Sailart 18

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Character

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

TrailerableBeam 2.45 m — inside the 2.55 m no-permit tow width across most of Europe, and the 2.59 m US and Canadian limit. About 600 kg of hull, so roughly 1,200 kg on a trailer: check that against your own towing rating.Ramp-launchableAbout 600 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 0.60 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.

CoastalBluewater

At 2.93 she sits above the 2.0 line — beamy for her weight, and happiest coastal.

Capsize screening 2.93

EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 26.5

TenderStiff

20% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.

Ballast 20%

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

Beamier than ~76% of boats her size on file

Compared with 460 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

The record

Full specifications

The complete reference set — tap any figure to switch between metric and imperial.

Dimensions

Weights

Ballast / displacement

20.0%

Rig & sail area

Rig

Fractional Sloop

Ratios

SA / displacement

26.5

Capsize screening

2.93

Hull

Hull type

Swing keel w/outboard rudder

Construction

Fiberglass

Ballast type

Lead

Production

Years built

1997–2018

Builder

Sailart

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The family

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