Development | |
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Designer | Philip Rhodes |
Location | United States |
Year | 1948 |
No. built | 700 |
Builder(s) | Cape Cod Shipbuilding |
Role | Day sailer-Sailing dinghy |
Name | Rhodes 18 |
Boat | |
Crew | two |
Displacement | 800 lb (363 kg) |
Draft | 4.00 ft (1.22 m) with centerboard down |
Hull | |
Type | monohull |
Construction | fiberglass |
LOA | 18.00 ft (5.49 m) |
LWL | 17.00 ft (5.18 m) |
Beam | 6.25 ft (1.91 m) |
Hull appendages | |
Keel/board type | centerboard |
Rudder(s) | transom-mounted rudder |
Rig | |
Rig type | Bermuda rig |
Sails | |
Sailplan | fractional rigged sloop |
Spinnaker area | 197 sq ft (18.3 m2) |
Total sail area | 162 sq ft (15.1 m2) |
The Rhodes 18 is an American trailerable day sailer or sailing dinghy that was designed by Philip Rhodes in 1938 and first built in 1948. It is Rhodes' design #448.[1][2][3][4]