Design
Ebihen 18
Designed by François Vivier
Ebihen 18 is a 5.50 m traditional cutter with a 2.10 m beam, drawn after owners of the smaller Ebihen asked for the same boat a meter longer. She is half-decked, with a wide cockpit for a full day of sailing or fishing and the option of a night aboard under a tent.
To give a heavy traditional hull that can still be towed behind a car, François Vivier fitted a water ballast tank and a steel centerboard. The hull is strip planked and sheathed over a plywood backbone and bulkheads cut by CNC. Rigs include a gaff cutter and a two-masted lug rig, and an outboard of up to 10 hp sits hidden in a well aft. The designer says more than 30 have been built by professionals and home builders.
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