Phoenix 18

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|designer = Dick Gibbs and Rod Macalpine-Downie

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|location = United States

|year = 1964

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|builder = Gibbs Boat Company
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|draft = {{convert|2.25|ft|m|abbr=on}} with centerboards down

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|displacement = {{convert|250|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}

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|hull type = Catamaran

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|keel type = twin centerboards

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The Phoenix 18 is an American catamaran sailing dinghy that was designed by Dick Gibbs and Rod Macalpine-Downie and first built in 1964.{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/phoenix-18|title= Phoenix 18 sailboat |access-date= 16 April 2022|last= McArthur|first= Bruce|work= sailboatdata.com|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220416214001/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/phoenix-18|archive-date= 16 April 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/phoenix-18|title= Phoenix 18|access-date= 16 April 2022|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220416214028/https://sailboat.guide/phoenix-18|archive-date= 16 April 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/designer/macalpine-downie-jr-rod|title= J.R. (Rod) Macalpine-Downie 1934 - 1986|access-date = 16 April 2022|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20201007170114/https://sailboatdata.com/designer/macalpine-downie-jr-rod|archive-date= 7 October 2020|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/j-r-rod-macalpine-downie|title= J.R. (Rod) Macalpine-Downie|access-date= 16 April 2022|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220416214033/https://sailboat.guide/j-r-rod-macalpine-downie|archive-date= 16 April 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/designer/gibbs-dick|title= Dick Gibbs 1929 - 2009|access-date = 16 April 2022|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20201007170118/https://sailboatdata.com/designer/gibbs-dick|archive-date= 7 October 2020|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/dick-gibbs|title= Dick Gibbs|access-date= 16 April 2022|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220416214034/https://sailboat.guide/dick-gibbs|archive-date= 16 April 2022|url-status= live}}

The boat is a smaller variant of the Shark 20 and a development of the Thai Mark IV.

The boat was named after the mythical bird as it was the first design built by the Gibbs Boat Company after its factory burned down.