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Gloucester 15
Development
Designer	Rod Macalpine-Downie and Dick Gibbs
Location	United States
Year	1987
No. built	6,000
Builder(s)	Gloucester Yachts
Role	Sailing dinghy
Name	Gloucester 15
Boat
Displacement	600 lb (272 kg)
Draft	4.08 ft (1.24 m) with centerboard down
Hull
Type	monohull
Construction	fiberglass
LOA	15.00 ft (4.57 m)
LWL	14.04 ft (4.28 m)
Beam	6.00 ft (1.83 m)
Hull appendages
Keel/board type	centerboard
Rudder(s)	transom-mounted rudder
Rig
Rig type	Bermuda rig
Sails
Sailplan	fractional rigged sloop
Total sail area	150.00 sq ft (13.935 m2)
	← Mutineer 15 ; [edit on Wikidata]

The Gloucester 15 is an American sailing dinghy that was designed by Rod Macalpine-Downie and Dick Gibbs and first built in 1987.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

The Gloucester 15 is a development of the Chrysler Marine 1972 Mutineer 15 design, with a heavier displacement.^[1]^[4]

Production

The design was built by Gloucester Yachts in the United States, with 6,000 boats completed starting in 1987, but it is now out of production.^[1]^[4]^[5]

Design

The Gloucester 15 is a recreational sailboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a fractional sloop rig, a plumb stem, a vertical transom, a transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller and a retractable centerboard. It displaces 600 lb (272 kg).^[1]^[4]

The boat has a draft of 4.08 ft (1.24 m) with the centerboard extended and 8 in (20 cm) with it retracted, allowing beaching or ground transportation on a trailer.^[1]^[4]

The design has a hull speed of 5.03 kn (9.32 km/h).^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Gloucester 15 sailboat". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 4 May 2021. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
^ McArthur, Bruce (2020). "J.R. (Rod) Macalpine-Downie 1934 - 1986". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 7 October 2020. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
^ McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Dick Gibbs 1929 - 2009". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 7 October 2020. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Sea Time Tech, LLC (2022). "Gloucester 15". sailboat.guide. Archived from the original on 17 April 2022. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
^ McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Lockley Newport Boats (USA) 1964 - 1988". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 6 August 2020. Retrieved 4 May 2021.