The Dart 18 is a one-design 18-foot (5.5 m) long glassfibre sailing catamaran. Many people mistake it for a Hobie Cat. It is designed to be sailed by two people and can achieve speeds of up to 20 knots.
Length - 5.48 metres (18 ft)Beam - 2.29 metres (7.5 ft)Mast Height - 8 metres (26 ft) Hull Depth - 0.60 metresDepth in water - 0.25 metres
This shows a very rough route of the trip. We started a GPS tracking app on the I phone but it turned off and did not track.
History
The Dart 18 was designed in 1975 as a One Design Class by Rodney March, who was also responsible for the design of the Olympic Tornado class catamaran. Up to the present, a number of improvements have been made, but the original concept was preserved though strict class rules. More than 7980 boats have been built up to 2008, which are sailed in more than 16 nations on 4 continents. Since Jan. 2009, Bryher Mouldings holds the worldwide license to build the Dart 18. The boats are manufactured since 2005 at Collins Fibreglass Plastics in South Africa. The World Championship results can be found here.
Design
The hulls of the Dart 18 are similar to the Tornado catamaran, but without daggerboards. Instead, the lower part of the hulls have skegs typical for a beach catamaran. The hull material is glassfibre. Both hulls are filled with flotation inserts to preserve buoyancy in case of damage. The inside of each hull can be reached through a hatch cover located at the rear of each hull. The boat is assembled by attaching the main and rear beams to the hulls with spring-loaded retaining clips, and lacing the trampoline to the beams and hulls. The two rudders are removable without tools, retract on impact with the beach, and can be locked in the up position.
The rigging consists of a rotating mast held by a forestay and two shroud wires. The shrouds can be adjusted by simply moving the bolts in the chainplates. The Dart 18 mast does not have spreaders. There is a trapeze for the crew.
The mainsail does not have a boom, has 9 full battens, and is controlled by a main sheet with a 7:1 mechanical advantage. The jib sail has 2 short battens, and is controlled by a jib sheet with a 2:1 mechanical advantage. The main sheet block and both jib sheet blocks have a ratchet and a cleat.
A gennaker sail can be added, but is not legal for racing. This is usually combined with a jib furling system.
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in 1923. The hunting and fishing camp was called Twin Glacier Camp after the two glaciers upriver from the lodge.
yacht, the “Stella Maris”. Mrs. Smith was the daughter and heir of lumber baron Leigh Hackley who was well known for his large bequests to the city of Muskegon, Michigan. Traveling with her son, Leigh Hackley, and her nurse, Mary Joyce, Mrs. Smith bought Twin Glacier Camp as a second home for both summer and winter use. Her son, Hack, stayed on at the lodge year-round and Mary Joyce stayed as housekeeper and nurse. Hack kept a crew of men busy constructing new buildings and maintaining the place. The log cabins “Cedar” and “Killisnoo” were built at this time.
In 1934, Hack set out on a hunting trip on the Stikine River. While in Wrangell, he suffered a heart attack and died. In the spring, Mrs. Smith gave the lodge to Mary Joyce, but she continued to come back each year as long as her health permitted. At the time of Hack’s death, there were 14 buildings, 15 sled dogs and 3 head of cattle.
Mary and Hack had begun raising sled dogs during their years at the lodge, putting them to work in the winter hauling firewood and using them for travel on the frozen Taku River. After Mary’s trip to Fairbanks, she began breeding a specific line of dogs whose sire was J.P., her lead dog on the 1,000-mile journey.
colorful stories since. In 1971, it was purchased by Ron Maas of Juneau. At the time of his purchase, the lodge was in need of many basic repairs and had been closed for two years. Ron fell in love with the Taku Glacier Lodge and in 1972 he met Kathy whose dream was to live in the bush. They decided to devote the greater part of their lives to bringing the lodge back to its original condition. They were married in front of the granite fireplace in 1974. The Mass’s used the lodge as their home and retreat for six years, putting all their spare time and money into rebuilding the main lodge buildings. By 1979 the Maas’s decided to share their love of the Taku Glacier Lodge with visitors of Southeast Alaska by offering the Wilderness Salmon Bake & Scenic Flight
