PHOENIX 18
Frac. Sloop (Rotating Spar) • Catamaran Twin Cbrd. • Built 1964
Dimensions
- LOA
- 18 ft
- LWL
- 16 ft
- Beam
- 7.92 ft
- Max Draft
- 2.25 ft
- Min Draft
- 0.3 ft
- Displacement
- 250 lbs
- Ballast
- — lbs
Performance Ratios
- Capsize Ratio ⓘ
- 5.03 (use caution offshore)
- SA/D Ratio ⓘ
- 94.7
- D/L Ratio ⓘ
- 27
- Ballast Ratio ⓘ
- —
Sail Plan
- Sail Area
- 235 sq ft
Construction
- Hull Type
- Catamaran Twin Cbrd.
- Rig Type
- Frac. Sloop (Rotating Spar)
- Hull Material
- Wood/FG
- Ballast Type
- —
Production
- First Built
- 1964
- Last Built
- —
- Number Built
- —
Notes:
A smaller version of the SHARK 20 and development of the THAI MK IV design.
The name came from the fact that this was the first new model produced after the original Gibbs Boat Co. had burned to the ground.
Designers
- Dick Gibbs (1929–2009)
- J.R. (Rod) Macalpine-Downie (1934–1986)
Builders
- Gibbs Boat Co. (USA)
- MFG Boat Company (USA) (1965–1983)
- Skene Boats Ltd. (CAN) (1968–1992)