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Bradwell 18 Yacht / Trailer Sailer

Bradwell 18 trailer sailer / yacht

The Bradwell 18 is an 18 foot cruising yacht, offering to the owner more than usual comfort facilities and space found in boats of comparable size. The Bradwell 18 also offers sailing characteristics not unlike those of a good sailing dinghy. Yet being strong in construction has been proven under test to be exceptionally safe in adverse conditions.

The keel allows the Bradwell 18 to be trailed easily and launched with the minimum amount of effort and sits comfortably on most moorings. When towing, the mast stores neatly on the superstructure and rigging is a quick and easy operation. The Bradwell 18 is recognised as an excellent boat designed by experts for the beginners and the next step up from dinghies and a good performer for the experienced cruiser sailor.

In a review of 18ft & 19ft boats by Practical Boat Owner in July 2001 the Bradwell 18 as having good directional stability and modest performance.

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Length : 5.71m Beam : 1.90m Weight : 544kg Sail Area : 13.74 sq m

Two versions of this boat were manufactured; the mkI and the mkII. The keel raising arrangements are different. The mkI uses a handle that protrudes through the cockpit floor. The mkII uses rope or wire. Check the state of the keel before you purchase one of these. The keel is mounted on a bolt. This is glassed in under the cabin floor in a mkI and is difficult to get to. It should be easier to find in a mkII.

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• Boat REF#  ·  4371
• Length  ·  18'8"
• Year  ·  1983
• Construction  ·  GRP
• Underwater profile  ·  Lifting Keel
• Sleeping berths  ·  4
• Engine  ·  1 x gasoline 4hp, Johnson ()
• Lying  ·  West Wales

Boatshed Wales

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Sloop rigged Aluminium spars () with Stainless Steel standing rigging ()

Electrical Systems

12 volt battery, 1 batteries charged by: solar panels

Construction

Accommodation.

2 burner propane Stove

2 sheet winches 1 anchors (Danforth) dinghy ()

Nav Equipment

Safety equipment.

1 bilge pumps (1 manual / 0 electric)

Guardwire, pulpit and pushpit

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Preliminary Details: awaiting further pictures and confirmation by owner. The Bradwell 18 is a well constructed pocket cruiser and trailer sailor. She could appeal to a family "moving up" from dinghy sailing, as she has spacious 4 berth accomodation including heads and galley. The layout is open plan, but the forward berth can be curtained off, if desired - an ideal den for young shipmates! Equally she might appeal to the older yachtsman "downsizing" from a larger cruiser, with the reduced bills and headaches that this entails! This particular boat is extremely well equipped and is in the water ready to sail; for an asking price less than the cost of a new windsurfer! See "more photos" to view 30 internal and external photos of this vessel. Photographs, analysis and comments by Alan of Boatshed Wales. Note: The owner is keen to sell so offers on the asking price will be considered.

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• Boat REF#  ·  76573
• Length  ·  5.71m
• Year  ·  1978
• Construction  ·  GRP
• Underwater profile  ·  Lifting Keel
• Sleeping berths  ·  4
• Engine  ·  1 x gas 2 stroke 4hp, Mariner ()
• Lying  ·  North Norfolk

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Sloop rigged Aluminium spars (1995) with Stainless Steel standing rigging ()

New Jeckells mainsail and storm jib in 2005 complements earlier but serviceable roller genoa

Construction

Sturdy three-piece GRP moulding - hull, inner and deck - with plenty of space and storage room.

Accommodation

Uncluttered, open-plan interior offers V berth forward and two quarter berths. No cooker or sink are fitted but could be added if required

1 anchors (mudweight) 8.00m of rode Purpose designed road trailer docks the keel stub and has two new tyres.

Nav Equipment

Sailed on the Broads, navigation equipment has been kept to the minimum.

Safety Equipment

1 bilge pumps (1 manual / 0 electric)

Fire extinguisher on board, but with no cooker and no fuel other than outboard motor's internal tank, there's little to go wrong.

Broker's Comments

The Bradwell 18 is a popular four-berth trailer sailer with simple lifting keel and easy sail handling. She is ideal for creeks and estuaries, rivers and Broads and would suit a lone sailor or up to four at a push. This one comes with a custom-made road trailer and is all ready to go at a price that should fit comfortably within most budgets.

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Bradwell 18

An 18 foot cruising yacht

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Pictures and dimensions of the rudder that came with Cupido, a Mk2. I know the rudder plate has been replaced therefore the details here may not be to the original design.

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Bradwell 18's Y.KOT and Holly

This blog is about my trials and tribulations of owning a 18 foot trailer sailer. Both have been Bradwell 18's that I grew up seeing on the River Trent in Nottingham. I first owned Holly a mk1 that I had lots of fun with and was sad to see her go. After a brief try of a larger Jaguar22 I decided to return to Bradwells and recently bought Y.KNOT a mk2 and have been impressed so far with the improvments over the older mk1 boats. Hope you enjoy reading my exploits as I share them.

Saturday 31 January 2015

Return to a bradwell 18.

Sunday 4 September 2011

Holly is now sold to a new good home.

Saturday 29 January 2011

Monday 22 november 2010, taking my lad to anfield for his birthday.

End of year and more Things to do

Tuesday 27 July 2010

Trip to trent lock.

Sunday 25 April 2010

Sailing weekend on the trent.

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replacing sails on an 18 footer, dinghy sails? what do i need to know?

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• Start date 13 May 2016
• 13 May 2016

steve yates

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Im fairly sure my sails are knacked, they always look baggy and wrinkly. The boat is 50yrs old, a bradwell 18, no idea on sails. I would guess it is its second main as original is in sailbag) Anyway, if the chance comes up, id like to replace them if i find a goid bargain used one. Are dinghy sails a possibility? Whatever they are, what specs must i know anout my existing ones to make sure what i buy will fit? The genoa is on a furler system. Im guessing with a furling forestay you can't have hank on sails too? Oh its a masthead rig.  

steve yates said: Im fairly sure my sails are knacked, they always look baggy and wrinkly. The boat is 50yrs old, a bradwell 18, no idea on sails. I would guess it is its second main as original is in sailbag) Anyway, if the chance comes up, id like to replace them if i find a goid bargain used one. Are dinghy sails a possibility? Whatever they are, what specs must i know anout my existing ones to make sure what i buy will fit? The genoa is on a furler system. Im guessing with a furling forestay you can't have hank on sails too? Oh its a masthead rig. Click to expand...

download the measuring form from any of the sailmakers such as Kemps. Apply it to your boat and that will give you the basic sizes when you go looking for secondhand sails. avoid anything that needs recutting as that can eat up any savings. If you are buying new then discuss with sailmakers as there is an enormous choice of materials and cuts. Hanked on sails can't be used on furlers and VsVs. Watch out on mains for slugs and bolt ropes as small sails from dinghies often use the latter which are not ideal for a cruiser.  

If you are going to invest in brand new sails you will probably find that. The relatively small charge a local rigger will make to pretty quickly measure your rig (ie you bring the boat to where he is based so no travel costs) will pay back in avoiding relatively huge costs associated with re-cutting sails for any errors introduced by making your own measurements and getting them wrong. That said it's a small boat so perhaps not easy to cock up a measurement but it happens quite a lot. Unlikely that a sailmaker has this boat on file to query any iffy measurements. The above does not apply if sourcing secondhand but whatever you do don't use measurements of the knackered old sails. As said it is quite important you know the correct spec of luff fitting for both main and Genoa. Rope luff sizes can make quite an impact if you get them wrong by a mm or two.  

Is luff fitting the diameter that goes into the mast slot, or the rotating part on the forestay for the Genoa?  

Luffs of jibs for furling have bolt ropes or tapes to match the slot in the foil. Mainsails may also have bolt ropes to match the mast, but more commonly have slugs. Changing slugs no big deal, bolt ropes or tapes is best done by a sailmaker.  

• 14 May 2016

A reasonably sized dinghy mainsail might well be OK: the stress on the whole rig/sails combination really won't be that much different on an 18 ft mini-cruiser like a Bradwell to a 14-16 ft dinghy with one or two crew on trapeze. A Bradwell has maybe 400/500 lbs ballast a couple of feet away from the centre of buoyancy, a trapezed 470 or similar will probably have substantially more righting moment from a mid-sized crew on trapeze plus helm sitting out.... The dinghy sails are probably actually more highly stressed. Virtually no dinghies have roller reefing headsails of suitable size, so not worth looking for these though.  

That makes sense, thx. Plus i was thinking of a cimment elsewhere that dinghy racers often get rid of sails after one season.  

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If you consider new sails For a Bradwell 18 you go to Lonton & Gray sail makers at Burnham or Gowen sails at mersea. They will have almost certainly made them for this class in the past Out of interest how do the sizes compare with the squib or sandhopper for size you can get second hand squib sails fairly easily I would expect  

• 15 May 2016

I can find no original data online for these boats about individual sail sizes, just a 150 sq ft ( 13.94sqm)overall sailplan. She has a big Genoa and a shortish boom on the main.  

• 16 May 2016

You might well be able to find suitable dinghy sails, once you sort out the dimensions. NB dinghies very rarely have reefing mainsails, so if you got hold of a good main you'd probably need to have a local sailmaker put one or two rows of reef eyelets or ties along it. A chum has a 17' Osprey racing dinghy set up for cruising - as does Dancrane of these forums - and his main has rows of reef ties. Being able to reef the mainsail when - not if - the wind pipes up is a vital safety feature. An 18' boat does not require a roller reefing headsail; if you ditched the roller and just had a bare wire forestay you could use hanked headsails, of which a huge variety would be available - size is not crucial as long as it fits, ie is not too long in the luff ( leading edge of the sail ) for the forestay wire. With hanked sails it is normal to carry a variety of headsails for different wind strengths, usually; Working Jib - average size for standard conditions, the foot almost reaching the mast Genoa - larger sail for light winds - foot overlapping the mast a little, fine with practice Storm jib - much smaller sail for strong conditions. All of these would be available from established dinghy classes, for instance I suspect a Mirror, Gull or many other smaller dinghy jib would make a storm jib. It is true that cruiser sailcloth should be heavier grade than dinghies use, but well setting sails in good condition will get you out of trouble, knackered old baggy sails will get you straight into it ! Better setting sails will allow faster more efficient progress with much better handling on the helm and far more rewarding sailing - I'm not talking about racing or anything here, just efficient safe and enjoyable sailing.  

Seajet said: You might well be able to find suitable dinghy sails, once you sort out the dimensions. NB dinghies very rarely have reefing mainsails, so if you got hold of a good main you'd probably need to have a local sailmaker put one or two rows of reef eyelets or ties along it. A chum has a 17' Osprey racing dinghy set up for cruising - as does Dancrane of these forums - and his main has rows of reef ties. Being able to reef the mainsail when - not if - the wind pipes up is a vital safety feature. An 18' boat does not require a roller reefing headsail; if you ditched the roller and just had a bare wire forestay you could use hanked headsails, of which a huge variety would be available - size is not crucial as long as it fits, ie is not too long in the luff ( leading edge of the sail ) for the forestay wire. With hanked sails it is normal to carry a variety of headsails for different wind strengths, usually; Working Jib - average size for standard conditions, the foot almost reaching the mast Genoa - larger sail for light winds - foot overlapping the mast a little, fine with practice Storm jib - much smaller sail for strong conditions. All of these would be available from established dinghy classes, for instance I suspect a Mirror, Gull or many other smaller dinghy jib would make a storm jib. It is true that cruiser sailcloth should be heavier grade than dinghies use, but well setting sails in good condition will get you out of trouble, knackered old baggy sails will get you straight into it ! Better setting sails will allow faster more efficient progress with much better handling on the helm and far more rewarding sailing - I'm not talking about racing or anything here, just efficient safe and enjoyable sailing. Click to expand...

Talk to Stuart at SeaTeach (Emsworth). They sell second hand sails, have a good range of budget sails ( if you plan to race competitively get made-to measure ) and are a good company to deal with. All my current wardrobe except the spinnaker came from there. He sorted out a couple of sails for a mate in Scotland too so we are both satisfied customers.  

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steve yates said: Your last sentence, Andy, is exactly what I'm after Jwilson, she does indeed have roller reefing. I have wondered about handed on fore sails being simpler, and no curler to jam! Against that is the fact I don't need to go on the foredeck to change sails, and dropping or adding sail at critical times, anchoring/mooring etc might be easier with a furler? I am singlehanded usually. Will try the emsworth guys. Thx all. Click to expand...

• 17 May 2016

Rum Run, as we have the same 22' I can only agree. My boat has always had separate headsails, I've seen too many cock-ups with rollers to be remotely interested in them; on a bigger boat a roller makes sense, as long as it's a reliable system - but on ours one can tuck even a No1 Genoa under an arm when going forward. I know of another Anderson whose owner started off a novice so kept the roller she came with, as experience grew - and being an engineer he realised the shortcomings of an old unreliable system - he ditched the roller and now has separate sails too; both he and I usually singlehand. Completely agree re the headsail downhaul line, extremely useful for the cost of a bit of light line !  

Rum Run said: My 22' boat used to have a roller genoa, but it was a bit small so I replaced it with a suite of hank-on sails and a 4mm diameter line running from the halyard to the tack and back to the cockpit via some small blocks. This down-haul means I can drop the sail in seconds. It is way more reliable than the old roller thing and I get the right sail for the job (after going forward to change it obviously) Click to expand...

I noticed the leisure 17's have a similar rig and sail area, there must have been loads of them built.  

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Y.knot Trailer Sailer 18ft Bradwell 18mk2

Engine Make: Johnson

Hull identification number: 101

Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom

Hi and welcome to my listing of a Bradwell 18 mk2 called Y.KNOT sail number is 101 and it comes with a 2 used mainsails and a genoa, they are in reasonable condition. The boat is in good solid condition with the outside being painted from the bright red to the darker red recently. It is an ongoing project as the inside requires finishing off with cushions and coverings. Items that will come with the boat Has a BSS till August 2021 A 4hp 4 stroke Johnson long shaft plus remote tank that is in very good condition Has a road trailer that is from a caravan chassis with brakes and two very good wheels Has various ropes and items that will go with the boat, plus extra fiberglass resin and matt if required The boat is located at a local marina so can show you with prior notice Boat is advertised elsewhere so could be removed at any time Please ask for more details and pictures Thank you for looking

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