Hartley TS-18
Description
The Hartley TS-18 (also called Hartley 18 Trailer Sailer) is a classic Australian/New Zealand micro-cruiser from Richard Hartley's legendary TS series—the "big sister" to the iconic TS-16 and a proven garage-built plywood design that's been turning heads since the late 1960s for its perfect blend of family camping space, blistering performance, and bombproof simplicity. Far rarer than the thousands of TS-16s (likely under 500 built total), it's still actively raced and cruised through the Hartley TS18/21 Yacht Club of Victoria (hartleyyachtclub.org)—a tight-knit group that shares parts, measurement certs, and epic stories of weekend raids on Port Phillip Bay. Plans remain available (~$150 AUD) from hartley-boats.com for plywood/epoxy or GRP molding, with modern CNC kits cutting build time to ~500 hours.
The standard boat dimensions
| i | 19 ft |
|---|---|
| j | 6.25 ft |
| p | 21.50 ft |
| e | 10.50 ft |
| p2 | - |
| e2 | - |
| i2 | - |
| j2 | - |
| I | J | P | E | P2 | E2 | I2 | J2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 ft | 6.25 ft | 21.50 ft | 10.50 ft | - | - | - | - |
Documents
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Sails
Hartley TS-18 - MAINSAIL
| Luff | 21.5 ft - (6553 mm) |
|---|---|
| Foot | 10.5 ft - (3200 mm) |
| Leech | * 23.38 ft - (7126 mm) |
| Tack Angle | * 88 ° |
| Diagonal | * 23.6 ft - (7193 mm) |
| Head (inches) | * 4.5 in - (114 mm) |
| Area | * 116.38 ft² |
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Hartley TS-18 - JIBSAIL
| Luff | 18 ft - (5486 mm) |
|---|---|
| Foot | 8.5 ft - (2591 mm) |
| Leech | 16.33 ft - (4977 mm) |
| Percentage LP | * 123.2 % |
| Length Perpendicular | * 7.7 ft - (2347 mm) |
| Deck Angle | * 6.85 ° |
| Area | * 69.3 ft² |
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Hartley TS-18 - GENOA
| Luff | 18.5 ft - (5639 mm) |
|---|---|
| Foot | 10.5 ft - (3200 mm) |
| Leech | 18.25 ft - (5563 mm) |
| Percentage LP | * 159.84 % |
| Length Perpendicular | * 9.99 ft - (3045 mm) |
| Deck Angle | * -0.3 ° |
| Area | * 92.42 ft² |
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Hartley TS-18 - ASYMMETRICAL
| Luff | * 19 ft - (5791 mm) |
|---|---|
| Foot | * 10.31 ft - (3142 mm) |
| Leech | * 17.48 ft - (5328 mm) |
| Perc LP | * 165 % |
| Area | * 147 ft² |
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Hartley TS-18 - SPINNAKER
| Stays | * 19 ft - (5791 mm) |
|---|---|
| MidGirth | * 11.25 ft - (3429 mm) |
| Foot | * 11.25 ft - (3429 mm) |
| Perc LP | * 180 % |
| Area | * 182 ft² |
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Disclaimer. Boats are not all the same -- even when produced in the same factory of the same model. Sailrite does its best to publish accurate dimensions, but we often find it worthwhile to have our customers measure their boats carefully before we produce kits for them. You should take the same precautions, especially when the data is not from Sailrite. The information on this site is not guaranteed to be accurate. Sailrite offers this content as a service to our community, but takes no responsibility for the reliability of the data provided.