Design #42 - 18' (5.5m) Three Man Trapeze Racing Dinghy

and 60's. Farr's designs won World titles in 1972, 73, 74 & 75 and dominated the fleets during this period. The boats owe a good deal of their success to carefully detailed construction in high quality timber and plywood.

Farr's commitment to other design commissions has limited ongoing involvement in the development of this exciting dinghy. The design presented here is free of many expensive and awkward characteristics of the modern 18 footer of the 1980's and is a classic still capable of 12 knots on the wind and exhilarating off the wind sailing. Plans include full size sections, construction details, fittings drawn full size, rig details for 3 sizes of rig for wind strength ranges 0-13 knots, 13-22 over 22 knots real.