Schooner Cat 18 by Fred Shell
Description
The Schooner Cat 18 (also called Shell Schooner Catamaran 18 or simply part of the Schooner 18 family) is a distinctive small wooden sailboat designed by Fred Shell of Shell Boats, based in St. Albans, Vermont. Fred Shell, a boat designer and builder since the 1980s (with a background in architecture from UC Berkeley and a family seafaring heritage), specializes in economical, lightweight, plywood-epoxy boats emphasizing simple glued-lapstrake or similar construction, good performance, and practical features like shallow draft for beaching. This design stands out as a cat-schooner (or cat-ketch/schooner hybrid rig) on a catamaran-like or wide monohull platform—often described with a broad beam, aft cabin, and schooner rig where the forward mast is typically taller or dominant, but with sails stepped far apart for balance. It's rigged as a schooner but with catboat influences (large, low-aspect sails, unstayed masts), making it quick-handling and suitable for single-handing.
Construction Details
| Designer | Fred Shell |
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| Builder | Shell Boats (St. Albans, Vermont, USA) |
| Length | 18.000 ft |
| LOA | 18.000 ft |
| Beam | 8.000 ft |
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