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Truc 18

Cat (rotating spar) · Centerboard Dinghy · First built 2009

A high-performance centerboard dinghy featuring a rotating cat rig and an exceptionally high sail-area-to-displacement ratio

Designed by Marco Croci, built by Crus Yacht.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Centerboard Dinghy

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Character

Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.

TrailerableBeam 2.30 m — inside the 2.55 m no-permit tow width across most of Europe, and the 2.59 m US and Canadian limit. About 360 kg of hull, so roughly 950 kg on a trailer: check that against your own towing rating.Ramp-launchableAbout 360 kg of hull, with a keel that raises or a draft shallow enough to float off a trailer — she can go back on the trailer at the ramp, not only into the water.Shoal draftDraws 0.18 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.
CoastalBluewater

At 3.26 she sits above the 2.0 line — beamy for her weight, and happiest coastal.

Capsize screening 3.26
EasygoingPowered-up

36.2 — a lot of sail for her weight; powered-up and eager, a real performer.

Sail area / displacement 36.2
TenderStiff

26% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.

Ballast 26%

Powered-up and quick to accelerate — this one likes to sail.

  • Heavier than ~93% of boats her size on file
  • Draws more than ~99% of boats her size on file
  • Beamier than ~98% of boats her size on file

Compared with 267 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
26.4%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Cat (rotating spar)
Ratios
SA / displacement
36.2
Capsize screening
3.26
Hull
Hull type
Centerboard Dinghy
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
First built 2009
Designer
Marco Croci
Builder
Crus Yacht

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The family

Related models

The designs closest to hers — usually the rest of the builder's range, sometimes the same hull sold under another name.

Truc 12A lightweight 3.65-metre cat-rigged dinghy by Marco Croci featuring a high sail-area-to-displacement ratio for performanceC2 F18A Greg Goodall design built for the Formula 18 class, featuring a rotating spar and a 21-square-metre spinnakerApollo 18An early A-class single-handed catamaran featuring a rotating spar and an exceptionally high sail-area-to-displacement ratioAMF Alcort Trac-18Frac. Sloop (Rotating Spar) · 5.49 m

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