SPACESAILER 18
Masthead Sloop • Fin w/transom hung rudder • Built 1976
Dimensions
- LOA
- 18 ft
- LWL
- 16.17 ft
- Beam
- 6.83 ft
- Max Draft
- 3.5 ft
- Displacement
- 1,650 lbs
- Ballast
- 500 lbs
Performance Ratios
- Capsize Ratio ⓘ
- 2.31 (use caution offshore)
- SA/D Ratio ⓘ
- 13.8
- D/L Ratio ⓘ
- 174
- Ballast Ratio ⓘ
- 30.3%
Sail Plan
- Sail Area
- 120 sq ft
Construction
- Hull Type
- Fin w/transom hung rudder
- Rig Type
- Masthead Sloop
- Hull Material
- FG
- Ballast Type
- Cast iron
Production
- First Built
- 1976
- Last Built
- —
- Number Built
- —
Notes:
More than 100 were built under license in Missoula, MT by Laurie Simms.
The Simms built boats vary slightly from those built in Australia.
Disp: 1100 lbs.
Ballast: 400 lbs.
Beam: 7.0 ft.
Draft: 3.0 ft.
Photo from The True North Sailing Club website is of a Simms built Spacesailer 18.
Builder
- Swarbrick & Swarbrick (1963)