This website is for tracking the Mercer 44 sailboats and for owners to share information with each other. The Mercer 44 was designed by William H. Tripp and built initially by the Mercer Reinforced Plastics in Trenton, NJ (1960-1962) and now Cape Cod Shipbuilding in Wareham, MA (1965-present).
Mercers are considered by their owners to be some of the prettiest boats on the water. Certainly the combination of sailing performance (full keel) and lines puts them in a class by themselves. Many owners tell stories of other sailors coming by to admire their boats or to tell them of their memories of once sailing or racing on a Mercer.
Although a number of Mercer owners have contributed to this site, I'd like to specifically thank Ellen Messick and Floyd Hollister for their time, research, and significant contributions. Please contact us if you'd like to contribute to these pages.
| Mercer44s | |||||||
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| Builder | Hull | Year | Name | Owner | Port | Rig | Details |
| Mercer Reinforced Plastics |
1 | 1960 | Aurora Rosina | David & Sandra Gebow | Oriental, NC | Details | |
| 2 | Rani | H. Roy Elliot, Jr. | Berkeley, CA | Details | |||
| 3 | 1961 | Fred L. Baker | David Kent | South Freeport, ME | Yawl | Details w/ Pix | |
| 4 | 1961 | Sea Fever | Bill Lonigan | Emeryville, CA | Sloop | Details w/ Pix | |
| 5 | 1962 | Winsome | June & John Downs | Portsmouth, RI | Details | ||
| 6 | 1962 | Spirit | Floyd Hollister & Ellen Messick |
Chesapeake Bay | Sloop | Details w/ Pix | |
| Cape Cod Shipbuilding |
1 | 1965 | Wandering Aengus | Chris Crowley & Hilary Cooper |
Southwest Harbor, ME | Sloop | Details w/ Pix |
| 2 | 1965 | Gibbor Sailing | Anonymous | Rio Dulce, Guatemala | Details | ||
| 3 | 1966 | Winsome | L. T. Lilliston | Newport, RI / Marion, MA |
Yawl | Details w/ Pix | |
| 4 | 1968 | Odyssey | Watson Family | Marion, MA | Yawl | Details w/ Pix | |
| 5 | 1969 | Skylark | Marylin Decker | Oxford, MD | Details | ||
| 6 | 1978 | Synia | Charles G. Struthers | Woburn, MA | Details | ||
| 7 | 1980 | Afterglow | Bob Rouner | Houston, TX | Details w/ Pix | ||
| 8 | 1982 | Mariah | Ed & Joan Gorman | Chesapeake Bay | Details | ||
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