Schooner Mercantile   Official # 214388    Home Port: Camden, Maine

Shoal Draft Centerboard Gaff Rigged Schooner –   Builder: Pearl Billings Little Deer Isle, Maine

Year Built: 1916   –   Full Restoration:  1989

LOA: 115′  –  LOD: 80′  –  LWL: 71′  – Beam: 21′ 4″ – Draft: 5′  – Centerboard Up – 10′ 7″ Centerboard down

Gross Tonnage: 47  –  Propulsion: Sail  –  Sail Area: 3,014 Sq. Ft. – Sail Material: # 4 Duck Cotton W/Water Resistant Finish – Sail Condition: New 2021, Gambell & Hunter Traditional Sailmakers, Camden, ME

Construction: Frame: White Oak –  Planking: White Oak  – Deck: White Pine – Masts: Douglas Fir – Spars: Douglas Fir

Stability Letter February `12, 2012. Approved for Main Topsail, Fore Topsail & Flying Jib

Radio Call Sign WTZ8894, Station Authorization Valid to March 26, 2026

FCC Safety Radiotelelphone Certificate Valid to July 28, 2042

COI: Current,  Overnight: 29 passengers. 3 crew + 5 add’l crew    Daylight Hours: 54 Passengers, 3 crew , Crew Required: Master , 2 Deckhands

Equipment

  • Anchors, 2 – 350# Fisherman & 250# Fisherman,
  • Anchor Windlass
  • Steering – Worm Drive
  • Chains – 5/8″ & 3/4″
  • Running Rigging – Traditional Manila
  • Blocks – Fully Equipped, All Rebuilt, Painted & ready to go
  • Bilge Pumps – Traditional Edson Cast Iron W/Spare 14 ” Diaphragm, 5 hp Gasoline Fire/Bilge Pump & Winter Pump, Automatic Sump
  • Fire Extinguishers – 4 + USCG Approved
  • Life Floats – 4
  • Life Preservers – 39 Adult, 4 Child
  • Life Rings – 3
  • Water Lights – 5
  • Electronics – Radio Standard Horizon GX2200 w/Integrated Loud Hailer, Garmin 3210 with 11″ Full Color Screen, , Sitex ASI Transmitter
  • Heads – 3 Wilcox Crittenden Skipper II
  • Shower – 1 Fresh Hot Water
  • Shipmate Wood Burning Stove – Recent Rebuild
  • Built In Ice Refrigeration
  • Large Custom Built Deck Cooler for Passenger Use
  • Full Compliment of Cookware & Dishware
  • Full Compliment of Mattress, Woolrich Hudson Bay 6 Point Blankets & 2nd set of Wool Blankets
  • Yawl Boat – 14′ Cold Molded in Excellent Condition W/ 75 hp Yanmar Engine Currently Being Rebuilt for 2021 Season
  • Peapod – 14′ Traditional Rowing Vessel
  • Davits – Stern (Yawl Boat) & Side (Peapod)
  • Fresh Water Tank – 600 Gallon Stainless Steel
  • Fresh Water Transfer Pump
  • Grey Water Tank, 1
  • Black Water Tanks, 2 Stainless Steel
  • USCG Approved Fire Hose & Nozzle W/Pumps
  • Fire Ax
  • 2, 12 Volt Navigation Batteries
  • 12 Volt fixed Charger for Radio Batteries
  • 10, 6 Volt House Batteries Set Up for 12 Volt System LED Lights
  • Turbo MVL Series Battery Charger, 30 amp for House Bank