Nacra F18 Infusion


The Nacra F18 Infusion is a Dutch Formula 18 catamaran sailing dinghy that was designed by Morrelli & Melvin, Vink, Larsen, Young as a one-design racer and first built in 2008.
The design takes its name from the vacuum infusion process used in its hull construction.
The Nacra F18 Infusion has been a recognized World Sailing international competition class since November 2010.
The Nacra F18 Infusion design was later developed into the F18 Evolution and the NACRA F20 Carbon.

Production

The design has been built by Nacra Sailing in the Netherlands since 2008 and remains in production.

Design

The Nacra F18 Infusion is a racing sailboat, built predominantly of epoxy resin and vinylester fibreglass over a foam core. It has a fractional sloop rig with aluminum spars. The hulls have vertical transoms, transom-hung carbon fibre rudders controlled by a tiller and dual retractable carbon fibre daggerboards. It displaces, uses twin crew trapezes and flies an asymmetrical nylon spinnaker of.

Variants

;Nacra F18 Infusion
;Nacra F18 Infusion FCS
;Nacra F18 Evolution