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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

References

  1. ^ a b c d McArthur, Bruce (2022). "Hobie 18 sailboat". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 2 August 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d Sea Time Tech, LLC (2022). "Hobie 18". sailboat.guide. Archived from the original on 2 August 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  3. ^ a b McArthur, Bruce (2022). "Hobie 18 Magnum sailboat". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 2 August 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  4. ^ a b 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.

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