Hobie 18

Hobie 18

Development
Designer	Hobie Alter and Phil Edwards
Location	United States
Year	1976
Builder(s)	Hobie Cat
Role	Sailing dinghy One-design racer
Name	Hobie 18
Crew	two
Boat
Crew	two
Boat weight	400 lb (181 kg)
Draft	2.50 ft (0.76 m) with a daggerboard down
Hull
Type	catamaran
Construction	fiberglass
LOA	18.00 ft (5.49 m)
Beam	8.00 ft (2.44 m)
Hull appendages
Keel/board type	twin daggerboards
Rudder(s)	twin transom-mounted rudders
Rig
Rig type	Bermuda rig
Sails
Sailplan	fractional rigged sloop
Total sail area	240.00 sq ft (22.297 m2)

The Hobie 18 is an American catamaran sailboat that was designed by Hobie Alter and Phil Edwards as a one design racer and first built in 1976. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

Production

The design was built by Hobie Cat in the United States, starting in 1976, but it is now out of production. ^{[1] [2] [7] [8] [9]}

Design

Hobie 18 Magnum

The Hobie 18 is a sailing dinghy, built predominantly of fiberglass. It has a fractional sloop rig, The twin hulls have raked stems, near-plumb transoms, twin transom-hung rudders controlled by a single tiller and twin retractable daggerboards. It displaces 400 lb (181 kg). ^{[1] [2]}

The design has a roller furling jib, internally-mounted halyards and adjustable mast spreaders to allow mast adjustments fore-and-aft and abeam while sailing. ^[10]

The boat has a draft of 2.50 ft (0.76 m) with a daggerboard extended and 7 in (18 cm) with both retracted, allowing operation in shallow water, beaching or ground transportation on a trailer. ^{[1] [2]}

The Hobie 18 Magnum version has hiking wing racks that give a beam of 12 ft (3.7 m) to allow trapezing crew members more leverage in keeping the boat level. ^{[3] [4]}

Operational history

In 1980 America's Cup racer and media mogul Ted Turner was racing the Hobie 18 and said, "it's a terrific boat, why didn't they have these when I was growing up!" ^[11]

See also

• List of multihulls
• List of sailing boat types

References

1. McArthur, Bruce (2022). "Hobie 18 sailboat". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 2 August 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
2. Sea Time Tech, LLC (2022). "Hobie 18". sailboat.guide. Archived from the original on 2 August 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
3. McArthur, Bruce (2022). "Hobie 18 Magnum sailboat". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 2 August 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
4. Sea Time Tech, LLC (2022). "Hobie 18 Magnum". sailboat.guide. Archived from the original on 2 August 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
5. McArthur, Bruce (2022). "Hobie Alter 1933 - 2014". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 2 August 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
6. Sea Time Tech, LLC (2022). "Hobie Alter". sailboat.guide. Archived from the original on 2 August 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
7. McArthur, Bruce (2022). "Hobie Cat". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 21 May 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
8. Sea Time Tech, LLC (2022). "Hobie Cat". sailboat.guide. Archived from the original on 2 August 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
9. Hobie Cat. "Sail". hobie.com. Archived from the original on 2 August 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
10. Schieffelin, John (April 1977). "New Boats - Hobie 18". Boating . Retrieved 2 August 2022.
11. Hobie Cat (September 1980). "Ted Turner Talks About The Hobie 18". Yachting . Retrieved 2 August 2022.

External links

• Photo of a Hobie 18 Magnum, showing the hiking wings