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Marshall Sanderling 18: Used Boat Review
The marshall sanderling 18 retains the catboat's traditional appeal...but her racing pedigree continues to fuel a passionate interest in this timeless design..
Catboats started out as workboats. According to marine historian Howard I. Chapelle, beamy, single-sailed centerboarders with half-decked hulls and barn door rudders began to appear in America around 1840, when, for the first time, there was sufficient demand to make fishing from small boats profitable. Sailed mostly in Lower New York Harbor and on Cape Cod Bay, cats fished, freighted, ferried, and packeted for decades. Their simplicity, stability, and shallow draft made them versatile, and their efficiency and ease of handling made them popular. Some say getting fish to market was the advent of sailboat racing.
In the 1880s and ‘90s, catboat racing flourished, especially around New York. In that Gilded Age, unlimited “sandbaggers” with sky-scraping gaffs and gangs of crew pushed the type towards its speed (and safety) limits. Throughout the years, catboats have also made fine yachts.
Built in wood by local yards, small cats suitable for daysailing and overnighting eventually became available as production boats. In more recent years, cats have enjoyed a minor renaissance. Fleets can be found at New Jersey and New England yacht clubs. The second life of the traditional cat began in 1962 when Breck Marshall built the first one in fiberglass. He went into limited production with an 18-footer called the Sanderling, named after the wave-skipping shore bird. His shop was in New Hampshire. He sold a few boats, but in addition to the problems of trying to sell the sailors of that day on “plastic boats,” he encountered resistance brought on by his location.
“People couldn’t imagine a boat like that being built in New Hampshire,” Marshall wrote. “But when I moved the company to Padanaram, Massachusetts, down to the saltwater and the natural habitat of the catboat, things picked up and we sold all the boats we could build.”
Marshall died in 1976, but shop foreman John Garfield bought the company from Marshall’s widow and kept filling orders. The Sanderling was the first “modern” catboat on the scene, but it has been joined over the years by a raft of reproductions, developments on traditional lines, and original designs, all built in fiberglass with aluminum spars.
In addition to Marshall’s 15-ft. Sandpiper and the Marshall 22, the list includes the 21-ft. Atlantic City Cat (affording both inboard power and 6-ft. headroom); the popular Nowak & Williams-built, Halsey Herreshoff-designed Herreshoff America Cat; One Design Marine’s Chappaquidick 25; the Wittholz-Hermann Cape Cod cat, (17-1/2-ft. overall); the Americat 22 (modeled after a Sweisguth design of the 1920s and built by Vintage Boat Co.), and a series of Menger cats (15, 19, and 23) from Menger Boatworks.
Garry Hoyt has always been a pioneer. In the 1970s he revived free-standing spars with his Freedom 40 and followed it with learn-to-sail boats like the Expo Solar Sailer and Escape, as well as a series of inventions that include the patented Hoyt Gun Mount and Hoyt Jib Boom. In 1998 he designed and built the 19-ft. Alerion cat “to combine the proven virtues of the catboat with modern sailing performance.” From the outset, cats have been recognized for their shallow-water capabilities, sprightly acceleration, superior load-carrying and stability.
Cat people will note the Alerion’s sleeved mainsail, which rolls around a free-standing mast on special Harken bearings. A green “go” line and a red “stop” line for shortening sail further simplify the system. Thirty seconds of pulling on control lines and it’s deployed. Friction in the system is minimal. The Jib Boom is the least-traditional element in the Alerion’s looks, but it facilitates precise and variable shape control as well as roller furling deployment.
Perhaps the most-radical of Hoyt’s innovations could be found in the rudder. Starting with the planform of the traditional shallow draft, low-aspect ratio “barn door,” Hoyt cut the rudder away below the waterline. The forward third of the rudder was a high-aspect ratio, foil-shaped pivoting blade. When drawn up, it filled the cutout and the rudder looked and worked like a typical cat’s barn door rudder. When deployed, it gave deep-draft control and high-lift efficiency. The configuration also helped address the legendary weather helm that has always been the catboat’s Achilles Heel.
Comfort and sailing ease are big parts of catboat appeal. The Alerion’s easy-handling sail systems, combined with the high coamings and maximum elbow room of the archetypal catboat cockpit, made Hoyt’s Alerion shine in these areas.
Sanderling 18
The prototype for the Sanderling was an 18-footer designed by Pop Arnold in 1941. Breck Marshall said he inherited some plans and a handful of station molds from his work with Bill Tripp at American Boatbuilding in East Greenwich, Rhode Island. But, he wrote, he had no plans of the boat that became the Sanderling. Marshall spent about three weeks modeling by eye before he built the plug for the first Sanderling. And the hull he ended up with was significantly different from the model.
Sanderling’s entry was a major departure from the past. Catboats have always been close-winded (due primarily to the aerodynamic cleanness of a single sail) but only in smooth water. Because of the bluff, full bow sections necessary to buoy up their heavy wooden masts, Sanderlings have earned a bad name for going slowly upwind in waves. By using a lighter (less than 70 pounds) aluminum mast, Marshall was able to make the Sanderling’s entry considerably finer. Over the years, the boat that Marshall created has performed well enough upwind in waves to confirm the wisdom of that modification.
The Pop Arnold model, Marshall said, “was not a pretty boat. She had a flat sheer with a kind of tumblehome ram bow in her. She also had a square house.” Marshall corrected these deficiencies by giving the Sanderling a swept sheer, crowned cabin, tapered house, and slightly angled stem. Many modern eyes have never seen an original catboat, but, old or new, the catboat Marshall modeled is among the handsomest of the breed.
Says Garfield, “I think Marshall was influenced a lot by Bill Tripp. The waterplane of the Sanderling looks more like the underbody of a Tripp ocean racer of the time than it does the boxy traditional cats.” The Sanderling’s maximum beam of 8-ft. 6-in. and length overall of 18-ft. 2-in. approach the classic 1:2 proportions that distinguished the cats of old, but the waterline beam of less than 8-ft. makes it more modern under the water. So does the moderate deadrise (many cats are almost flat-bottomed) and tapered shape aft. It’s a marketing cliché today, but it seems to us that in the infancy of fiberglass boatbuilding Marshall combined traditional aesthetics with modern hydrodynamics. Catboats like the Nonsuch and certainly the Alerion Express Cat have continued the same theme of being old-fashioned to look at but up-to-date under the water.
Construction. The Pearson Triton, one of the earliest production fiberglass auxiliaries, was only four years old when Marshall built the first Sanderling in 1962. Coming from pioneering days, it was built to “more is more” scan’tlings. Building boats with glass and resin has come a long way since then.
| Marshall Sanderling 18 | |
|---|---|
| Courtesy: Sailboatsdata.com | |
| Hull Type: | Keel/Cbrd. |
| Rigging Type: | Gaff head Cat |
| LOA: | 18.17 ft / 5.54 m |
| LWL: | 17.50 ft / 5.33 m |
| S.A. (reported): | 253.00 ft² / 23.50 m² |
| Beam: | 8.50 ft / 2.59 m |
| Displacement: | 2,200.00 lb / 998 kg |
| Ballast: | 500.00 lb / 227 kg |
| Max Draft: | 4.33 ft / 1.32 m |
| Min Draft: | 1.58 ft / 0.48 m |
| Construction: | FG |
| First Built: | 1962 |
| Builder: | Marshall Marine Corporation (USA) |
| Designer: | Arnold/Breck Marshall |
| Make: | Yanmar |
| Model: | 1GM |
| Type: | Diesel |
| Builders: | Marshall Marine Corp. |
“We introduced the chopper gun back in 1972,” Garfield said, “and as gelcoat has improved we’ve taken advantage of the changes. We use all isophthalic gelcoat and resins now. The battens inside on the overhead used to be wood. Now they’re closed-cell foam. We added a collar molding around the mast hole, but from the rail down is sacred. We build them today the way Marshall did then.”
Marshall Marine uses polyester resin and alternating plies of mat and woven roving for a total of seven in the hull and adds four more to make a total of 11 plies along the centerline and in the way of the centerboard trunk. The mast step is molded separately and taped in place, as is the trunk. The interior is rough glass textured by the final layer of roving, but the mat/gelcoat exterior shows surprisingly little print-through.
The hull/deck joint is an overlapping deck flange. Sealed with compound and bolted on 12-in. centers with 3/8-in. diameter stainless steel bolts (through a mahogany rubrail). It has kept deck leaks to “an absolute minimum” Garfield reports.
The owner of hull #66 (built in 1964) confirmed that “deck leaks have never been a problem. “We did, however, re-bed the ports two years ago because they were weeping. The only house leaks are through the bolt hole in the handrail where we popped out a wooden bung.
We also encountered rot in the aft house bulkhead due to water seeping through cracked fiberglass tape, and a centerboard leak where the glass encapsulating the pivot bolt cracked. The plywood floor of the cockpit has had to be reglassed in places where the original fiberglass sheathing wore away.”
Performance . Many modern sailors have never sailed a gaff-rigged boat. When we first sailed the Sanderling we found Hoyt’s criticism of “confusing hoops, lifts, and jacks” apropos. And certainly, if the gaff was a viable rig, why did it die? We’ve grown to see, however, that while it does take some getting used to, the gaff is not entirely outmoded. The flex in it is a good thing, similar to a modern flex-tipped mast. It bends to leeward and loosens the leech in the puffs. The gaff is also less bulky than even a modern full-length spar, and for that reason the upper part of the mainsail benefits from cleaner airflow upwind. Draft control is
surprisingly precise via adjustment of the peak (the halyard that lifts the middle of the gaff as opposed to the throat, which controls the inner end). Hoisting and dousing sail are more complicated operations, but then there’s only one sail to tend. There is no boom vang and the traveler isn’t adjustable.
The standard mainsheet trims from the end of the boom. This clears the cockpit for passengers. One owner said, “We bought a mainsheet cam cleat to mount by the after end of the centerboard trunk but we’ve never gotten around to it. It’s just simpler to wrap the sheet on the horn cleat aft.”
Sanderling’s big sail is good for ghosting. It has a relatively slippery shape and has the ability to reduce wetted surface a lot by heeling a little. “I’m amazed,” said one owner, “at how well she glides in breezes too light to see on the water. She may look clunky and complicated but she’s a joy to sail.”
Said another sailor, “we’ve made 6- and 8-hour passages in her and averaged better than 5 knots under sail. For an 18-footer she can cover the ground. We’ve been pleased at how she took rough weather (25 knots under single reef), too.”
More than 200 Sanderlings are raced in one-design fleets said Garfield. “That’s one of the reasons the boats haven’t changed much. Breck Marshall moved cats into fiberglass and used the materials and concepts of his day to improve the breed. Generations have embraced his design and the Marshall cat has become a mini-classic.
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We used to sail a Marshall 22 on the Long Island Sound, and took a couple of cruises up the coast. Great boats, fun to sailing, and a great owner community. One feature of the gaff rig we especially enjoyed was the ability to quickly reef by scandalizing the gaff, i.e. lowering the gaff to create a much smaller, triangular sail. Very helpful when easing up to a mooring buoy!
And a Sanderling won the singlehanded monohull class in this year’s race to Alaska! Left my Sanderling (and a lot of great gunkholing territory) behind when I moved to San Diego.
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Our New 40 Year Old Herreshoff America 18 Catboat – In Praise of Classic Plastic
Two months ago, I bought a Herreshoff America 18 catboat, an example of what I consider to be “classic plastic,” a timeless design, built to last. Built in 1973, at forty years old, her hull is still solid and sound. She is on at least her second sail (she only has one, a 250 square foot gaff rigged main.) Her aluminum mast is original as are her boom and gaff. I am only her third owner, or so the last owner told me. The first owner is said to have owned her for close to 39 years. In this case, the sailor wore out before the boat. He is said to have sold the catboat when he was in his 80s and couldn’t sail anymore. The next owner found that he was too busy to sail, kept her for a season, and then passed the boat along to me (in exchange for a cashier’s check.)
Once I owned the boat, I found that I was too busy to get her in the water for two months. Over the Fourth of July weekend, we finally launched her and had a wonderful sail on Lake George. For a tubby 18 footer, with an 8′ beam and weighing in at 2,500 pounds, she sails amazingly well. We screamed along at close to 6 knots, which for a boat with a 17.75′ waterline is pretty impressive. Having a sail area to displacement ratio of almost 23 definitely helps.
I recall distinctly when I saw my first Herrsehoff America 18. It was in the late 70s, so the boat must have been fairly new. The catboat was sailing down the channel into Stamford harbor. She was a small boat but with a beam almost half her length she had a certain presence. She was on a broad reach and her gaff-rigged mainsail looked huge and stately. She was lovely. Decades later, my opinion hasn’t changed.
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Very, very happy for you! She’s beautiful! I see nothing wrong with 40 year old classic glass, nothing! Of course, that’s coming from a guy who has only owned old wood boats and knows and understands rot, but is about to buy a 33 year old glass girl that’s not quite as classic as that Herreshoff but will be my home.
She’s a nice looking boat, Richard, congrats. I don’t own a boat but often sail a Chesapeake 32, designed by Phil Rhodes. Built in 1958 in Denmark and delivered to the US in 1960, hull # 1 of the series. Primary sailing ground is out of North East MD, at the very top of the Chesapeake. She’s a bit deep draft for this area, so we mind that we keep to the channel. There’s enough upkeep/refit involved that I can only imagine a wooden boat…must needs deep pockets.
Congratulations! She’s beautiful. I think that wood is over-idealised by sailors. Many of us would like to have a wood sailboat, but few of us are JP Morgan! Fibreglass is practical and durable – two important attributes for a boat that sees use.
May your Herreshoff see a lot of use!
Congrats on your purchase ! Any Herreshoff boat is going to look good on the water, I don’t think it’s possible for anyone with that last name to draw an ugly boat. My old 1973 O’day 27 (#67) sails every weekend on Chesapeake Bay. There’s something to be said for being able to haul out one weekend and drop in the next and basically be done for the season . Stay safe out on the lake !
Congrats on getting the boat in the water and having a spouse that shares your interests and enthusiasm! And you get to go sailing too!
I just started sailing Hull #371 after she had sat for almost 2 decades. I have owned several other monohulls, but I think I like the “America” the most. I still prefer my Stiletto 27, but this little boat is a close second.
I have a friend who used to own one of these classic boats and he wishes that he still did. I would like to build him a half hull model, but I can’t seem to find a set of plans. Any idea who built these beauties, or where I might get a set of plans (or at least the line drawings)?
I am very lucky to own two classics, the America and the Eagle! I sail into any harbor and the Hinckley people all say wow what a beautiful boat. The America is a classic and sails just fine on Buzzards Bay! The Eagle is a little newer and the same comments happen every time we enter a harbor under sail . The lines are beautiful and the topsail rig is outstanding and yes it does sail very well on all points! My America is faster but the Eagle sails better in rough waters!!!
Thanks for the comment. I envy you your Herreshoff fleet. The different rigs on essentially the same hull are intriguing. As much as I appreciate the looks of a classic catboat, I do love the looks of the Eagle.
We live in Kingston, Ontario, the East end of Lake Ontario and have just bought a 1974 Herreshoff America 18 Catboat and have just put her in the water. I can’t wait to sail her but the ‘through the deck’ mast is not stepped yet.
As I see many of these boats have tabernacles, for next summer we would like to build one from wood for her, and I think I can use the drawings for the aluminium one (with adoptions of course), but does anyone have any ideas of how to attach the tabernacle to the deck and the ‘post’ supporting it all? I was thinking of sandwiching the deck with 3/4″ ply (well finished and bolted of course) and this would be attached to the tabernacle on top and the ‘post’ underneath. What about using the cut off piece of mast for the ‘post’ ?
Anyone know who I could ask about this?
Cheers, Ruth
I built a tabernacle by sleeving the original mast with a length of Schedule 40 marine aluminum pipe that I ordered online. (The ID of the pipe and the OD of the mast make it possible.) So far I am quite happy with it. Here are a few photos of the finished tabernacle . My tabernacle is a modified version of the design used on the HA18 Platereo (click here.) The nice thing about sleeving the mast is that you can use the original mast step and fittings. There is no need to modify the deck.
Several years ago, Jean Miele put together a wonderful rigging guide to the HA18 which he posted on his web page. There is a plan for a tabernacle on page 3 & 14. Click here to go to his web page.
Hi, Sadly I must sell my Herreshoff American.Do you know anybody who wants a well maintained Cat boat for $6,500 .Bob
Have you tried the Catboat Association used boat listings? That where I found my boat. Listing your boat is free, though you do have to be a member.
RE: BOB TEN EYCK I AM INTEREST IN YOUR Herreshoff America. PEASE CONFIRM A/ LOCATION OF BOAT, B/ AVAILABILITY C/ INVENTORY ,AND D/ PIC’S PLEASE REPLY VIA MY EMAIL.
Thanks for a very nice site. I have admired the Herreshoff America since the mid 70’s when a client of mine purchased one. At the time I owned the first of my two CD Typhoon’s and we would engage in friendly racing. They were two beauties under sail. Having an adventurous nature, and sometimes less than cautious, he in the America and a friend in his Catalina 22 left the Manatee Pocket, Port Salerno, FL bound for The Bahamas. They enjoyed a great trip and he sported a great smile upon his return.
I am waiting for a call from a broker to take me to see an HA that is for sale locally. Fingers crossed.
Have just swapped a Dyer Midget sailing dinghy for an H.A. Cat Boat. She needs a little tender loving care but otherwise she is sound. Just spent a week on her and had a great time. Took a little time to get used to her large sail! I also have a open cockpit Cape Dory Typhoon and a Hunter 40 that we have sailed over forty thousand miles. The only problem she has is a bad leak. The only place it can be is in the center board trunk. Does any one have any suggestions? Any help will be very appreciated.
I know the Herreshoff cat boat fleet very well. I’m a retired sailmaker and made some of the first sails for the America and all the original sails for the Herreshoff Eagle and the Minuteman boats. I’m delighted to read that many sailors are still sailing them. I still have all the data on these sails and if you are in need of a replacement sail , I can be of service. Happy sailing .
That Cat you saw sailing into Stamford Harbor we me–on Drummer Buoy. My wife and I had our honeymoon on her and she served us well until we built a larger NorSea 27 to sail the world. Drummer Buoy was a great boat. She took good care of us and taught us much. She was sold to a very dear friend when we moved up to the 27 and he still sails her out of Stamford.
Congratulations the America is a timelss design. Ed Zacko January 2016
Wow. Great to make the connection. Did you then keep the NorSea27 in Yacht Haven West? I recall seeing one a few docks over.
I am now selling my Herreshoff. Fun to sail but I wanted more space for cruising. Our new/old Albin Nimbus 42 is being worked on as I type down in Virginia.
Rick, I saw your note that you are selling your Herreshoff. Is it still for sale? If so, where can I learn more about it and see pictures of it? Don
I have enjoyed reading the posts about catboats. I will be putting my 18′ HA Catboat up for sale in the next two weeks. She is a 1971 in good condition and will be fairly priced (under $5000). Boat, motor, trailer and many extras. Mike
I am the new owner of a 1976 Herreshoff America located on Cape Cod. She will be my “summer boat” as I live aboard my IP 38 in Florida and desire to escape the heat. I bought her sight unseen to sail to Maine this June and July. I need help with some dimensions. I would like to repower her with a newer outboard with electric start so I can charge a small house battery. Any idea on what will fit in the well? The dimensions including height? Also will I need a long shaft or short shaft? Any other suggestions would be appreciated. Terri Ivins SV “Sailbatical” IP 38 SV “Annie” HA 18
Mike Stephen, I am interested in learning more about your boat if it is still for sale. How can I get in touch with you? Don
TERRI—DID YOU EVER GET AN ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION ABOUT THE ENGINE SIZE. I OWN THE SAME BOAT AND NEED TO REPLACE AN OLD ENGINE BUT CAN’T FIND ONE THAT FITS.
DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT NEWER 4 STROKE MODEL WOULD FIT???
ALL HELP APPRECIATED…
Rick, is there any way you could send me the details for constructing the tabernacle. Specifically the measurements for the cuts and the procedure for making them? Thanks, Frank
I cannot find the sketches I made. I plan on working on the boat next week so I can take some measurements when I get back to it.
Thanks for the reply Rick. I plan to do the mod as a winter project and I have a lot of questions. Perhaps rather than tying up this site we could correspond direct through email if that would work for you?
I bought a 1972 HA 18 last fall and spent all winter cleaning, sanding, epoxying, varnishing, and painting. Finally put it in the water at the delta last week and what a cool sailboat! I did not replace the running rigging and was wondering if there is a list of lengths for rigging. Was the original rigging 3/8″? Not too many of these on the left coast.
Rick, Like Frank Volk, I am also planning to modify my Herrshoff America this winter to add a tabernacle. Can you please send the information and measurements you provided to Frank. Or if it would be easier, we could communicate via email. Thanks for the help. Don
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Sol Cat 18 is a 18 ′ 2 ″ / 5.6 m catamaran sailboat designed by Gene Vernon and built by Sol Catamarans starting in 1973.
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The theoretical maximum speed that a displacement hull can move efficiently through the water is determined by it's waterline length and displacement. It may be unable to reach this speed if the boat is underpowered or heavily loaded, though it may exceed this speed given enough power. Read more.
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Hull Speed = 1.34 x √LWL
Max Speed/Length ratio = 8.26 ÷ Displacement/Length ratio .311 Hull Speed = Max Speed/Length ratio x √LWL
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A measure of the power of the sails relative to the weight of the boat. The higher the number, the higher the performance, but the harder the boat will be to handle. This ratio is a "non-dimensional" value that facilitates comparisons between boats of different types and sizes. Read more.
SA/D = SA ÷ (D ÷ 64) 2/3
- SA : Sail area in square feet, derived by adding the mainsail area to 100% of the foretriangle area (the lateral area above the deck between the mast and the forestay).
- D : Displacement in pounds.
Ballast / Displacement Ratio
A measure of the stability of a boat's hull that suggests how well a monohull will stand up to its sails. The ballast displacement ratio indicates how much of the weight of a boat is placed for maximum stability against capsizing and is an indicator of stiffness and resistance to capsize.
Ballast / Displacement * 100
Displacement / Length Ratio
A measure of the weight of the boat relative to it's length at the waterline. The higher a boat’s D/L ratio, the more easily it will carry a load and the more comfortable its motion will be. The lower a boat's ratio is, the less power it takes to drive the boat to its nominal hull speed or beyond. Read more.
D/L = (D ÷ 2240) ÷ (0.01 x LWL)³
- D: Displacement of the boat in pounds.
- LWL: Waterline length in feet
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This ratio assess how quickly and abruptly a boat’s hull reacts to waves in a significant seaway, these being the elements of a boat’s motion most likely to cause seasickness. Read more.
Comfort ratio = D ÷ (.65 x (.7 LWL + .3 LOA) x Beam 1.33 )
- D: Displacement of the boat in pounds
- LOA: Length overall in feet
- Beam: Width of boat at the widest point in feet
Capsize Screening Formula
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CSV = Beam ÷ ³√(D / 64)
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The Sanderling is one of the oldest continuously produced fiberglass boats on the market and we are proud to have built over 860 of them since 1962. LOA: 18'2" LWL: 17'6" Beam: 8' 6" Draft: 19"board up & 4' 4" board down. Sail Area: 253 sq. ft. Displacement: 2200 lbs. Ballast: 500 Lbs. Our Catboat hulls and side decks are solid fiberglass ...
Marshall Marine builds the traditional style Marshall Catboat sailboats including the 15' Sandpiper, the 18' Sanderling and the Marshall 22' pocket cruiser. The Sakonnet 23 sloop was added in 2010 being a perfect fit with our shallow draft day sailers and cruisers.
Alerion Express Cat 19 - An Effort to Bring the Cat Up to Date We are including in this review of the Marshall Sanderling a glimpse at the Alerion Express Cat 19, an interesting variation on the theme from designer Garry Hoyt that attempted to add 21st-century innovations to the traditional catboat, chief among them a unique vang-less boom.
The Sanderling 18 is a recreational sailboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It is a gaff-rigged catboat with a wide beam, a plumb stem, a vertical transom, a transom-hung "barn-door" rudder controlled by a tiller and an unballasted retractable centerboard. Typical of catboats, there is no keel, but there is a substantial ...
1971. 18'. 8'. 1.83'. Massachusetts. $9,400. Description: Herreshoff America 18 Catboat in very good sailing condition with 5-Star trailer and tabernacle mast. Boat last sailed in Maine and Buzzards Bay during 2022 season.
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Our New 40 Year Old Herreshoff America 18 Catboat - In Praise of Classic Plastic. I will admit that I am not a lover of wooden vessels. An admirer from afar, perhaps. The truth is that I am afraid of rot. I don't understand it, and, as is often the case, I fear what I don't understand.
Com-Pac Eclipse Our line of modern cat-rigged models (dubbed "A New Breed of Catboat") offer the ultimate in trailer-sailing ease and rig set up. All come with the Mastendr™ quick-rig sailing system that allows for the boom, sail, and gaff to be left installed on the boat while the mast is folded or raised.
Marshall preowned sailboats for sale by owner. Marshall used sailboats for sale by owner.
Go to Sailing Texas classifieds for current sailboats for sale Herreshoff America Cat Boat 18 sailboat for sale Built by Squardron Yachts, Bristol, R.I. Hull was molded by Tilleston Pearson Industries 18 that I have been restoring for the past 2 years and am running out of steam. Rebuilt: rudder, cockpit floor, centerboard, gaff jaws, Shoreline Trailer in very good condition. Near new sail ...
1976 Hobie Cat Hobie 18 Hobie Cat 18. This is a great boat and a blast to sail. New jib, trampoline, sheets, tiller arm and standing rigging. I picked this boat up in California five years ago and completed a total rehab, the hulls are solid. I trailer the boat to Rocky Point, Mexico to sail off Sandy Beach.
Powered by a horizontal-cut dacron sail which features a large roller furling jib, the Hobie 18 offers high performance technical sailing with the fun and durability that Hobie Cat is famous for. Also available for added excitement is the Hobie 18 SX with a taller mast, vertical-cut mylar sails and wing seats as standard features.
A husky, round-bottomed centerboard cruiser with accommodations for two. LOA - 18' LWL- 17' 6" Beam - 8' 6" Draft (cb up) - 2' (cb down) - 4' 8" Displ. - 3,763 lbs.
Find your dream boat among our listings of Marshall Catboats and Sakonnet 23 Sloops. Marshall Marine brokers quality pre-owned vessels with classic design and sea-kindly performance.
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danimal35. Post subject: Re: Hobie 18 for new Cat sailor. Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2021 12:56 pm. Site Rank - Deck Hand. Joined: Sun Aug 08, 2021 5:13 pm. Posts: 4. Hey all, very grateful for the comments and just wanted to provide an update! I bought a Hobie 18 for $3,200 with some extra parts in great shape.
Sol Cat 18 is a 18′ 2″ / 5.6 m catamaran sailboat designed by Gene Vernon and built by Sol Catamarans starting in 1973.
For those preferring greater sail area and more sail handling, the traditional look of the sloop rigged version of the M-22 has proven popular. Cruiser or daysailer, cat or sloop rigged, let us work with you to customize a boat that will satisfy your sailing needs.
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Michigan. $1,000. Description: This is a Sol Cat 18, a later 1900 model catamaran boat that is made for speed. The boat comes with a perfect set of sails, a trailer, a mast (mast has a minor dent, hobie 18 mast included for this reason), a boom, a Hobie 18 mast, A set of rigging instructions, rudders, daggers, and Hull.
18' Catboat. Construction: Carvel planked over sawn & steamed frames. Alternative construction: Cold-molded or strip. Lofting is required. Plans include 11 sheets.