GLOUCESTER 18 (WHITECAP)
Fractional Sloop • Centerboard Dinghy • Built 1974–1984
Dimensions
- LOA
- 18 ft
- LWL
- 16.5 ft
- Beam
- 6.58 ft
- Max Draft
- 5 ft
- Min Draft
- 0.67 ft
- Displacement
- 750 lbs
- Ballast
- 125 lbs
Performance Ratios
- Capsize Ratio ⓘ
- 2.90 (use caution offshore)
- SA/D Ratio ⓘ
- 34.1
- D/L Ratio ⓘ
- 74
- Ballast Ratio ⓘ
- 16.7%
Sail Plan
- Sail Area
- 176 sq ft
Construction
- Hull Type
- Centerboard Dinghy
- Rig Type
- Fractional Sloop
- Hull Material
- FG
- Ballast Type
- —
Production
- First Built
- 1974
- Last Built
- 1984
- Number Built
- —
Notes: First sold as WHITECAP by Lockley-Newport, and then GLOUCESTER 18 by Gloucester Yachts.\nYears are approximate. \nNot the same as another GLOUCESTER 18, also from Gloucester Yachts, which was a re-branding of the BUCCANEER 18, originally built by Chrysler Corp.\n\nSail area:\n-Main: 111 ft² / 10.3 m² \n-Jib: 65 ft² / 6 m² \n-Spinnaker: 580 ft² / 53.9 m²
Designer
- Harry R. Sindle (1930–2020)
Builder
- Lockley Newport Boats (USA) (1964–1988)