GEARY 18
Fractional Sloop • Centerboard Dinghy • Built 1928
Dimensions
- LOA
- 18.16 ft
- LWL
- — ft
- Beam
- 5.46 ft
- Max Draft
- 3.75 ft
- Min Draft
- 1.92 ft
- Displacement
- 525 lbs
- Ballast
- — lbs
Performance Ratios
- Capsize Ratio ⓘ
- 2.71 (use caution offshore)
- SA/D Ratio ⓘ
- 49.2
- D/L Ratio ⓘ
- —
- Ballast Ratio ⓘ
- —
Sail Plan
- Sail Area
- 200 sq ft
Construction
- Hull Type
- Centerboard Dinghy
- Rig Type
- Fractional Sloop
- Hull Material
- Wood or FG
- Ballast Type
- —
Production
- First Built
- 1928
- Last Built
- —
- Number Built
- 1500
Notes:
Comissioned by the Seattle Yacht Club in 1928.
Originally called the 18' DEVELOPMENT CLASS FLATTIE, or just FLATTIE.
The first builder was the N.J. Blanchard Boat Company.
Racing rules allow the use of 1 trapeze. No spinnaker.
Designer
- Ted Geary (1885–1960)
Builders
- Blanchard Boat Co. (USA) (1923–1969)
- Clark Boat Company (1960–1984)