Fractional Sloop
• Centerboard Dinghy
• Built 1985
Dimensions
LOA
18 ft
LWL
16.67 ft
Beam
6 ft
Max Draft
3.83 ft
Min Draft
0.58 ft
Displacement
500 lbs
Ballast
— lbs
Performance Ratios
Capsize Ratio ⓘ
3.02
(use caution offshore)
SA/D Ratio ⓘ
44.4
D/L Ratio ⓘ
48
Ballast Ratio ⓘ
—
Sail Plan
Sail Area
175 sq ft
Construction
Hull Type
Centerboard Dinghy
Rig Type
Fractional Sloop
Hull Material
FG Wood
Ballast Type
—
Production
First Built
1985
Last Built
—
Number Built
—
Notes: Same as the BUCCANEER 18.\nWhen Gloucester Yachts purchased the molds for the BUCCANEER 18 in the mid 1980's, they renamed it the GLOUCESTER 18.\n\nBUCCANEER 18 PRODUCTION HISTORY:\nChrysler Corporation - 1968 thru 1980, hull #1 thru approx. #4050. (Just over 4000 boats built).\nTexas Marine International (TMI) - 1981 thru 1982, hull approx. #4051 thru approx. #4750. (Around 700 boats built).\nWellcraft Marine Corporation, Starwind Division - 1982 thru 1984, hull approx. #4751 thru approx. #5000. (Approx. 250 boats built).\nGloucester Yachts - 1985 thru 1986, hull #5001 thru #5059. (59 boats built).\nCardinal Yachts - 1987 thru present, hull #5060 thru #5065, #5100 thru #5106 and #5200 thru #5214. (28 boats built).\n\nNickels Boatworks is current builder. (2008)\n\nNot the same as another GLOUCESTER 18 (aka WHITECAP), designed by Harry Sindle, and also built by Gloucester Yachts.