MERCURY 18
Masthead Sloop • Fin Keel • Built 1939
Dimensions
- LOA
- 18 ft
- LWL
- 13 ft
- Beam
- 5.33 ft
- Max Draft
- 3.08 ft
- Displacement
- 1,100 lbs
- Ballast
- 635 lbs
Performance Ratios
- Capsize Ratio ⓘ
- 2.06 (use caution offshore)
- SA/D Ratio ⓘ
- 30.0
- D/L Ratio ⓘ
- 224
- Ballast Ratio ⓘ
- 57.7%
Sail Plan
- Sail Area
- 200 sq ft
- I
- 18.4 ft
- J
- 7.3 ft
- P
- 21.92 ft
- E
- 9.08 ft
Construction
- Hull Type
- Fin Keel
- Rig Type
- Masthead Sloop
- Hull Material
- Plywood or FG
- Ballast Type
- Lead
Production
- First Built
- 1939
- Last Built
- —
- Number Built
- —
Notes:
One of the first one-design boats specifically designed for plywood construction and built only in wood until 1952. Hulls since then are of fiberglass or wood.
Not to be confused with the CAPE COD MERCURY.
Builders
- Moore Sailboats (1967)
- Schock W.D. (1946)