1982 Victoria 18 sailboat $2200 OBO

Dear Friends, It is with great sadness that we put our beloved 1982 Victoria 18 sailboat, “Vicky” aka the “JenJoeJã” for sale. We bought this boat new at the boat show at the mall Memorial Day 1982. In the mid-1990s, we sold her to a neighbor, only to buy her back a few years later. She is in good condition for ~40-year-old sailboat and has been the pride and joy of our family and friends all these years.

The Victoria 18 is a stubby keel sailboat built in Florida by McVay yachts, with beautiful classic lines and a small amount of teak design. Our “Vicky” has a light blue gel coat. She has 500 lbs of lead in her keel, but only draws 24”. She has swept back spreaders and no backstay. These boats are very easy to sail, with a comfortable cockpit for 3-4 adults, and a cabin down below. She comes with the original 4 cushions, boom cover (which needs a little mending at the mast) and tiller cover, all standing and running rigging and lines, 3 sails (main, jib, spinnaker), and trailer. She has a motor mount and we do have an outboard motor for her (4.5 horsepower Mercury with an extension shaft designed for the Victoria 18), though we have not used it in several years, preferring to sail to/from our mooring (this is made very easy with the roller furling jib!) She is very easy to trailer and launch. She has spent most summers moored off our house on Lake Charlevoix in East Jordan, MI, and most winters stored inside, and is currently shrink-wrapped on her trailer at the 4 Seasons Marine in East Jordan.

Some improvements we have made to her over the years:

• New mast from Dwyer mast in 2012
• New main custom cut by Will Paxton at Quantum Sails in 2016
• New jib custom cut by Will Paxton at Quantum Sails in 2018, designed especially to be partially “reefed” on the roller furling
• Installed roller furling on the jib
• All new halyards and sheets with in the past 5 years
• Installed rigging for a spinnaker, and have a custom designed symmetrical spinnaker with pole
• We have added blocks at the mast to run the halyards to the cockpit to make hoisting and dropping sails and furling/unfurling the jib much easier
• We added a Cunningham system and a topping lift for the main/boom
• In 2018 we had the hull, deck, and teak professionally cleaned and polished, though the deck does have a few small wear marks
• We have redone the bottom paint a couple of times
• In 2019 we replaced the cockpit through-hulls and repaired a few small areas on the hull that had water ingress
• We ran electrical for a masthead light, though rarely use it because we generally only sail her during the day.
• The trailer has JUST been refurbished with all new wiring, lights, axel grease, bearings, etc.

This is an excellent day sailor for couples, families, friends. The loads are relatively low for a keel boat, and it’s a great boat for teaching new sailors/kids. Trimmed well, the Victoria 18 will sail quite quick in a light breeze, and with the roller furling, it’s easy to reduce sail area if the wind picks up. And with only a small amount of teak, she’s easy to maintain. The sails alone are worth $1200. We’re asking $2200 (OBO) for the boat, sails, trailer and all associated rigging. You pick it up in East Jordan, or arrange for her delivery.

There are two very active Facebook groups, Victoria Eighteen and Victoria 18, and a lot of information online about this classic sailboat.