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The Hobie 18 is an American catamaran
The Hobie 18 is a
Photo of a Hobie 18 Magnum, showing the hiking wings
{{Sailing dinghies and skiffs Dinghies Catamarans 1970s sailboat type designs One-design sailing classes Sailboat type designs by Hobie Alter Sailboat type designs by Phil Edwards Sailboat types built by Hobie Cat
sailboat
A sailboat or sailing boat is a boat propelled partly or entirely by sails and is smaller than a sailing ship. Distinctions in what constitutes a sailing boat and ship vary by region and maritime culture.
Types
Although sailboat terminolo ...
that was designed by Hobie Alter and Phil Edwards as a one design racer and first built in 1976.
Production
The design was built byHobie Cat
Hobie Cat is a company that manufactures sailing catamarans, surfboards, sailboats, kayaks, stand-up paddle boards, and pedalboards as the Hobie Cat Company. It was founded in 1961 by Hobart Alter, who originally manufactured surfboards. Its li ...
in the United States, starting in 1976, but it is now out of production.
Design
The Hobie 18 is a sailing dinghy
Dinghy sailing is the activity of sailing small boats by using five essential controls:
* the sails
* the foils (i.e. the daggerboard or centreboard and rudder and sometimes lifting foils as found on the Moth)
* the trim (forward/rear angle o ...
, built predominantly of fiberglass
Fiberglass (American English) or fibreglass ( Commonwealth English) is a common type of fiber-reinforced plastic using glass fiber. The fibers may be randomly arranged, flattened into a sheet called a chopped strand mat, or woven into glass clo ...
. It has a fractional sloop rig, The twin hulls have raked stem
The stem is the most forward part of a boat or ship's bow and is an extension of the keel itself. It is often found on wooden boats or ships, but not exclusively.
Description
The stem is the curved edge stretching from the keel below, up to ...
s, near-plumb transoms, twin transom-hung rudder
A rudder is a primary control surface used to steer a ship, boat, submarine, hovercraft, aircraft, or other vehicle that moves through a fluid medium (generally air or water). On an aircraft the rudder is used primarily to counter adve ...
s controlled by a single tiller
A tiller or till is a lever used to steer a vehicle. The mechanism is primarily used in watercraft, where it is attached to an outboard motor, rudder post or stock to provide leverage in the form of torque for the helmsman to turn the rudder. ...
and twin retractable daggerboards. It displaces .
The design has a roller furling
Roller furling is a method of furling (i.e. reefing) a yacht's staysail by rolling the sail around a stay. Roller furling is typically used for foresails such as jibs or genoas.
A mainsail may also be furled by a similar system, whereby the ...
jib
A jib is a triangular sail that sets ahead of the foremast of a sailing vessel. Its tack is fixed to the bowsprit, to the bows, or to the deck between the bowsprit and the foremost mast. Jibs and spinnakers are the two main types of headsail ...
, internally-mounted halyard
In sailing, a halyard or halliard is a line (rope) that is used to hoist a ladder, sail, flag or yard. The term ''halyard'' comes from the phrase "to haul yards". Halyards, like most other parts of the running rigging, were classically made of ...
s and adjustable mast spreaders to allow mast adjustments fore-and-aft and abeam while sailing.
The boat has a draft of with a daggerboard extended and with both retracted, allowing operation in shallow water, beaching or ground transportation on a trailer.
The Hobie 18 Magnum version has hiking wing racks that give a beam of to allow trapezing crew members more leverage in keeping the boat level.
Operational history
In 1980 America's Cup racer and media mogulTed Turner
Robert Edward "Ted" Turner III (born November 19, 1938) is an American entrepreneur, television producer, media proprietor, and philanthropist. He founded the Cable News Network (CNN), the first 24-hour cable news channel. In addition, he fo ...
was racing the Hobie 18 and said, "it's a terrific boat, why didn't they have these when I was growing up!"
See also
*List of multihulls Types
* catamaran = two symmetric hulls
* proa = two asymmetric hulls, reverse-shunting (interchangeable bow/ stern)
* trimaran = three hulls
* quadrimaran = four hulls
* pentamaran = five hulls
Pre-modern Austronesian
* ʻalia
* Amatasi
...
* List of sailing boat types
References
External links
Photo of a Hobie 18 Magnum, showing the hiking wings
{{Sailing dinghies and skiffs Dinghies Catamarans 1970s sailboat type designs One-design sailing classes Sailboat type designs by Hobie Alter Sailboat type designs by Phil Edwards Sailboat types built by Hobie Cat