Mercury 18
Masthead Sloop · Fin Keel · First built 1939
A pioneering one-design plywood sloop from 1939 that remains a lively, high-performance racer today
Designed by Ernest Nunes, built by Nunes.
- LOA
- Beam
- Draft (max)
- Displacement
- Ballast
- Hull type
- Fin Keel
Is it for you?
Character
Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.
Her moderate displacement on a narrow beam gives 13 — a quick, lively motion that feels every wave.
2.07 — right around the 2.0 line, the edge between coastal and offshore.
224 — moderately heavy for her waterline, a balanced cruising weight.
25.1 — a lot of sail for her weight; powered-up and eager, a real performer.
58% of her weight is ballast — very stiff, carrying full sail in a blow.
Powered-up and quick to accelerate — this one likes to sail.
- Lighter than ~89% of boats her size on file
- Narrower than ~100% of boats her size on file
Compared with 280 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.
The record
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Boats like this, on the water
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The family
Related models
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