| Cape Cod Mercury 15 FK | |
| Insignia: | Cape Cod Mercury 15 sail badge.png |
| Insignia Size: | 100px |
| Designer: | Sparkman & Stephens |
| Location: | United States |
| Year: | 1940 |
| Builder: | Cape Cod Shipbuilding |
| Role: | Sailing dinghy |
| Draft: | 2.42feet |
| Displacement: | 7300NaN0 |
| Hull Type: | Monohull |
| Construction: | Wood or Fiberglass |
| Loa: | 15feet |
| Lwl: | 13.83feet |
| Beam: | 5.42feet |
| Keel Type: | fin keel |
| Ballast: | 2000NaN0 |
| Rudder Type: | transom-mounted rudder |
| Rig Type: | Bermuda rig |
| Sailplan: | Fractional rigged sloop |
| Sailarea Total: | 119square feet |
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]