This Precision 18 does NOT currently have a trailer..
Hand laid fiberglass hull and deck
Shoal draft keel w/fiberglass center board
Structural molded fiberglass liner
Lead ballasted, self-righting design
Kick-up fiberglass and aluminum rudder
Laminated mahogany and ash tiller
Molded in non-skid deck surface
6'4" self bailing cockpit
Fuel tank locker
Cockpit seat locker
Sliding companionway hatch
Molded in toerail
4-6" mooring cleats
Shear stripe
Waterline stripe
Stainless steel bow rail, stern rail, stanchions and boarding ladder
Stainless steel, kick up motor mount
Stainless steel bow eye
Teak wood trim
4-opening cabin windows
Aluminum opening forward hatch
Hinged mast step
Anodized mast and boom
Stainless steel standing rigging
Split back stay
Cockpit lead halyards
Open body turnbuckles w/toggles
Dacron running rigging
"Harken" ball bearing blocks
Berths for 4 adults
Deluxe 3" fabric cushions
Backrest cushions
Upholstered cabin headliner
Molded storage lockers
Cabin storage shelves
48 quart ice chest w/teak step
Electrical system W/ navigation and cabin lights
Battery box
Space for Porta Potti
Dacron main and jib sails
From the designer, Jim Taylor;
quote: People go sailing because it is fun, pure and simple. The problem for today's sailors is that a combination of high interest rates and increasingly scarce mooring and marina space have in many instances made boat ownership a lot less simple, and its fun a lot less pure!
This office shares with Precision Boat Works the firm belief that sailing should still be pure fun, and that the real key to the fun is in keeping it simple! Nowhere is it written that in order to enjoy a day on the water a sailor needs a boat that costs as much to buy as a house, even more to maintain, and that requires half a football team to sail properly; on the contrary, as the explosive growth in board sailing has shown, the purest sailing fun can often best be delivered in very small, simple packages! It is just this 'small and simple' concept that lies at the heart of the Precision 18 design requirements; a boat small enough to be easily trailered behind today's small cars, simple enough to be inexpensive, but big enough to sleep aboard (out of the weather) and stable enough to take along the family. And finally, a boat with the lively performance and good sea manners required to make sailing her fun!
