Ideal 18
The Ideal 18 is a Canadian trailerable sailboat that was designed by Bruce Kirby as a one design racer and first built in 1989. 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. 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 and carries of fibreglass-encased lead ballast. It has built-in flotation for safety. The boat has a draft of with the standard keel. The design has a hinged mast for ease of ground transport. 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. The design has a Portsmouth Yardstick racing average handicap of 99.6 and is