MARLIN 18 (RHODES)
Fractional Sloop • Long Keel • Built 1937
Dimensions
- LOA
- 18.08 ft
- LWL
- 12.25 ft
- Beam
- 5.25 ft
- Max Draft
- 3.83 ft
- Displacement
- 1,250 lbs
- Ballast
- 430 lbs
Performance Ratios
- Capsize Ratio ⓘ
- 1.95 (offshore safe)
- SA/D Ratio ⓘ
- 19.3
- D/L Ratio ⓘ
- 304
- Ballast Ratio ⓘ
- 34.4%
Sail Plan
- Sail Area
- 140 sq ft
Construction
- Hull Type
- Long Keel
- Rig Type
- Fractional Sloop
- Hull Material
- Wood (Mahog. on Oak)
- Ballast Type
- Iron
Production
- First Built
- 1937
- Last Built
- —
- Number Built
- —
Notes: Commissioned by Bill Dyer as a junior trainer. Numbers built is unknown but fleets existed on the east coast and in the mid-west.
Designer
- Philip Rhodes (1895–1974)
Builder
- Dyer Boats (1930)