SEA BIRD 18 (HULL SEA BIRD)
Fractional Sloop • Centerboard (Trunk) • Built 1937–1938
Dimensions
- LOA
- 18.21 ft
- LWL
- 18 ft
- Beam
- 6.75 ft
- Max Draft
- 3.75 ft
- Min Draft
- 1 ft
- Displacement
- 2,200 lbs
- Ballast
- — lbs
Performance Ratios
- Capsize Ratio ⓘ
- 2.08 (use caution offshore)
- SA/D Ratio ⓘ
- 20.8
- D/L Ratio ⓘ
- 168
- Ballast Ratio ⓘ
- —
Sail Plan
- Sail Area
- 220 sq ft
Construction
- Hull Type
- Centerboard (Trunk)
- Rig Type
- Fractional Sloop
- Hull Material
- Wood (cedar on oak)
- Ballast Type
- —
Production
- First Built
- 1937
- Last Built
- 1938
- Number Built
- 30
Notes:
Commissioned by members of the Hull Y.C., (near Boston, MA USA) and also known as the HULL SEA BIRD. The class didn't outlive World War II, but a single example was being restored in 2008. Thanks to Peter, who hosts an excellent website dedicated to the SEA BIRD, for supplying information on this yacht.
* Plans include 15 lbs of lead ballast.