Prindle 18
Description
The Prindle 18 is an American catamaran sailing dinghy designed by Geoffrey Prindle as a racer and first built in 1977. Approximately 2,300 hulls were produced by Surfglas, Prindle Catamarans, and Lear Siegler Inc., making it one of the most successful racing beach cats of its era. Geoffrey Prindle, who started as a surfboard manufacturer and successful Hobie 14 racer, created this boat as part of his expanding catamaran line following the Prindle 16. The boat features fiberglass construction with no daggerboards, utilizing asymmetric hulls and transom-mounted rudders. It's designed as a two-person racer with a fractional rigged sloop configuration and rotating Bermuda rig, offering exceptional performance characteristics with a Portsmouth D-PN rating of 74.5.
Construction Details
| Designer | Geoffrey Prindle |
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| Builder | Surfglas, Prindle Catamarans, and Lear Siegler Inc. |
| Length | 18.000 ft |
| LOA | 18.000 ft |
| LWL | 17.000 ft |
| Beam | 7.920 ft |
| Displacement | 335 lb |
| Max Draft | 0.580 ft |
| Min Draft | 0.500 ft |
| Year Built | 1977 |
The standard boat dimensions
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Documents
Sails
Prindle 18 - MAINSAIL
| Luff | 26.75 ft - (8153 mm) |
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| Foot | 7.67 ft - (2338 mm) |
| Leech | * 26.05 ft - (7940 mm) |
| Tack Angle | * 78 ° |
| Diagonal | 26.25 ft - (8001 mm) |
| Head (inches) | 4.5 in - (114 mm) |
| Area | * 104.49 ft² |
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Prindle 18 - JIBSAIL
| Luff | 17.06 ft - (5200 mm) |
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| Foot | 6.07 ft - (1850 mm) |
| Leech | 16.04 ft - (4889 mm) |
| Length Perpendicular | * 5.71 ft - (1740 mm) |
| Area | * 48.68 ft² |
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