GLOUCESTER 18

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Sailboat Specifications

Definitions
Hull Type: Centerboard Dinghy
Rigging Type: Fractional Sloop
LOA: 18.00 ft / 5.49 m
LWL: 16.67 ft / 5.08 m
S.A. (reported): 175.00 ft² / 16.26 m²
Beam: 6.00 ft / 1.83 m
Displacement: 500.00 lb / 227 kg
Max Draft: 3.83 ft / 1.17 m
Min Draft: 0.58 ft / 0.18 m
Construction: FG Wood
First Built: 1985
Builder: Gloucester Yachts (USA)
Designer: Rod Macalpine-Downie/Dick Gibbs

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Sailboat Calculations

Definitions
S.A. / Displ.: 44.51
Disp: / Len: 48.19
Comfort Ratio: 4.16
Capsize Screening Formula: 3.03
Hull Speed: 5.47 kn
Pounds/Inch Immersion: 357.38 pounds/inch

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Designers: Dick Gibbs
J.R. (Rod) Macalpine-Downie
Builders: Lockley Newport Boats (USA)
Associations: Buccaneer 18 Class Association
Related Sailboats: BUCCANEER 18
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Notes

Same as the BUCCANEER 18.
When Gloucester Yachts purchased the molds for the BUCCANEER 18 in the mid 1980's, they renamed it the GLOUCESTER 18.

BUCCANEER 18 PRODUCTION HISTORY:
Chrysler Corporation - 1968 thru 1980, hull #1 thru approx. #4050. (Just over 4000 boats built).
Texas Marine International (TMI) - 1981 thru 1982, hull approx. #4051 thru approx. #4750. (Around 700 boats built).
Wellcraft Marine Corporation, Starwind Division - 1982 thru 1984, hull approx. #4751 thru approx. #5000. (Approx. 250 boats built).
Gloucester Yachts - 1985 thru 1986, hull #5001 thru #5059. (59 boats built).
Cardinal Yachts - 1987 thru present, hull #5060 thru #5065, #5100 thru #5106 and #5200 thru #5214. (28 boats built).

Nickels Boatworks is current builder. (2008)

Not the same as another GLOUCESTER 18 (aka WHITECAP), designed by Harry Sindle, and also built by Gloucester Yachts.