METCALF. Photo by Beckner 

 Photo Service, courtesy W. D. 

 Schock Co. 



The boats took the rugged going on San Francisco Bay so well that the 

 class spread to Southern California, where the boats raced in the Catalina 

 Channel. Later, Mercurys went to several inland lakes, to Hawaii, and to 

 the Canal Zone. There are now 440 of them, aided by an active association: 

 the Mercury Class Yacht Racing Association. Raymond C. Johnson is the 

 Secretary (4661 Wishon, Fresno, Calif.). The Mercury has a displacement, 

 not a planing hull, and is a very stable boat. 



VITAL STATISTICS: L.O. A. i8'; watcrlinc 13'; beam 5'4"; draft 

 (keel) 3'; sail area 156 sq. ft. (na, spinnaker); weight 1150 lbs.; trail- 

 able with special equipment. 



METCALF 



This is a 13-foot cat-rigged fiber-glass dinghy of the planing-hull type, 

 designed by C. Wilham Lapworth. The mast, boom, daggerboard, and rud- 



RACING CLASSES 



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