NIMROD 18 (WESTERLY)
Fractional Sloop • Swing Keel • Built 1968–1978
Dimensions
- LOA
- 17.75 ft
- LWL
- 15.5 ft
- Beam
- 6.5 ft
- Max Draft
- 4 ft
- Min Draft
- 0.67 ft
- Displacement
- 1,050 lbs
- Ballast
- 260 lbs
Performance Ratios
- Capsize Ratio ⓘ
- 2.56 (use caution offshore)
- SA/D Ratio ⓘ
- 21.7
- D/L Ratio ⓘ
- 126
- Ballast Ratio ⓘ
- 24.8%
Sail Plan
- Sail Area
- 140 sq ft
Construction
- Hull Type
- Swing Keel
- Rig Type
- Fractional Sloop
- Hull Material
- FG
- Ballast Type
- —
Production
- First Built
- 1968
- Last Built
- 1978
- Number Built
- 230
Notes:
Fin keel and twin keel models also available. (186 hulls from Westerly Marine. It is thought that as many as 40 more were built after 1978 by at least 2 other builders from the same tooling.)
Designer
- Ian Proctor (1918–1992)
Builder
- Westerly Marine Construction Ltd. (1964–2000)