Development | |
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Designer | Sparkman & Stephens |
Location | United States |
Year | 1940 |
Builder(s) | Cape Cod Shipbuilding |
Role | Sailing dinghy |
Name | Cape Cod Mercury 15 FK |
Boat | |
Displacement | 730 lb (331 kg) |
Draft | 2.42 ft (0.74 m) |
Hull | |
Type | Monohull |
Construction | Wood or Fiberglass |
LOA | 15.00 ft (4.57 m) |
LWL | 13.83 ft (4.22 m) |
Beam | 5.42 ft (1.65 m) |
Hull appendages | |
Keel/board type | fin keel |
Ballast | 200 lb (91 kg) |
Rudder(s) | transom-mounted rudder |
Rig | |
Rig type | Bermuda rig |
Sails | |
Sailplan | Fractional rigged sloop |
Total sail area | 119 sq ft (11.1 m2) |
The Cape Cod Mercury 15, also called the Mercury Sloop and just the Mercury, is an American trailerable sailboat and sailing dinghy, that was designed by Sparkman & Stephens and first built in 1940. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
The design is sometimes confused with the unrelated Ernest Nunes 1939 Mercury 18 design. [1] [6]
The design is built by Cape Cod Shipbuilding in the United States, and remained in production in 2020 after 80 years. [1] [4] [5] [7]
The Mercury 15 is a recreational keelboat or dinghy, depending on the model, originally built of wood, since 1948 it has been constructed of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a fractional sloop rig with aluminum spars. The hull has a spooned plumb stem, a plumb transom, a transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed fin keel or a retractable centerboard. [1] [4]
The design has accommodation for five people, but is normally sailing with a crew of two sailors. [5]
An optional teak motor mount is available to allow use of an outboard motor for docking and maneuvering. [1]
For sailing the design may be equipped with an optional genoa and spinnaker. Roller furling, a boom vang and boat trailers for both versions are also optional. [5]