It's a fine ship. Pay attention to the comments about
pre-buy inspections, though. Gren Siebels flew one
for several years and he was 6'+. The E model is more
comfortable yet.

Personally, I wouldn't buy a 1-26 (yes, I have owned
one). I have also owned a Skylark 4 (which I wish I
still had) and an SH-1 - in my opinion the ultimate
wooden sailplanes. The performance of the 1-26 is very
poor compared to a Ka-6 and you will be extremely frustrated.

Always buy the most performance you can afford.