Montgomery 15
{{Short description|Sailboat class}}
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|designer = Jerry Montgomery
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|location = United States
|year = 1980
|no built = 500
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|builder = Montgomery Marine Products
Nor'Sea Yachts
Montgomery Boats
|role = Cruiser
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|draft = {{convert|2.04|ft|m|abbr=on}} with centerboard down
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|displacement = {{convert|750|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}
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|hull type = monohull
|construction = fiberglass
|loa = {{convert|15.00|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|lwl = {{convert|13.25|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|beam = {{convert|6.16|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|engine = outboard motor
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|keel type = shoal keel and centerboard
|ballast = {{convert|275|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}
|rudder type = transom-mounted rudder
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|rig type = Bermuda rig
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|sailplan = fractional rigged sloop
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The Montgomery 15 is an American trailerable sailboat that was designed by Jerry Montgomery as a pocket cruiser and first built in 1980.{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/montgomery-15|title= Montgomery 15 sailboat |access-date= 27 June 2021|last= McArthur| first= Bruce |work= sailboatdata.com|year= 2020|archive-url= https://archive.today/20210627134053/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/montgomery-15|archive-date= 27 June 2021|url-status= live}}Henkel, Steve: The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats, page 71. International Marine/McGraw-Hill, 2010. {{ISBN|978-0-07-163652-0}}
Production
The design was built by Montgomery Marine Products, Nor'Sea Yachts and Montgomery Boats in the United States, with 500 boats completed, but it is now out of production.{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/builder/montgomery-marine-products|title = Montgomery Marine Products|access-date = 27 June 2021|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2021|archive-url= https://archive.today/20210627134055/https://sailboatdata.com/builder/montgomery-marine-products|archive-date= 27 June 2021|url-status= live}}
Design
File:Montgomery 15 sailboat 1706.jpg
The Montgomery 15 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with simulated lapstrake construction molded in. It has a fractional sloop rig, a nearly plumb stem, a vertical transom, a transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed stub keel with a retractable centerboard. It displaces {{convert|750|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} and carries {{convert|275|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} of ballast.
The boat has a draft of {{convert|2.04|ft|m|abbr=on}} with the centerboard extended and {{convert|1.25|ft|m|abbr=on}} with it retracted, allowing operation in shallow water or ground transportation on a trailer.
The boat is normally fitted with a small {{convert|2|to|5|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} outboard motor for docking and maneuvering.
The design has sleeping accommodation for two people. Cabin headroom is {{convert|48|in|cm|0|abbr=on}}.
The design has a hull speed of {{convert|4.9|kn|km/h|abbr=on}}.
Operational history
The Montgomery 15 has a reputable history as a safe and seaworthy sailboat including one ocean passage from California, US, to Hawaii.{{cite book |last1=Mann |first1=Michael |title=A Little Breeze to the West |date=2015 |publisher=CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform |isbn=9781517572242 |pages=262}}
In a 2010 review Steve Henkel wrote, "several hundred of these little boats were built and sold by Montgomery Marine over a period of 14 years, and in 1999 production recommenced, under the wing of Nor’Sea Yachts. Now the boats are being built under yet another name, Montgomery Boats. Best features: With her springy sheer and simulated lapstrake hull, she looks very graceful despite the relatively high freeboard ... Attention to detail in her construction is above average. Her ballast and displacement are high enough to give her good stability for a 15-footer. Worst features: She has the shallowest maximum draft (2' 6" with board down), making for somewhat poorer upwind performance compared to other comp[etitor]s, which all have drafts in the 3' to 4' range."
See also
References
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{{Montgomery Marine Products}}
{{Trailer sailers and Trailer yachts worldwide}}
Category:1980s sailboat type designs
Category:Sailboat type designs by Jerry Montgomery
Category:Sailboat types built by Montgomery Marine Products