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Windrose 18
Development
Designer	W. Shad Turner
Location	United States
Year	1974
Builder(s)	Laguna Yachts
Role	Cruiser
Name	Windrose 18
Boat
Displacement	1,500 lb (680 kg)
Draft	4.00 ft (1.22 m) with keel down
Hull
Type	monohull
Construction	fiberglass
LOA	18.50 ft (5.64 m)
LWL	15.83 ft (4.82 m)
Beam	7.00 ft (2.13 m)
Engine type	outboard motor
Hull appendages
Keel/board type	swing keel
Ballast	400 lb (181 kg)
Rudder(s)	transom-mounted rudder
Rig
Rig type	Bermuda rig
I foretriangle height	21.00 ft (6.40 m)
J foretriangle base	7.75 ft (2.36 m)
P mainsail luff	20.00 ft (6.10 m)
E mainsail foot	7.00 ft (2.13 m)
Sails
Sailplan	fractional rigged sloop
Mainsail area	70.00 sq ft (6.503 m2)
Jib/genoa area	81.38 sq ft (7.560 m2)
Total sail area	151.38 sq ft (14.064 m2)
Racing
PHRF	288
	Windrose 5.5 → ; [edit on Wikidata]

The Windrose 18 is an American trailerable sailboat that was designed by W. Shad Turner as a cruiser and first built in 1974.^[1]^[2]^[3]

The Windrose 18 design was developed into the Windrose 5.5 in 1977.^[1]^[3]^[4]

Production

The design was built by Laguna Yachts in the United States, starting in 1974, but it is now out of production.^[1]^[3]^[5]

Design

The Windrose 18 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass. It has a fractional sloop rig, a raked stem, a plumb transom, a transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller and a retractable swing keel. It displaces 1,500 lb (680 kg) and carries 400 lb (181 kg) of ballast.^[1]^[3]

The boat has a draft of 4.00 ft (1.22 m) with the keel extended and 1.00 ft (0.30 m) with it retracted, allowing operation in shallow water, beaching or ground transportation on a trailer.^[1]^[3]

The boat is normally fitted with a small 3 to 6 hp (2 to 4 kW) outboard motor for docking and maneuvering.^[1]^[3]

The design has sleeping accommodation for four people, with a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin and two straight settee berths in the main cabin. The optional galley is located on the starboard side and slides under the cockpit when not in use. The head is located in the bow cabin under the "V"-berth. Cabin headroom is 45 in (114 cm).^[1]^[3]

For sailing the design is equipped with a range of jibs and genoas.^[3]

The design has a PHRF racing average handicap of 288 and a hull speed of 5.3 kn (9.8 km/h).^[3]

In his 2010 book, The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats, author Steve Henkel praised the Windrose 18 as "a showpiece" of Shad Turner's California sailboat design aesthetic, that emphasized "avante garde" modernist styling.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g McArthur, Bruce (2022). "Windrose 18 sailboat". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 25 March 2022. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
^ McArthur, Bruce (2022). "W. Shad Turner". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 29 August 2020. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Henkel, Steve: The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats, page 66. International Marine/McGraw-Hill, 2010. ISBN 978-0-07-163652-0
^ McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Windrose 5.5 sailboat". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 18 October 2020. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
^ McArthur, Bruce (2022). "Laguna Yachts". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 25 March 2022. Retrieved 25 March 2022.