Development | |
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Designer | Ernest Nunes |
Location | United States |
Year | 1939 |
No. built | 1060 (1994) |
Builder(s) | Ernest Nunes W. D. Schock Corp Moore Sailboats |
Role | One-design racer |
Name | Mercury 18 |
Boat | |
Crew | two |
Displacement | 1,100 lb (499 kg) |
Draft | 3.08 ft (0.94 m) |
Hull | |
Type | Monohull |
Construction | Plywood or fiberglass |
LOA | 18.00 ft (5.49 m) |
LWL | 13.00 ft (3.96 m) |
Beam | 5.33 ft (1.62 m) |
Hull appendages | |
Keel/board type | fin keel |
Ballast | 635 lb (288 kg) |
Rudder(s) | keel-mounted rudder |
Rig | |
Rig type | Bermuda rig |
I foretriangle height | 18.40 ft (5.61 m) |
J foretriangle base | 7.30 ft (2.23 m) |
P mainsail luff | 21.92 ft (6.68 m) |
E mainsail foot | 9.08 ft (2.77 m) |
Sails | |
Sailplan | Fractional rigged sloop |
Mainsail area | 99.52 sq ft (9.246 m2) |
Jib/genoa area | 67.16 sq ft (6.239 m2) |
Total sail area | 166.68 sq ft (15.485 m2) |
The Mercury 18, sometimes just referred to as a Mercury, is an American sailboat that was designed by Ernest Nunes as a one design racer and first built in 1939. The boat was one of the first one-design sailboat classes designed for plywood construction.[1][2]
The design is sometimes confused with the unrelated Sparkman & Stephens 1940 Cape Cod Mercury design.[1][3]