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Geary 18
The Geary 18 is an American sailboat that was designed by Ted Geary as a one-design racer and first built in 1926.
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.
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.
The design was initially built by the Blanchard Boat Company for the Seattle Yacht Club and by members of the Royal Vancouver Yacht Club and others, including the Clark Boat Company in the United States. Since then many professional and amateur builders have completed examples of the design. A total of 1500 boats have been built.
Conceived as a youth boat, the Geary 18's design goals were "ease of construction, low cost, safety, speed, smartness, and value in training beginning sailors". The resulting boat is a small, unsinkable, recreational keelboat, initially built predominantly of wood, later versions were produced in fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a fractional sloop rig with a full-roach mainsail, a nearly plumb stem a vertical transom, an internally-mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a tiller and a retractable centerboard keel. It displaces 525 lb (238 kg) and can accommodate one to four crew members. Flotation bags are installed under the decks to ensure the boat will not sink.
The boat has a draft of 3.75 ft (1.14 m) with the centerboard extended and 1.92 ft (0.59 m) with it retracted, allowing beaching or ground transportation on a trailer. Both the centerboard and the rudder can be trimmed fore and aft to optimize the boat’s performance. As the centerboard is light, the boat relies on its beam to aid stability.
The class rules allow the use of a single crew trapeze, but no spinnaker. A whisker pole can be used to hold the jib out downwind instead. The design will plane.
The design has been constructed by many different boat-building companies and also by many amateur-builders, so the materials and construction techniques vary considerably. Most earlier boats have straight-sawn frames, with flat hull sides and bottoms, with flat decks, all made from wooden planking. Later wooden boats are mostly built from plywood. Some centerboards have been made from aluminum.
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Geary 18
The Geary 18 is an American sailboat that was designed by Ted Geary as a one-design racer and first built in 1926.
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.
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.
The design was initially built by the Blanchard Boat Company for the Seattle Yacht Club and by members of the Royal Vancouver Yacht Club and others, including the Clark Boat Company in the United States. Since then many professional and amateur builders have completed examples of the design. A total of 1500 boats have been built.
Conceived as a youth boat, the Geary 18's design goals were "ease of construction, low cost, safety, speed, smartness, and value in training beginning sailors". The resulting boat is a small, unsinkable, recreational keelboat, initially built predominantly of wood, later versions were produced in fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a fractional sloop rig with a full-roach mainsail, a nearly plumb stem a vertical transom, an internally-mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a tiller and a retractable centerboard keel. It displaces 525 lb (238 kg) and can accommodate one to four crew members. Flotation bags are installed under the decks to ensure the boat will not sink.
The boat has a draft of 3.75 ft (1.14 m) with the centerboard extended and 1.92 ft (0.59 m) with it retracted, allowing beaching or ground transportation on a trailer. Both the centerboard and the rudder can be trimmed fore and aft to optimize the boat’s performance. As the centerboard is light, the boat relies on its beam to aid stability.
The class rules allow the use of a single crew trapeze, but no spinnaker. A whisker pole can be used to hold the jib out downwind instead. The design will plane.
The design has been constructed by many different boat-building companies and also by many amateur-builders, so the materials and construction techniques vary considerably. Most earlier boats have straight-sawn frames, with flat hull sides and bottoms, with flat decks, all made from wooden planking. Later wooden boats are mostly built from plywood. Some centerboards have been made from aluminum.