18' 8" Mackinaw Boat
Description
The 18' 8" Mackinaw Boat is a historically accurate scaled-down version of the traditional Great Lakes fishing boats that dominated Lakes Michigan and Superior in the late 1800s. Designed by Nelson Zimmer and featured in WoodenBoat magazine #23 (July 1978), this design represents a "mini Lake Michigan workboat" that captures the seakeeping abilities and speed characteristics of the original 26-foot vessels in a more manageable package.
Construction Details
| Designer | Nelson Zimmer |
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| Builder | Home Built |
| Length | 18.670 ft |
| LOA | 18.670 ft |
| Beam | 6.000 ft |
| Displacement | 3000 lb |
| Max Draft | 2.080 ft |
| Min Draft | 1.500 ft |
| Year Built | 1978 |
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Disclaimer. Boats are not all the same -- even when produced in the same factory of the same model. Sailrite does its best to publish accurate dimensions, but we often find it worthwhile to have our customers measure their boats carefully before we produce kits for them. You should take the same precautions, especially when the data is not from Sailrite. The information on this site is not guaranteed to be accurate. Sailrite offers this content as a service to our community, but takes no responsibility for the reliability of the data provided.
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