1985 LM Mermaid 315

The accommodation offers up to seven berths in two cabins.

Forecabin with V berth and infill creating a double, stowage above and below.  Opening hatch to foredeck.  Large hanging locker to port side with heads opposite to starboard, RM69 marine heads and moulded washbasin with H&C water supply.  Saloon with settee berths to port and starboard, both converting to doubles with storage above and below and drop leaf table with bottle stowage to centre. Opening hatch to deck. Slide out chart table to port with quarter berth beneath.  Galley to starboard with three burner Eno gas cooker with oven, stainless steel sink with H&C water supply, refrigerator and plenty of stowage. Carpets and curtains.  Webasto diesel fired warm air heating.

Located beneath the cockpit sole, Yanmar 30hp diesel engine (2016). Electric start. Fresh water cooled via heat exchanger. Sail drive to fixed pitch propeller. Cruising speed approximately 5.5 knots Maximum speed 7 knots.

Alternator charging to 4 x 12 volt batteries (2016/17).

12 volt panel.

240 volt shore power supply.

Battery charger.

Fractional rigged sloop. Anodised aluminium mast and boom. Stainless steel standing rigging. Terylene running rigging. Slab reefing to main with lazyjacks. Furlex 200S headsail furling system. Strut kicker. Telescopic spinnaker pole.

Mainsail - 2011 - Very good

Furling genoa - 2003 - Very good

Spinnaker - very good

Spare mainsail 

25lb CQR anchor with chain and warp

10kg Danforth anchor

SL manual anchor windlass

Stainless steel pulpit, pushpit, stanchions and guardwires 

Sail cover with lazyjacks

Sprayhood

Cockpit canopy

Cockpit table

Cockpit cushions

Outboard bracket

Boathook

Stainless steel boarding ladder

Various fenders and warps

1 x Lewmar 14 self tailing halyard winch.

2 x Two Andersen 46 self tailing sheet winches.

Silva Nexus steering compass

Silva Nexus windspeed and direction

3 x Silva Nexus multi displays

NASA SX35 DSC VHF radio with aerial

Garmin 230 chart plotter

Autohelm 2000 autopilot

Clock Radio/mini-disc player

Full navigation lights

Clock and barometer

Manual and electric bilge pumps

Fire extinguishers

Fire blanket

Radar reflector

Horseshoe lifebuoy with floating light

Jackstays

Fog horn

Built in 1985 by LM glasfiber a/s of Denmark to a design by Bent Andersen. White GRP hull with blue style stripes. Rubbing strake. White GRP superstructure with moulded in non-slip to decks. Twin keels.  Tiller steering to skeg hung rudder. Aft self draining cockpit. Self draining anchor locker forward. 

The LM 315 Mermaid is a well built, Danish cruiser with a quality, well fitted interior.  Easily handled with a good turn of speed, this particular example is nicely presented and well equipped and benefits from a replacement engine in 2016.  Viewings by appointment through Howard Ford Marine Sales.

The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.