MERCURY (i8-Foot). Courtesy Raymond C. Johnson. 



MERCURY (i8-Foot) 



The i8-foot Mercury keel sloop sailed on the Pacific Coast was designed 

 in 1937 by Ernest Nunes (315 Main St., Sausalito, Calif.), who is also one 

 of the builders. Another is Shelter Point Yacht Service (Sewall Mill & 

 Manufacturing Company, P. O. Box 227, San Pedro, Calif. ) . The idea was to 

 have a trailable keelboat which could be sailed with safety on the rough 

 waters of San Francisco Bay and to utilize the then new marine plywood. 

 Later, fiber glass was used. 



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THE SAILBOAT CLASSES OF NORTH AMERICA 



