Development | |
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Designer | Ted Geary |
Location | United States |
Year | 1928 |
No. built | 1500 |
Builder(s) | Blanchard Boat Company Clark Boat Company |
Name | Geary 18 |
Boat | |
Displacement | 525 lb (238 kg) |
Draft | 3.75 ft (1.14 m) centerboard down |
Hull | |
Type | Monohull |
Construction | Wood or fiberglass |
LOA | 18.16 ft (5.54 m) |
Beam | 5.46 ft (1.66 m) |
Hull appendages | |
Keel/board type | centerboard |
Rudder(s) | internally-mounted spade-type rudder |
Rig | |
Rig type | Bermuda rig |
Sails | |
Sailplan | Fractional rigged sloop |
Mainsail area | 114 sq ft (10.6 m2) |
Jib/genoa area | 43.5 sq ft (4.04 m2) |
Total sail area | 200 sq ft (19 m2) |
The Geary 18 is an American sailboat that was designed by Ted Geary as a one-design racer and first built in 1926.[1][2][3]
The boat was designed in reaction to the deaths of four young sailors in the capsize of a Star on Lake Union in 1927. Geary was determined to design a safer boat for youth sail training.[4]
The boat was originally named the 18' Development Class Flattie, but it was usually called simply the Flattie, due to its flat-bottomed hull shape. In 1961, the year after the designer's death, the class association renamed the design the Geary 18, in his honor.[1][2]