Baymaster 18
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|designer = Winthrop L. Warner
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|location = United States
|year = 1968
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|builder = Regatta Plastics Co.
|role = Cruiser
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|draft = {{convert|4.00|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|displacement = {{convert|850|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}
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|hull type = monohull
|construction = fiberglass
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|beam = {{convert|6.92|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|keel type = keel and centerboard
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|rudder type = transom-mounted rudder
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|rig type = Bermuda rig
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|sailplan = fractional rigged sloop
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The Baymaster 18 is an American trailerable sailboat that was designed by Winthrop L. Warner as a cruiser and first built in 1968.{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/baymaster-18|title= Baymaster 18 sailboat |access-date= 10 January 2021|last= McArthur| first= Bruce |work= sailboatdata.com|year= 2020|archive-url= https://archive.today/20210110202044/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/baymaster-18|archive-date= 10 January 2021|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/designer/warner-winthrop|title= Winthrop Warner 1900 - 1987 |access-date = 10 January 2021|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2020|archive-url= https://archive.today/20210110202056/https://sailboatdata.com/designer/warner-winthrop|archive-date= 10 January 2021|url-status= live}}Henkel, Steve: The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats, page 68. International Marine/McGraw-Hill, 2010. {{ISBN|978-0-07-163652-0}}{{cite web|url= http://www.shortypen.com/?boat=95&d=Regatta-Plastics-Baymaster-18|title= Baymaster 18|access-date= 10 January 2021|work= shortypen.com|archive-url= https://archive.today/20210110203619/http://www.shortypen.com/?boat=95&d=Regatta-Plastics-Baymaster-18|archive-date= 10 January 2021|url-status= live}}
Production
The design was built by Regatta Plastics Co. in Houston, Texas, United States, but it is now out of production.
Design
The Baymaster 18 is a recreational sailboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a fractional sloop rig, a raked stem, an angled transom, a transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed keel with a centerboard. It displaces {{convert|850|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} and carries {{convert|150|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} of ballast.
The boat has a draft of {{convert|4.00|ft|m|abbr=on}} with the centerboard extended and {{convert|9|in|cm|abbr=on}} with it retracted, allowing beaching or ground transportation on a trailer.
The boat is normally fitted with a small {{convert|2|to|5|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} outboard motor for docking and maneuvering.
The design has sleeping accommodation for four people, with a double berth in the cabin, and two in the cockpit under a boom tent. Cabin headroom is {{convert|39|in|cm|abbr=on}}.
The design has a hull speed of {{convert|5.2|kn|km/h|abbr=on}}.
Operational history
In a 2010 review Steve Henkel wrote, "The designer's intent was to place emphasis on safety and stability. Perhaps not surprisingly considering this, he has kept the main performance parameters (displacement, D/L, SA/D,) in the middle of the comp[etition] group. Best features: The large self-bailing cockpit has room enough to sleep two under a boom-tent, adding space for the other two crew in the cabin, though we think having four crew aboard overnight would be like sleeping four in a closet. That's not necessarily bad: we have met people who like to sleep four in a closet. In any case, she has the look of a classic little sailer and we suspect sails well. though we have never seen one sailing. Worst features: The Baymaster has the lowest headroom among her comp[etitor]s."
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.shortypen.com/?boat=95&d=Regatta-Plastics-Baymaster-18 Photos of Baymaster 18]
{{Trailer sailers and Trailer yachts worldwide}}
Category:1960s sailboat type designs