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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.
The Hobie 33 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of a polyester and fiberglass sandwich, with wood trim. Very light for its size with a displacement of 4,000 lb (1,814 kg), it has a 7/8 fractional sloop rig with aluminum spars, a raked stem, a reverse transom, an internally mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed fin keel or lifting keel with a bulb weight.
The Compass Careel 18 is an 18 ft long trailer sailer manufactured in Australia by David Rose Yachts. [1]The Careel 18 was originally built in 1968 by John Duncanson as a Duncanson 18, with David Rose taking over manufacturing and renaming the boats the Careel 18. [1]
Corsair 24 Mark I. The Corsair 24 is a recreational trimaran, built predominantly of fiberglass with a fractional sloop rig and folding bowsprit.The hull and the folding outriggers have nearly-plumb stems and reverse transoms.
The Farrier F-24 is a recreational sailboat, built predominantly of fiberglass. It has a fractional sloop rig with a rotating mast. The hull and outriggers have nearly plumb stems and reverse transoms. The hull has a transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller and a retractable daggerboard. It displaces 1,800 lb (816 kg) and carries no ballast ...
In January 1995 Sail magazine named the F-27 as one of several boat designs that "had a significant and positive impact on sailing over the past 25 years". [1] The F-27 was inducted into the American Sailboat Hall of Fame on 29 January 2004. [1] In 2016, Sailing magazine's technical editor Bob Perry described the F-27 as "a great boat". [9]
The boat has a draft of 6.00 ft (1.83 m) with the centreboard extended and 1.75 ft (0.53 m) with it retracted, allowing beaching or ground transportation on a trailer. [1] [4] The boat is normally fitted with a small outboard motor for docking and maneuvering. The fresh water tank has a capacity of 20 U.S. gallons (76 L; 17 imp gal).
The largest boat built by the company was the Com-Pac 35, a 1990 Charley Morgan design. In 1999 the company started making small catboats and discovered an untapped market. The newer designs incorporate stainless steel centerboards and use a unique mast, sail and boom folding system that allows quick transition from the road transport trailer ...