BoatsBandit 18

Bandit 18

Fractional Sloop · Cbrd w/outboard Rudder · First built 1980

A Micro Ton class fractional sloop with a high power-to-weight ratio, built for competitive racing since 1980

Designed by Andrew Stewart, built by Thames Marine.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Cbrd w/outboard Rudder

Is it for you?

Character

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

TrailerableBeam 2.44 m — inside the 2.55 m no-permit tow width across most of Europe, and the 2.59 m US and Canadian limit. About 635 kg of hull, so roughly 1,250 kg on a trailer: check that against your own towing rating.Ramp-launchableAbout 635 kg of hull, with a keel that raises or a draught shallow enough to float off a trailer — she can go back on the trailer at the ramp, not only into the water.Shoal draughtDraws 0.23 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.
LivelySea-kindly

Her light displacement on a beamy beam gives 8 — a quick, lively motion that feels every wave.

Comfort ratio 8
CoastalBluewater

At 2.86 she sits above the 2.0 line — beamy for her weight, and happiest coastal.

Capsize screening 2.86
LightHeavy

135 — light for her waterline, so she is easily driven and quick to accelerate.

Displacement / length 135
EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 25.4
TenderStiff

29% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.

Ballast 29%

Light and lively — happiest day-sailing and coastal-hopping in settled weather.

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
28.6%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Fractional Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
25.4
Displacement / length
135.2
Comfort ratio
7.9
Capsize screening
2.86
Hull speed
5.5 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
476
Hull
Hull type
Cbrd w/outboard rudder
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
First built 1980
Designer
Andrew Stewart
Builder
Thames Marine

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