PIERCE ARROW 18
Fractional Sloop • Lifting Keel • Built 1982–1985
Dimensions
- LOA
- 18.58 ft
- LWL
- 16.67 ft
- Beam
- 8 ft
- Max Draft
- 4 ft
- Min Draft
- 0.75 ft
- Displacement
- 1,100 lbs
- Ballast
- 400 lbs
Performance Ratios
- Capsize Ratio ⓘ
- 3.10 (use caution offshore)
- SA/D Ratio ⓘ
- 27.8
- D/L Ratio ⓘ
- 106
- Ballast Ratio ⓘ
- 36.4%
Sail Plan
- Sail Area
- 185 sq ft
Construction
- Hull Type
- Lifting Keel
- Rig Type
- Fractional Sloop
- Hull Material
- FG
- Ballast Type
- —
Production
- First Built
- 1982
- Last Built
- 1985
- Number Built
- —
Notes:
Freedom Yachts, Rockford, Ill. (not to be confused with Freedom Yachts founded by Garry Hoyt).
Also known as the Preston 19.
Mark Leonard, designed the boat. He and his brother Matthew built the plugs and molds for this boat in Machesney Park, IL.
Later, Matthew purchased a set of parts from Mark and built molds and boats with this same design under the name Preston Yachts, located in Oak Creek, WI (USA) (1987-1990), This was the Preston 19.