T h e B u c c a n e e r 1 8 C l a s s A s s o c i a t i o n March 2013 ​e BUCC ​ ​ Buccin’ Around ​ NOOD SAN DIEGO - 8 BOATS - GREAT Upcoming Events & VISIBILITY FOR THE BUCC18 Calendar Sailing World Article - thanks to Dave Reed of Sailing World and ​ April Rob Gibbs from the AZ Buccaneer fleet for a great article

Springboard Regatta 1st Nick Mockridge and Dennis Martinelli - Lazy Bones WCSC Anderson SC, 6-7 2nd Matt Davis - Wonder 3rd Rob Gibbs - Scarlett - see complete results ​ ​ May NOOD VIDEO featuring several shots of Buccs racing! Sail Small Boat Day, SMSA, Solomons MD 4 NOOD website Photos by Tim Wilkes More Pics ​ ​ ​ ​ ​

Hornblower Regatta Denver, CO 18-19

Pirates on the Pungo Belle Haven, NC 17-19

Potomac River SA Spring ​ Regatta, Alexandria VA ​ 25-26

July

BNAC Fort Walton Beach ​ YC, FL 8-14 ​ Join or renew BCA membership. The finest sailing and racing in North America www.buccaneer18.org ​ ​

Strictly Sail Chicago, January 24-27

Buccaneer 18 Fleets The show attracted thousands of visitors from the midwest and all over the country. It was fantastic for the Buccaneer 18 fleet to be alongside 1 Michigan the most powerful and active fleets J111, Sheilds, Tartan 10, , and Classes. 15 Wisconsin We showed videos and spoke with other fleets and clubs about Bucc18 fleets at Kenosha YC and North Shore YC . 30 Rocky Mountain Thanks to Heather and Steve Tredup, Nick Bentz, (new Midwest rep), 49 Northern CA Joe Harrison, John Weiss, Ed Montano, Buccaneer 18 Class, Nickels Boat Works. Thanks Kenosha Yacht Club because without them, we 59 Carolinas would have not been able to pull this great participation off. - Jim and Peggy Irwin 61 Alaska

69 Southern MD

75 Waukeegan, IL

76 Mid Atlantic

79 Arizona

80 Nor’easters

90 Alabama

Canada

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Race Chair, Rick Scarborough Official Bucc 18 Class Boat Builder Race Chair, Michael Birnbaum NICKELS BOAT WORKS Publicity, Frank Hunter

Buccaneer 18 Wikipedia

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Buccaneer 18 rigging guide HARKEN ​ ​

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