Cape Cod Mercury 15
| Development | |
|---|---|
| Designer | Sparkman & Stephens |
| Location | United States |
| Year | 1940 |
| Builder | 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 | 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, is a sailing dinghy, first built in 1940 by Cape Cod Shipbuilding in the United States, and remained in production in 2020 after 80 years.
Also called the Mercury Sloop and just the Mercury, it is sometimes confused with the unrelated Ernest Nunes 1939 Mercury 18.