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NIS 18

Great smaller cruiser racer with all the Kirby magic. The famed Laser Designer, Bruce Kirby has designed a cruising Laser for grown ups, but who wish to trailer their boat with a smaller car.
Extreme shallow draft. Self tacking, easily reefed.

Simple construction, sophisticated design, coastal sea keeping and real performance.

Choice of two rigs, unstayed gaff and unstayed fully battened Marconi.
Allow 800 hours building time.

Plans suited to first time builders, with world wide back up from nisboats.com.

Inc Trailer approx 900KG

Ask about our pre-cut kits!

Precut Gaboon Plywood Kits are available NOW for NIS 18 /ketch/yawl or Cat Boat hulls.

Metric measuring is now the Standard. All the plans are now of the MK2 versions, except for the NIS 29, 31 and 43. These are now in revision.

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NIS 18 - Kit

Complete NIS 18 hull for ketch or yawl epoxy sealed inside and out, glassed and Cop R Bote Anti Fouled ready for painting and fitting out.

Specs	ft	mm

LOA:	18'	5480
DWL:	16'	4880
Beam:	6'7"	1980
Draft, Board up:	10"	250
Draft, Board Down:	4'	1220
Weight:	700kg approx

Sail Areas		sq m

Main:		12.06
Mizzen:		4.82
Total:		16.88

Outboard 2/9.4hp standard Shaft on transom spring bracket.
Offset centreboard

Options

Marconi Cat Rig, Gaff Cat Rig, Cat yawl.
Folding Mast Tabernacle Option.
Plans Available for scratch build or as pre cut 'plywood only' kit (available now), through to 'Everything you will ever need, including trailer' kit.

Indicative materials lists and build times. *

Plywood 4mm, sheets; 6mm, 4 sheets: 9mm, 14 sheets: 12mm,
5 sheets: 18mm 2 Sheets;

Solid timber WRC 25x100mm 8 metres; 25x25mm 65metres; 16x70mm, 11metres; . 50x15,11metres

Suggested Hours to Build: 800

* Approximate data; varies depending on experience and individual work rates and care in material useage.

NIS 18

NIS 18 Q-berth

NIS 18 V-berth

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Special Notice:

Metric measurements are now standard for Norwalk islands Sharpies. Most American builders seem quite good at using Metric, it is apparently universal in American science.
Full size template plans and instructions are included in all current models for optimum NACA Foil sections.
As far as is practical, and with suitable consents, we will endeavor to put plans purchasers in contact with other owners and builders of Norwalk Islands Sharpies in their areas.

All plans buyers now receive the new generic manual, and the new plans all include bulkhead shaping for the slightly radiused bottoms.
Most plans buyers are also opting for the precut kits. especially in Australia and Europe. We are working on an economical kit manufacturing arrangement in the US.