Engineering:Ideal 18
| Development | |
|---|---|
| Designer | Bruce Kirby |
| Location | Canada |
| Year | 1989 |
| No. built | 325 |
| Builder(s) | Ontario Yachts Shumway Marine |
| Role | One-design racer |
| Boat | |
| Boat weight | 1,240 lb (562 kg) |
| Draft | 3.25 ft (0.99 m) |
| Hull | |
| Type | Monohull |
| Construction | Fibreglass |
| LOA | 17.85 ft (5.44 m) |
| LWL | 14.35 ft (4.37 m) |
| Beam | 6.20 ft (1.89 m) |
| Hull appendages | |
| Keel/board type | fin keel |
| Ballast | 700 lb (318 kg) |
| Rudder(s) | internally-mounted spade-type rudder |
| Rig | |
| Rig type | Bermuda rig |
| I (foretriangle height) | 19.00 ft (5.79 m) |
| J (foretriangle base) | 7.00 ft (2.13 m) |
| P (mainsail luff) | 23.50 ft (7.16 m) |
| E (mainsail foot) | 9.25 ft (2.82 m) |
| Sails | |
| Sailplan | Fractional rigged sloop |
| Mainsail area | 108.69 sq ft (10.098 m2) |
| Jib/genoa area | 66.50 sq ft (6.178 m2) |
| Spinnaker area | 240 sq ft (22 m2) |
| Total sail area | 175.19 sq ft (16.276 m2) |
| Racing | |
| D-PN | 99.6 |
The Ideal 18 is a Canadian trailerable sailboat that was designed by Bruce Kirby as a one design racer and first built in 1989.[1][2][3]
Production
The design was built by Ontario Yachts in Burlington, Ontario, Canada and also by Shumway Marine in Rochester, New York, United States , where production continues. By 1994, 60 boats had been completed and by 2020, 325 boats had been built.[1][3][4][5][6]
Design
The Ideal 18 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fibreglass. It has a fractional sloop rig with aluminum spars and swept spreaders. The hull has a raked stem, a walk-through reverse transom, an internally mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a wooden tiller and a fixed fin keel. It displaces 1,240 lb (562 kg) and carries 700 lb (318 kg) of fibreglass-encased lead ballast. It has built-in flotation for safety.[1][3]
The boat has a draft of 3.25 ft (0.99 m) with the standard keel. The design has a hinged mast for ease of ground transport.[1]
For sailing the design is equipped with a roller furling jib. The seating is on benches moulded into the cockpit sides. The boat has no winches and does not require them. The boat is a displacement, non-planing, design.[3]
The design has a Portsmouth Yardstick racing average handicap of 99.6 and is normally raced with a crew of two sailors, although the cockpit can accommodate four adults.[3]
Operational history
In a 1994 review, Richard Sherwood described the Ideal 18 as, "a strong little keelboat designed for club racing, with rigid rules, such as only one set of sails a year, and no hiking. The jib barely overlaps, is a decksweeper, is self-tacking, and has roller furling. (The roller furling gear is set below deck level.)"[3]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Ideal 18 sailboat". sailboatdata.com. https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/ideal-18.
- ↑ McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Bruce Kirby". sailboatdata.com. https://sailboatdata.com/designer/kirby-bruce.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Sherwood, Richard M.: A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America, Second Edition, pages 88-89. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1994. ISBN:0-395-65239-1
- ↑ McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Ontario Yachts". sailboatdata.com. https://sailboatdata.com/builder/ontario-yachts.
- ↑ McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Shumway Marine (USA)". sailboatdata.com. https://sailboatdata.com/builder/shumway-marine-usa.
- ↑ Shumway Marine (2020). "The Ideal Boat". shumwaymarine.com. https://www.shumwaymarine.com/ideal18/.
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