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Encyclopedia > Buccaneer 18

The Buccaneer 18 is a day sailer for pleasure sailing as well as racing; it is sailed throughout North America. A day sailer is a small sailboat without sleeping accommodations. ... 2 GP14s, a Topper and a Graduate Dinghy sailing is the activity of sailing small boats by using (1) the sails and (2) underwater foils (centreboard and rudder). ... Dinghy racing is the competitive sport of sailing dinghies. ... World map showing North America A satellite composite image of North America North America is a continent in the northern hemisphere bordered on the north by the Arctic Ocean, on the east by the North Atlantic Ocean, on the south by the Caribbean Sea, and on the west by the...


Designed in 1966 by Rod Macalpine-Downie and Dick Gibbs, the Buccaneer 18 incorporates classic elements that have made this racing dinghy a consistent performer for more than 35 years.


With its performance hull design, the Buccaneer easily gets up onto an exhilarating plane in 8-10 knots of breeze. An integrated spinnaker launch tube, roller furling jib, and well-constructed sailplan make it the ideal two-handed racing dinghy. Beautifully balanced and easily handled, the Buccaneer continues to appeal to both seasoned competitors and new sailors.


Weighing in at only 500 pounds, the Buccaneer can easily be transported and launched from a trailer or winch. A comfortable cockpit arrangement and simple rigging round out the Buccaneer's design, making it a great day sailer for the family.

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Specifications

  • Length, overall: 18 ft
  • Length, waterline: 16 ft 8 in
  • Beam: 6 ft
  • Draft, board up: 7 in
  • Draft, board down: 3 ft 10 in
  • Mast height: 23 ft 5 in
  • Sail area, main & jib: 175 ft²
  • Sail area, spinnaker: 178 ft²
  • Weight, all up: 500 lb

Features

  • It's a "sit in" rather than a "sit on" boat.
  • The sloop design includes a spinnaker with launch tube.
  • A capsized Buccaneer is "self-rescuing" and can be righted and sailed away without crash boat assistance.
  • The waterline is as nearly symmetrically heeled as possible, eliminating much of the weather helm caused by heeling.
  • The wide beam at the waterline plane eliminates the need for a trapeze.
  • The boat's potential performance exceeds that of any non-trapeze design so that it is capable of handsomely rewarding the skills of the helmsman and crew.

Portsmouth Comparisons

Buccaneer 18 87.4 505 80.2 Finn 90.5 Flying Dutchman 80.2 Laser 91.2 Sonar 81 Santana 20 91.3 J/24 81.1 JY 15 91.6 J-22 82.2 Coronado 15 91.8 Thistle 83 Snipe 92.8 Star 83.2 Lightning 88 M-20 Scow 84.1 MC Scow 89.4 Highlander 84.6 M-16 Scow 89.8 Johnson 18 85.7 Flying Scot 90.4


Design History

The Buccaneer 18 was designed in 1966 and introduced to the sailing world 1967 at Yachting Magazine's "One of a Kind" Regatta, where it placed second behind a Thistle.


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 2003, hull #5060 thru #5065, #5100 thru #5106 and #5200 thru #5215. (29 boats built). Nickels Boat Works – 2003 thru present, hull #5216 thru ? Still going strong!


External links

  • NIckels Boat Works - the official Buccaneer 18 boat builder
  • Buccaneer 18 Class Association official website for news, regattas, boats for sale, etc.
  • Online community for discussing all things Buccaneer 18
  • Used boats for sale


Classes of sailing dinghies, scows, sharpies and skiffs (worldwide list)

29er | 420 ("Four-twenty") | 470 ("Four-seventy") | 49er | 505 ("Five-oh-five") | Albacore | Australian Sharpie | Blue Jay | Buccaneer 18 | Byte | Cadet | Comet | Contender | El Toro | Enterprise | Europe |Fatty Knees | Finn | Fireball | Firefly | Flying Dutchman | Flying Junior | Flying Scot | GP14 | Heron | Highlander | International Fourteen | Javelin | Jersey Skiff | Lark | Laser | Laser 4.7 | Laser Pico| Laser Radial | Laser SB3 | Lightning | Manly Junior | Mirror | Musto Skiff | National 12 | OK Dinghy | Optimist | Sabot | Sea Bright | Scow (A, C, E, MC, M16, 17) | Snipe | Solo | Spiral | Sport 14 | Sport 16 | Streaker | Sunfish | Thistle | Topper | Topper Topaz | Wayfarer | Y flyer | Zoom 8 The 29er is a true high performance skiff. ... The International 420 Class Dinghy is a monohull planing dinghy with centreboard, bermuda rig and centre sheeting, designed for a crew of two. ... The 470 is a monohull planing dinghy with centerboard, bermudan rig and center sheeting, designed for a crew of two. ... 49er With Its Asymetric Spinnaker The 49er is a newer one-design class of small sailing dinghy. ... The International 505 is a one design high-performance two person monohull planing centerboard dinghy. ... The Albacore is a 4. ... The Australian Sharpie is a 3-person sailing dinghy which has evolved from the 12-square-metre class sailed in the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. ... A fleet of Blue Jays sail in a regatta Blue Jay is a class of sailboat used primarily in the Northeastern United States. ... The Byte is a cat rigged dinghy sailboat produced by PS2000. ... A Cadet is a small sailing dinghy. ... The Comet dinghy is a sixteen foot long, two person, one-design class, racing sloop. ... The Contender is a single-handed high performance sailing dinghy, designed by Ben Lexcen (Australia) in 1967 as a possible successor to the Finn dinghy for Olympic competition. ... The El Toro is a one-design class of sailing dinghy. ... The Enterprise type is a two-man hiking sailing dinghy with a distinctive blue sail and no spinnaker. ... The Europe is a one person dinghy. ... The Fatty Knees fibreglass sailing dinghies were designed by Lyle Hess (1912 - 2002). ... Originally designed by Peter Milne in 1962, the Fireball is a one-design high-performance sailing dinghy. ... The firefly is a two sail hiking sailing dinghy with no spinnaker. ... The Flying Dutchman is a high-performance class of racing dinghy. ... Flying Junior Dinghy The Flying Junior or FJ is a sailing dinghy designed in 1955 in Holland by Van Essen and Conrad Gulcher. ... The Flying Scot is a day sailer for pleasure sailing as well as racing; it is sailed throughout North America. ... GP14 from astern The GP14 is a 4. ... The Heron Dinghy is a dinghy designed by Jack Holt of the United Kingdom as the Yachting World Cartopper (YW Cartopper). ... A Douglass design in the early 50s, the Highlander was the last boat built by the Douglass & McLeod company. ... The International 14 is a racing sailing dinghy. ... The Javelin is a fast, 14 foot sailing dinghy. ... The Jersey Skiff is a beach launched boat first appearing around the end of the 1800s. ... Lark 2462 Mr Bigglesworth About the LARK Class The Lark was designed in 1966 by Michael Jackson, designer of many National 12 and Merlin Rockets. ... The Laser Standard Rightening a capsized boat This article focuses on the Laser Standard dinghy. ... The Laser 4. ... The Laser Pico dinghy is a small sailboat designed by Jo Richards in the mid 1990s and used primarily for training and day sailing. ... The Laser (often called Laser Standard to avoid confusion with the laser variants) is a popular one-design class of small sailing dinghy. ... The Laser SB3 is a one-design class of sailboat commonly used for racing. ... International Lightning Sailing Dinghy The Lightning is a sailing dinghy originally designed by Sparkman & Stephens in 1938. ... A junior racing dinghy class popular in Sydney Australia. ... A Mirror on Combs Reservoir in Derbyshire The Mirror is a highly successful pram dinghy, with more than 70,000 built. ... Introduction A Musto Skiff reaching at Lake Garda The Musto Skiff is a single-handed sailing skiff with a length of 4. ... The National 12 is a two person, two sail, twelve foot long sailing dinghy. ... A Brief History of the OK In 1957 Axel Dangaard Olsen of Seattle, U.S.A., asked the Danish yacht designer Knud Olsen to prepare drawings for a light and fast single-handed sailing dinghy based on conventional plywood construction. ... Introduction The Optimist, more commonly called the Opti or Oppy is a beginner dinghy with a daggerboard and single sail. ... The Sabot is a sailing dinghy that is sailed and raced singlehandedly usually by young sailors in various places around the world. ... The Sea Bright is a derivation of the Jersey Skiff. ... A scow, in the original sense, is a flat bottomed boat, often used to haul garbage or similar bulk freight; cf. ... The Snipe is a 15-1/2 foot, 2 person, one design racing dinghy with a rich history. ... The Spiral is a type or class of Sailing Dinghy. ... Streakers at Ripon Sailing Club A Streaker is a type of sailing dinghy designed in 1975 by Jack Holt. ... The Sunfish sailboat is popular for races. ... A Thistle sailing downwind. ... A Topper under unexacting conditions The Topper is an 11 sailing dinghy designed by Ian Proctor. ... The Wayfarer is a wooden or fibreglass hulled bermudan rigged sailing dinghy, often used for short sailing trips as a day boat. The boat is 15 foot 10 inches (4. ...


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