BLACKWATER 18
Masthead Sloop • Long keel w/trans. hung rudder • Built 1932
Dimensions
- LOA
- 18.42 ft
- LWL
- 16 ft
- Beam
- 6.42 ft
- Max Draft
- 3 ft
- Displacement
- 5,622 lbs
- Ballast
- 1,232 lbs
Performance Ratios
- Capsize Ratio ⓘ
- 1.44 (offshore safe)
- SA/D Ratio ⓘ
- 9.0
- D/L Ratio ⓘ
- 613
- Ballast Ratio ⓘ
- 21.9%
Sail Plan
- Sail Area
- 178 sq ft
Construction
- Hull Type
- Long keel w/trans. hung rudder
- Rig Type
- Masthead Sloop
- Hull Material
- Wood plank
- Ballast Type
- Iron
Production
- First Built
- 1932
- Last Built
- —
- Number Built
- 100
Notes:
Long keel or keel/CB
Gaff or Bermudian rig
Estimates range from 70 to 200 boats built by late 1960s.