Corsaire Amiguet 18
Description
The Corsaire Amiguet 18, commonly known as the Corsaire, is a classic French plywood pocket cruiser designed by renowned naval architect Jean-Jacques Herbulot in 1953 and first built in 1954 by Chantier Naval Amiguet in Meulan, France. At 18 feet (5.5 m), it's one of the smallest seaworthy liveaboard sailboats ever mass-produced, emphasizing simplicity, affordability, and amateur buildability. Herbulot, a pioneer of accessible sailing designs, created the Corsaire as a "people's boat" for post-WWII France, with detailed plans and a construction guide that enabled thousands of home builds. Over 4,000 units have been constructed worldwide, making it France's most-built small cruiser—still active in fleets today via the Association des Corsaires (AS Corsaire).
The standard boat dimensions
| i | 18.50 ft |
|---|---|
| j | 6.43 ft |
| p | 21.82 ft |
| e | 9.48 ft |
| p2 | - |
| e2 | - |
| i2 | - |
| j2 | - |
| I | J | P | E | P2 | E2 | I2 | J2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18.50 ft | 6.43 ft | 21.82 ft | 9.48 ft | - | - | - | - |
Blueprints
Sails
| Sail Type | MAINSAIL |
|---|---|
| Luff | * 21.82 ft - (6651 mm) |
| Foot | * 9.48 ft - (2890 mm) |
| Leech | * 23.27 ft - (7093 mm) |
| Tack Angle | * 88 ° |
| Diagonal | * 23.48 ft - (7157 mm) |
| Head (inches) | * 4.5 in - (114 mm) |
| Area | * 106.99 ft² |
| Sail Type | JIBSAIL |
|---|---|
| Luff | * 15.67 ft - (4776 mm) |
| Foot | * 8.64 ft - (2633 mm) |
| Leech | * 13.41 ft - (4087 mm) |
| Percentage LP | * 114.93 % |
| Length Perpendicular | * 7.39 ft - (2252 mm) |
| Deck Angle | * 12.06 ° |
| Area | * 57.89 ft² |
| Sail Type | JIBSAIL |
|---|---|
| Luff | 17 ft - (5182 mm) |
| Foot | 7 ft - (2134 mm) |
| Leech | 15 ft - (4572 mm) |
| Percentage LP | * 95.8 % |
| Length Perpendicular | * 6.16 ft - (1878 mm) |
| Deck Angle | * 9.18 ° |
| Area | * 52.37 ft² |
| Sail Type | GENOA |
|---|---|
| Luff | * 18.61 ft - (5672 mm) |
| Foot | * 10.49 ft - (3197 mm) |
| Leech | * 17.39 ft - (5300 mm) |
| Percentage LP | * 149.92 % |
| Length Perpendicular | * 9.64 ft - (2938 mm) |
| Deck Angle | * 4.06 ° |
| Area | * 89.7 ft² |
Disclaimer. Boats are not all the same -- even when produced in the same factory of the same model. Sailrite does its best to publish accurate dimensions, but we often find it worthwhile to have our customers measure their boats carefully before we produce kits for them. You should take the same precautions, especially when the data is not from Sailrite. The information on this site is not guaranteed to be accurate. Sailrite offers this content as a service to our community, but takes no responsibility for the reliability of the data provided.