SONATA 8
Specifications
Hull
| LOA | 26.25 ft |
| LWL | 19.75 ft |
| Beam | 8.2 ft |
| Draft | 5.09 ft/ 0.69 ft min |
| Displacement | 2,822 lb |
| Ballast | 500.1 lb |
| Hull speed1.34·√LWL | 6.0 kn |
Rig & Sails
| Iforetriangle height | 25.75 ft |
| Jforetriangle base | 9 ft |
| Pmainsail luff | 28 ft |
| Emainsail foot | 11.48 ft |
| FLforestay | 9 ft |
| Mainsail | 289.5 sq ft |
| Jib (100%) | 115.9 sq ft |
| Spinnaker | 197 sq ft |
About the SONATA 8
Raced as a one-design class in Australia for a time. Fixed keel versions also available - draft:1.6m
Direct variant of the SONATA 8
Near-identical models — same hull, builder and designer, re-badged or lightly changed. Specs and owner-reported issues are typically shared across the group, so a sister model's page may carry detail this one doesn't.
Performance
Market Price
Estimated Cost of Ownership
Based on 26.25ft LOA. Actual costs vary by condition, usage, and local rates.
Known Issues & Pre-Purchase Inspection
We don't have enough data on the SONATA 8yet to publish model-specific findings we'd stand behind — but here's a free general inspection checklist, built from our research into what actually goes wrong on boats of this kind.
Drawn from 7,029 documented issues across 2,391 models, ordered so the areas that most often turn up problems come first.
Own a SONATA 8? Reports from owners are what turn this into a model-specific checklist — and they're the reason the boats above it have one.
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