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Typhoon 18 weekender

The typhoon 18 weekender is a 18.5ft fractional sloop designed by carl alberg and built in fiberglass by cape dory yachts between 1967 and 1986., 1982 units have been built..

The Typhoon 18 weekender is a heavy sailboat which is a reasonably good performer. It is very stable / stiff and has a low righting capability if capsized. It is best suited as a day-boat.

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Hi all, New to the site and sailing as well. I have been on a few sailing trips on rather large boats (50+ feet) as well as sailed on a few smaller boats in warm waters (mostly hobie cats). I plan on sailing in Minnesota inland lakes mostly, and came upon a Johnson 18 Weekender for what I think may be a good bargain (~$2k with trailer and motor). Anyone have any insight on if this would be a good beginner boat, and if it sails good for its class compared with other boats? Thanks for your input!  

I tried googling the boat, it seems only 22 were built so there may not be much first hand experience, hopefully some one bites, but if not I did some googling. Every reference I found listed the boat as having no ballast. If this is correct, there are some trade offs. The boat would have to be dry sailed without ballast and with her weight and beam, she may not be self righting or self rescuing. Given these limitations, if the sources I have read are correct, it is not really a boat I would recommend to a new sailor. However, because I just did google searches on a fairly uncommon boat, its entirely possible I am missing a big piece of the picture, so keep researching. Maybe asking the seller how much ballast she has in her keel would be a good next step.  

According to a previous post I actually found on these forums it has 2 - 100 lb ballast weights in the keel.  

The Johnson Weekender 18 came up in a thread started on SN in June of 2012. I couldn't find any credible information that it had 200# of ballast in the listed 850# of displacement. The hull and rigging would be about 650#, which is about what my unballasted 17' Daysailor weighed, so I can believe it is not ballasted.  

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Simple, fun and forgiving—perfect for the sailing family.

We’re all romantics. Some of us have it worse than others, of course—those with the proverbial wandering eye—and our backyards are a visual testament to both our passion and our lack of impulse control. We’ve got a small marina’s worth of vessels in various states of repair—the sprit-rigged dinghy, the leaky catboat, and the sweet little double-ender that just needs some cosmetic work—in truth we own more boats than we could restore in three lifetimes. Despite what we tell ourselves (and our spouses), not all boat purchases are especially rational decisions.

But the same thing that seems to draw us to certain boats blinds us to others that might, arguably, be a better fit. Some of the more common production fiberglass trailersailers are good examples. Staring at them probably won’t make your heart sing— no portlights, no sweeping sheer line, and not much wood—just angular windows, predictable lines, and lots of white fiberglass. But over the years we’ve found that many of these popular factory boats—which typically aren’t great in any one category but are pretty good in most—deserve more consideration. The Hunter 18.5 is one we felt warranted a closer look.

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Versatility was a big theme among this year’s new boats, and no builder exemplified that theme better than Tartan Yachts with its Fantail. A head-turner on the show docks, Tartan’s 26-foot Fantail comes in three versions: daysailer, club trainer and weekender. While the hull, cockpit dimensions and sailplan of all three versions are identical, the daysailer comes with a flush deck and cuddy cabin; the club trainer omits Tartan’s lovely brightwork for the sake of easy maintenance; and the weekender offers the simple accommodations of berths, burners, 12-volt reefer and head under a cabin house and foredeck that adds 10½ inches of headroom. All three versions are tiller-steered; we sailed the weekender.

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On the weekender we sailed, we would like to have seen an attractive cover or seat over the marine head, installed just inside the companionway to port, and the heavy free-floating hatch boards could benefit from further refinement.

Taking advantage of the Fantail’s street-legal 8-foot-5-inch beam, Tartan offers a great trailer option for this boat, at $6,500. It’s a double-axle trailer that, Drumm says, can be pulled behind a midsize SUV. Studs installed near the boat’s balance point accept a bracket that allows the Fantail to be hauled out with a yacht-club gin pole, omitting yard charges. All up, the Fantail is a fun, well-designed boat that looks mighty inviting for a young family of sailors.

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