenna 105 € New spinlocks 504 € Hull renewal 3,083 € AIS 748 € Epirb 560 € Dinghy 431 € Total 29,608 €

Her current berth is not available to new owners.

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Since March 2021

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We have a bigger boat

Where have you sailed her?

I did mostly solo sailing with her. Basically we sail the boat from Barcelona to Palma de Mallorca. And then sail her in the Balearic (Mallorca, Ibiza, Formentera, Menorca). The boat has been sailed mostly every weekend, in winter and in summer and in all kind of conditions.

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• Boat REF#  ·  266521
• Length  ·  7.92m
• Year  ·  1978
• Construction  ·  GRP
• Underwater profile  ·  Long Keel
• Sleeping berths  ·  4
• Engine  ·  1 x diesel 15hp, Beta 15 (2019)
• Lying  ·  Cornwall, Falmouth, UK

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Cutter rigged Aluminium spars (1978) with Stainless Steel standing rigging (2017)

Electrical Systems

12 volt battery, 2 batteries charged by: engine

Construction

Accommodation

The heads have been removed from the boat

2 burner propane Stove

1 halyard winches 2 sheet winches 1 anchors (CQR) Nestaway dinghy () (Hard Dinghy)

Nav Equipment

Safety Equipment

2 bilge pumps (1 manual / 1 electric)

The life raft was new in 2019

Broker's Comments

It is a testament to this design that originally Chuck Paine drew the Frances 26 double ender for his own use as a small ocean voyager, a task which they have shown themselves adept at.

This boat has been the subject of several recent updates including: a new engine, gearbox and shaft, new upholstery, replacement standing rigging, re-wiring, a new gennaker and a new cooker. Some additional attention to the internal carpentry would complete the transformation into a really nice little cruiser.

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Bridge collapse: Temporary channel opens for boats working on response

A cargo ship crashed into Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge early Tuesday morning, causing a near-total collapse of the span and halting vessel traffic into and out of the Port of Baltimore.

Six construction workers are believed to have fallen from the collapsing bridge into the frigid waters of the Patapsco River below. The bodies of two of the victims have been recovered so far, while four remain missing and are presumed dead, officials said.

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Legal team for ship argues for 'limited liability' in bridge crash.

Lawyers for the Singaporean company that operates the ship that crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore say the company should have "limited liability" in the aftermath of the crash, according to court documents filed in federal court on Monday.

"The casualty was not due to any fault, neglect, or want of care on the part of Petitioners, the Vessel, or persons or entities for whose petitioners may be responsible," court documents filed in Maryland federal court say. "Alternatively, if any such faults caused or contributed to the Casualty, or to any loss or damage arising out of the casualty, which is denied, such faults were occasioned and occurred without petitioners’ privity or knowledge."

The filing seeks to minimize the financial exposure Grace Ocean Private Limited has over the crash.

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Maryland Gov. Wes Moore on Monday gave an update on his four directives in the wake of the bridge collapse.

In order to achieve his first goal -- recovering the four victims who remain missing -- Moore said there needs to be more work done to clear the channel in order to move forward.

A portion of the bridge under the water was described as "chaotic wreckage," Moore said, and the water is "so murky and so filled with debris that divers cannot see any more than a foot or two in front of them."

Every time a diver goes in the water to search for a victim, "they are taking a risk," Moore said.

The governor said he wants the recovery mission to be completed with no casualties. Six people have been killed in the bridge collapse, Moore said, adding, "I refuse to lose any more."

As for another goal -- reopening channel traffic -- the governor described the scale of the project as "enormous."

"Unified Command has scheduled another lift for later today, pending conditions -- specifically pending lightning. And they will be lifting an estimated 350-ton piece from the bridge," Moore said.

A temporary channel opened Monday to help get more vessels in the water around the site of the collapse, he said.

"The temporary channel will be marked with government lights to aid navigation and will have a controlling depth of 11 feet," Moore said.

Crews are also working on creating a second temporary channel that will measure about 15 feet deep, he said. That's expected to open "in the coming days," he said.

After more debris is cleared, crews will also work to open a third alternate channel with a depth expected around 20 to 25 feet, said Rear Adm. Shannon Gilreath, commander of the Fifth Coast Guard District. No timeline for this channel is known.

Biden to visit bridge on Friday

President Joe Biden will visit the Baltimore bridge site on Friday, April 5, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said.

Biden will be joined by Maryland Gov. Wes Moore.

Jean-Pierre did not have any updates on the cost of rebuilding the bridge, repeatedly pointing back to the $60 million in emergency relief funds approved by the Biden administration to begin the recovery efforts.

"We're going to have continued conversation with the state of Maryland to get a sense of how much this is going to cost, and we have said, we are going to certainly continue to talk to Congress to get some assistance here," she said.

-ABC News' Karen Travers

Temporary channel opens

A temporary channel has opened in the vicinity of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, but the channel is limited only to vessels working on the bridge response, the Unified Command said.

The temporary channel is a very small opening, only accessible for small boats, the Unified Command said.

The Unified Command is made up of agencies including the Coast Guard, the Army Corps of Engineers and the Maryland State Police.

Video: Temporary channel opens for limited access in Baltimore bridge collapse

-ABC News’ Sam Sweeney

Mayor warns of heavy rain on Monday

Baltimore was expecting heavy rain on Monday morning, adding to potential delays for commuters already "expecting delays" because of the bridge collapse, the mayor said.

"Baltimore — we know we're already expecting delays due to the ongoing situation with the Key Bridge Collapse," Mayor Brandon M. Scott said on social media.

He added, "With the added complication of this expected weather, please allow for extra time during your commutes and be patient for your fellow Baltimoreans!"

The National Weather Service, which is publishing hour-by-hour forecasts for the area near the Key Bridge response, said Monday morning will bring winds gusts up to 15 mph and an about 92% chance of precipitation, which may taper off after about 9 a.m.

Capt. of the Port of Baltimore is preparing to open a 'temporary alternate channel' in the vicinity of the Key Bridge

The Captain of the Port of Baltimore (COTP) is preparing to establish a temporary alternate channel on the northeast side of the main channel in the vicinity of the Francis Scott Key Bridge for commercially essential vessels.

"This will mark an important first step along the road to reopening the port of Baltimore," said Capt. David O’Connell, federal on-scene coordinator, Key Bridge Response 2024. "By opening this alternate route, we will support the flow of marine traffic into Baltimore."

This action is part of a phased approach to opening the main channel. The temporary channel will be marked with government lighted aids to navigate and will have a controlling depth of 11 feet, a 264-foot horizontal clearance, and vertical clearance of 96 feet.

The current 2,000-yard safety zone around the Francis Scott Key Bridge remains in effect and is intended to protect personnel, vessels and the marine environment. No vessel or person will be permitted to enter the safety zone without obtaining permission from the COTP or a designated representative.

The COTP will issue a Broadcast Notice to Mariners (BNM) via VHF-FM marine channel 16. Mariners are requested to monitor VHF channel 16 for the latest information.

Members of the public may not enter the safety zone unless authorized by the COTP or a designated representative. Those in the safety zone must comply with all lawful orders or directions given to them by the COTP or a designated representative.

2,600 Carnival cruise passengers rerouted from Baltimore arrive in Virginia

The first of multiple Carnival cruise ships rerouted from Baltimore due to the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge arrived at a port in Norfolk, Virginia, on Sunday

About 2,600 guests aboard the Carnival Legend returned from a cruise to the Bahamas, getting off the ship in Norfolk. The passengers boarded 70 buses and were driven four hours back to Baltimore, where many left their cars parked.

"When we left Baltimore, we had to go under that bridge," passenger Viktoriia Aldred told ABC affiliate station WVEC in Norfolk. "The bridge looked amazing and you go under the bridge and you're like 'wow.'"

Baltimore native Michael Lukoski told WVEC he heard the news of the bridge collapse while on the cruise to the Bahamas.

"When I got the news Tuesday morning … you couldn’t believe it," said Lukoski. adding that when he first heard of the bridge collapse "it was like, 'no way.'"

200-ton piece of collapsed Key Bridge removed

A 200-ton piece of the Francis Scott Key Bridge was removed Sunday from the vast debris field of twisted metal and concrete clogging entry to the Port of Baltimore, officials said.

Tons more wreckage as well as the crippled container ship Dali that crashed into the span and collapsed it still needs to be cleared, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore told ABC News Sunday.

"We're talking about huge pieces," Moore said of the debris crews are cutting up and preparing to remove from the waterway. "I mean, just sitting on the Dali, you're looking at 3,000 or 4,000 tons of steel sitting on top of the ship."

The operation to clean up the disaster site and reopen the channel began on Saturday and continued throughout Sunday, officials said.

Moore told ABC News a timeline hasn't been set on when the channel will be reopened, echoing a statement from Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg.

Additionally, crews conducted a “grounding survey” on Sunday to “determine how hard the ground around the Dali is to inform the strategy for pulling it off," officials told ABC News.

Still no timeline on when Baltimore port will reopen: Buttigieg

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said Sunday there is still no timeline for when the wreckage of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge and the crippled container ship Dali will be removed so the Port of Baltimore can reopen.

In an interview with ABC's "Good Morning America," Buttigieg said the Army Corps of Engineers and the Navy are bringing in a 1,000-ton crane and a 600-ton crane to clear the twisted debris from the channel.

Video: Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Key Bridge recovery

"They have not wanted to speculate yet on a timeline because the operation is so complex," Buttigieg said. "It's not that you just have to remove the wreckage, it's that you have to do it in a way that doesn't cause portions of the bridge that are there across the water to shift. They've been under a lot of compression, tension; they could behave almost like a spring if they are not expertly managed."

In addition to removing the debris, Buttigieg said the 248 million-pound shipping vessel still poses a problem, saying, "Measures are being taken to stop the ship from swinging into the channel."

The secretary said part of the $60 million in federal funding released for the cleanup and recovery efforts will also go to the "acquisition, procurement and preparation for the new bridge."

He said that while other East Coast ports have been absorbing container traffic, the Port of Baltimore is uniquely designed to handle the bulk of automobiles shipped to the United States.

"So as soon as it can safely be reopened, that, of course, is a major priority that really affects our entire national supply system," Buttigieg said.

Highly trained crews on site to begin removal of collapsed bridge

Highly trained demolition crews will begin cutting the top portion of the north side of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge into smaller sections for safe removal by crane. One crane barge and one working barge are staged at the incident to support Saturday’s operations.

Salvage teams will use gas-powered cutters to systematically separate sections of the steel bridge, which will be taken to a disposal site. At the same time, salvage divers continue to conduct underwater assessments of the work site to support further operations. Every lifting operation requires engineering analysis to inform salvage operation plans.

The Unified Command is working in partnership with Baltimore Gas and Electric to reduce pressure of an underwater pipeline that spans the width of the channel and runs under the incident site. Unified Command is coordinating to inert the pipeline to free it from hazards and risk. Pipeline operations will continue through the weekend.

The Unified Command continues to maintain a 2000-yard maritime Safety Zone for the recovery efforts and a Temporary Flight Restriction with a radius of three nautical miles from the surface -- up to and including 1,500 feet above ground level -- also remains in effect.

The Safety Zone is enforced for the protection of personnel, vessels, and the marine environment from the potential hazards associated with salvage work. The vessel remains stable with crew aboard.

-ABC News' Sam Sweeney