Photo Credit:2014 Buccaneer 18 North American Championship – Lake Dillon, Colorado
Photo Credit: 2019 Buccaneer 18 North American Championship – Lake Pleasant, Arizona
Photo Credit: 2018 Buccaneer 18 North American Championship – Anderson, South Carolina
About Buccaneer 18 Class Association
Celebrating its 50th year, the Buccaneer’s designer was speed genius Rod MacAlpine Downie and originally commissioned by the Chrysler Marine division. The Buccaneer 18 is a wide-beamed and powerful sit-in dinghy. With a roomy cockpit and easily handled controls, the double-handed “Bucc” is manageable by one and can accommodate as many as three people. She is fast and planes in 8-10 knots. Well-balanced, self-righting, and self-bailing, the Bucc is embraced by a lively class that spans from Alaska and Toronto to South Carolina and Arizona
Design
Boats Produced: 5000+
Class boat builder(s):
Nickels/Windrider
https://www.windrider.com/collections/windrider-sailboat/products/buccaneer-18
Approximately how many boats are in the USA/North America? 4000
Where is your One-Design class typically sailed in the USA? List regions of the country:
Southeast
Rocky Mountain
Midwest
Mid Atlantic
Wisconsin
Arizona
Northeast
Alaska
Canada
Does this class have a spinnaker or gennaker? Yes
Ideal combined weight of range of crew: 300-400
Portsmouth Yardstick Rating: .87
Boat Designed in 1966
Beam: 6″
Weight of rigged boat without sails: 500
Draft: 8 inches – 3’ 10” with centerboard down
Mast Height: 23’4”