Sea Bright 18
Description
The Sea Bright 18 (often called the Sea Bright 18 Micro Cruiser) is a modern wooden micro-cruiser design inspired by the historic Sea Bright skiff—a traditional New Jersey beach-launched workboat type from the mid-1800s onward. These original skiffs featured a unique "box keel" (a hollow deadrise that tapers fore and aft, allowing shallow draft, beaching through surf, and horizontal engine/prop installation in power versions). The Sea Bright 18 adapts this heritage for recreational sailing, rowing, and camp-cruising, emphasizing seaworthiness in coastal/open waters, simplicity, and versatility as a pocket adventure boat or yacht tender/lifeboat. Designed by Reuel B. Parker (a noted wooden boat designer/author, known for his plywood-epoxy adaptations of classic types like Sea Bright skiffs, sharpies, and catboats). Plans are available from Parker Marine Enterprises (~$150 PDF) or WoodenBoat (printed kits/options). It's amateur-builder friendly: frameless plywood construction over bulkheads, with options for glued-lapstrake, chine-log, or stitch-and-glue; covered in epoxy-saturated Xynole-polyester fabric for durability. Many builds are lightweight and epoxy-sealed for longevity.
Construction Details
| Designer | Reuel B. Parker |
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| Length | 18.000 ft |
| LOA | 18.000 ft |
| Beam | 5.083 ft |
| Displacement | 400 lb |
| Min Draft | 0.700 ft |
The standard boat dimensions
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Sails
Sea Bright 18 - JIBSAIL
| Luff | 10.167 ft - (3099 mm) |
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| Foot | 5.5 ft - (1676 mm) |
| Leech | 9.5 ft - (2896 mm) |
| Area | * 25.77 ft² |
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Sea Bright 18 - LEG-O-MUTTON
| Luff | 10.67 ft - (3252 mm) |
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| Foot | 6.42 ft - (1957 mm) |
| Leech | * 10.9 ft - (3322 mm) |
| Tack Angle | * 75.6 ° |
| Diag (clew/head) | 11 ft - (3353 mm) |
| Head (Inches) | 2 |
| Area | * 33.91 ft² |
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Sea Bright 18 - SPRIT
| Luff | 10.083 ft - (3073 mm) |
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| Foot | 8.67 ft - (2643 mm) |
| Leech | 13 ft - (3962 mm) |
| Tack Angle | 86 ° |
| Diag (clew/throat) | * 12.83 ft - (3911 mm) |
| Head | 7 ft - (2134 mm) |
| Area | * 87.1 ft² |
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