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1984 LM Mermaid 315

Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin

$24,500

JUST REDUCED!!

Hurrah is a freshwater LM Mermaid 315. She has been meticulously maintained, freshwater sailed is ready for her next adventure.
It is a fine sailing boat with no bad habits, rigged so that it can be single handed.
Inside, it is dry and free of condensation even in chilly weather. Its joinery resembles Danish furniture.
It is beautifully and solidly built, with a very fair  hull and no osmotic blistering, and it is approved by Norske Veritas, the Lloyd's of Scandinavia. The hull has a canoe stern and a fixed windshield, features useful on the US Great Lakes as on the North Sea. Decks are teak bedded in sealant without screws and in perfect condition. The boat is white w/ turquoise trim, protected by a strong rub rail.

Basic Boat Info

Make: LM
Model: Mermaid 315
Year: 1984
Condition: Used
Category: Sail
Builder: LM Glasfiber
Designer: Bent Juul Andersen
Construction: Fiberglass
Boat Hull ID: LMJ01025E484
Has Hull ID: Yes
Keel Type: Fin Keel

Dimensions

Length: 31 ft
Length Overall: 31 ft
Waterline Length: 26'3 ft
Beam: 10 ft
Max Draft: 4'11 ft
Displacement: 10,340 lb
Ballast: 4180 lb
Electrical Circuit: 12v
Single Berths: 2
Double Berths: 3
Cabins Count: 2

Engines / Speed

Engines: 1
  • Make: Volvo
  • Model: 3 cyl
  • Fuel: Diesel
  • Engine Power: 28hp
  • Type: Inboard
  • Drive Type: SailDrive
  • Engine Hours: 1,130
Cruising Speed: 6 kn
Displacement Type: Dry Load

Tanks

Fuel Tanks: 1
Fuel Tank Capacity: 19 gal
Water Tanks: 1
Water Tank Capacity: 37 gal
Holding Tank Count: 1

Other

Heads Count: 1
Drive Type: Sail
Boat Class: Sloop

Contact

Emmett Cregan
YACHT WORKS

Office

WI
P.O. Box 199
Sister Bay, WI, US, 54234
Tel:(920) 854-9090
Disclaimer
The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.


Accomodations & Layout

The forward cabin has a V-berth with a filler cushion and shelves. The head is just aft and starboard with additional shelves and a hanging locker opposite in dressing room.
The main saloon has a drop-leaf dining table that seats six with the port and starboard settee converting to double berths. The saloon can be closed off from the forward dressing room by a folding door.  
The interior finish is varnished teak with teak cabin sole and teak sliding doors over storage shelves.  The upholstery is a beige wool fabric.
The galley is starboard with a retracting chart table to port. There's a large hatch in the forward cabin and another in the main cabin.

Galley

 The galley has a three-burner gimbaled LPG stove with an oven that’s equipped with thermocouples on all burners. A solenoid controls the gas at the tank, which is in a dedicated, sealed compartment aft with an overboard drain. A hooded exhaust fan is over stove.The stainless sink has hot and cold pressurized water with a backup foot pump.  A trash bin is fitted under sink. To port the custom top-loading, large capacity icebox has 4" insulation  with a retractable chart table over it.  The icebox is pumped out electrically and there are numerous storage lockers and drawers.

Electrical System

12 volt DC; two 90 amp. batteries, battery switches in cockpit. Navigation, steaming, deck, and cabin lights. Shore power is 30 amp. 125 volt, with control panel in forward cabin and power inlet in anchor locker. A cabin light is connected to the shore power, as well as two GFI duplex outlets and the hot water heater.

Electronics
  • Datamarine Corinthian LX-360 "wind machine" speed and direction
  • Datamarine Corinthian S-100KL L.C.D. digital knotmeter and log
  • Datamarine Corinthian S-200DL digital depth sounder
  • Datamarine A-181 control panel and log, w/rheostat night lighting control, trip log, and totalizing log (controls above instruments).
  • Raytheon Ray 80 VHF/FM radiotelephone, with masthead antenna
  • Autohelm 4000+
  • Garmin GPS Map 78SC

 

Sails & Rigging

Anodized aluminum deck stepped mast. Double spreaders and a 7/8th rig.  Permanent backstay with Johnson lever adjuster.

Stainless steel standing and Dacron running rigging.  Spinnaker pole stowed along main boom.  Jib and main halyards are internal, pole lift and spinnaker halyard are external. 
Two reefs, jib and main halyards are led to cockpit through Spinlock sheet stoppers to two Anderson 2-speed winches. 
Jib sheets are led to winches through cam cleats.  Rigid boom strut with separate block-and-tackle vang and outhaul  Bow, midship, and stern cleats.

Sails are: North Genoa (1991), Dorsal main with two reefs (2012), North Spinnaker (1985)

 

Engine & Drives

The Volvo engine has 3 cylinders, 28 h.p. It is situated in a watertight compartment under the cockpit and powers a saildrive (no stuffing box) equipped with a Gori geared  folding  propeller. 
Engine access is through a large hatch in the cockpit sole. Automatic Halon extinguisher. Fuel, oil, and water temperature gauges.
Cruising speed is 6K with fuel consumption of 0.4 to 0.5 gallons per hour.
Engine hours total 979

Canvas

Permanent tempered glass windshield is fitted with a new Blue Dodger, with a new Bimini. Cockpit cushions for all seats.  Mainsail cover is tan.

New Custom Winter Cover, Dodger & Bimini

 

Other Features
  • Barometer
  • Oil lamp
  • Life Sling
  • Stainless destroyer wheel, elk hide cover
  • Bow pulpit and stern rail
  • Folding stern swimming ladder
  • Cockpit table and drink rack
  • Double lifelines covered with white vinyl
  • Docklines and fenders
  • 22 lb. Bruce and 30 lb. Danforth anchors with chain and nylon rodes
  • Diaphragm bilge pump in cockpit
  • Electric bilge pump
  • Electric shower sump pump
  • Electric diaphragm pump for waste pumpout
  • Life vests Flares
  • Spare parts
  • Fire extinguishers
  • Flagpole with ensign
  • Flag halyard
  • Emergency tiller
  • Radar reflector
  • Safety harnesses
  • Screens
  • Dishware
  • Foghorn and bell
  • Windscoop
  • Bosun’s chair
  • Engine room & ice box pump discharge
  • Wine Storage
  • Main sail reef capability (2)
  • Sleeps (6)
  • Galley exhaust fan
Disclaimer
The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.
Additional Contact Information
For More Information Contact Emmett Cregan
Cell Phone Number: 920-421-0397
Email: Emmett@yachtworks.com