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