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1984 Merit 22

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1984 Merrit 22 Sailboat, ready to hit the lake! Trailer has new tires and all new wiring and LED lights in 2020. Extension tounge lets you load and launch without putting your vehicle in the water!

Boat has LED navigation lights, interior lights, mast spreader lights (not completed wiring yet), switch panel, deep cycle battery with 5 amp maintainer, Garmin fish finder/GPS, all new in 2020. Includes mainsail, 2 head sails, and a spinnaker all in great condition. 4 HP 1998 Mercury outboard included, starts and runs good!

All interior cushions are included and in good physical shape but could use a cleaning. We didn’t keep them on the boat and mainly used the cabin for storage of water toys and accessories.

Delivery and help setting up available for Stockton, negotiable for other lakes in the SW MO region. Get this boat and get your family started on the water without the need to even haul it! Was a great boat for us to learn on! Have it in the water and in your private slip for Memorial Day weekend!

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Rig and Sails

Auxilary power, accomodations, calculations.

The theoretical maximum speed that a displacement hull can move efficiently through the water is determined by it's waterline length and displacement. It may be unable to reach this speed if the boat is underpowered or heavily loaded, though it may exceed this speed given enough power. Read more.

Classic hull speed formula:

Hull Speed = 1.34 x √LWL

Max Speed/Length ratio = 8.26 ÷ Displacement/Length ratio .311 Hull Speed = Max Speed/Length ratio x √LWL

Sail Area / Displacement Ratio

A measure of the power of the sails relative to the weight of the boat. The higher the number, the higher the performance, but the harder the boat will be to handle. This ratio is a "non-dimensional" value that facilitates comparisons between boats of different types and sizes. Read more.

SA/D = SA ÷ (D ÷ 64) 2/3

• SA : Sail area in square feet, derived by adding the mainsail area to 100% of the foretriangle area (the lateral area above the deck between the mast and the forestay).
• D : Displacement in pounds.

Ballast / Displacement Ratio

A measure of the stability of a boat's hull that suggests how well a monohull will stand up to its sails. The ballast displacement ratio indicates how much of the weight of a boat is placed for maximum stability against capsizing and is an indicator of stiffness and resistance to capsize.

Ballast / Displacement * 100

Displacement / Length Ratio

A measure of the weight of the boat relative to it's length at the waterline. The higher a boat’s D/L ratio, the more easily it will carry a load and the more comfortable its motion will be. The lower a boat's ratio is, the less power it takes to drive the boat to its nominal hull speed or beyond. Read more.

D/L = (D ÷ 2240) ÷ (0.01 x LWL)³

• D: Displacement of the boat in pounds.
• LWL: Waterline length in feet

Comfort Ratio

This ratio assess how quickly and abruptly a boat’s hull reacts to waves in a significant seaway, these being the elements of a boat’s motion most likely to cause seasickness. Read more.

Comfort ratio = D ÷ (.65 x (.7 LWL + .3 LOA) x Beam 1.33 )

• D: Displacement of the boat in pounds
• LOA: Length overall in feet
• Beam: Width of boat at the widest point in feet

Capsize Screening Formula

This formula attempts to indicate whether a given boat might be too wide and light to readily right itself after being overturned in extreme conditions. Read more.

CSV = Beam ÷ ³√(D / 64)

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Merit 22 owners

• Thread starter RussC
• Start date Oct 18, 2019
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sloughsailer said: I have to drop the mast on my Merit 22 by myself. Other times I had friends helping and a place to hang a block up high. But not this time. I have several options for making a gin pole, a 10 foot length of 2inch steel tube or a fir 2x4. But I don't know how to fasten it to the mast. How do you guys do it? Click to expand

sloughsailer

Thanks a lot, Digger. It looks like this will solve my problem. Did you find that the stock mast crutch is high enough?  

sloughsailer said: Thanks a lot, Digger. It looks like this will solve my problem. Did you find that the stock mast crutch is high enough? Click to expand

Was trying to do a dry run to step the mast, make sure all the parts were there as when I bought my boat it was trailered (and stored for a while). Noticed there wasn't a forestay, which kinda made things fun trying to step the mast. However.... boat came with a furling jib as well as a regular jib. Never been on a boat with one or had a boat with one. Does a furling jib take the place of a forestay? Thinking maybe the previous owner took it off or threw it away if that's the case. Haven't found a stay laying around in the lazarettes.  

You need a forestay. Furler extrusion (plastic one piece or aluminum foils) is reinforced with the forestay thru the center. Forestay length is 29.19' MERIT 22 - sailboatdata There are some furlers that "spin" the forestay.  

Thanks for the info on that, the furled jib came packed in a large pvc style tube that was stored next to the mast on the trailer. I slid it out only as far as to see what was inside the tube. Need to look at it fully out of the tube perhaps the previous owner wrapped with the forestay and stored it. If that's the case maybe be good to get a spare Forestay to run a regular jib. Have you stepped a mast with a furling jib assembly in place? At least according to the Merit 22 manual they were showing to attach a line to the forestay to pull the mast (and I guess the same for lowering) to the upright position. Would the weight/stress on the bottom fitting hurt the furler in stepping it?  

I would bet the forestay is in there. I've stepped and un-stepped my mast with my furler in place. Mine is an Alado Furler with interlocking 5' aluminum "foils" with forestay running thru the middle. I'm very careful to keep the furling assembly from bending or it will be toast!!! Once the mast is down you lash the furler assembly to it. If yours is one piece pvc, it's probably a CDI and they are much more forgiving; almost designed to bend. Flexible Furlers — Cruising Design International If you're going to run roller furling you don't need another forestay. I'd bet that sail was just left over from when it was hanked on the forestay. Depending on the size of the furling jib, you can make it any size you want, dependent on the wind. Mine is 135%, which gives me any size I need. Pulling on the forestay will work, but the mast resting on a fabricated (wood, aluminum, or steel) crutch attached to the rudder gruneons on the transom make things very easy with the A-Frame. Think about how unstable the mast would be without side guides to keep it centered when raising, just pulling on the forestay! BTW, I'd love to have a copy of that Merit manual if possible. Hard copy, .pdf file, however!!!! I'm John, at (303) 931-3866 if questions arise. I'll be camping, probably without service, til Thursday PM, however.  

Merit of the Bay

I think almost everyone here would kill to have a copy of the manual.  

Timm R Oday25

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Merit of the Bay said: I think almost everyone here would kill to have a copy of the manual. Click to expand

Email address is [email protected] . You should be able to send the .pdf file as an attachment. Tnx!!!  

Digger1 said: Email address is [email protected] . You should be able to send the .pdf file as an attachment. Tnx!!! Click to expand

Hey Digger, if you did receive the manual from Russ, would you mind forwarding it on to me? [email protected]  

Merit of the Bay said: Hey Digger, if you did receive the manual from Russ, would you mind forwarding it on to me? [email protected] Click to expand

Hey all, just found you all. Considering buying a Merit 22 in Southern California. Not much experience with them except through my dock neighbor in Marina Del Rey. His was a 25. Any specific things I should ask about or consider such a problem areas or needed refurbishing (swing keel pin or keel wire or rope) since it’s balsa cored deck, soft spots etc? Any help would be appreciated.  

redbeemr said: Hey all, just found you all. Considering buying a Merit 22 in Southern California. Not much experience with them except through my dock neighbor in Marina Del Rey. His was a 25. Any specific things I should ask about or consider such a problem areas or needed refurbishing (swing keel pin or keel wire or rope) since it’s balsa cored deck, soft spots etc? Any help would be appreciated. Click to expand

RussC said: The 22 is a vertical lifted keel so no keel pivot or cable to be concerned with but if these are grounded hard they can crack the fiberglass hull around the keel trunk area. nothing special about the deck that's specific to this boat. just do a slow walk around on the deck etc. I saw that boat listed also but it's just too far away for me. price is up there but it does sound well equipped and likely worth it. also was one north of Portland Oregon for 1K with trailer but when I started quizzing him about it he says he's decided to part it out . Click to expand

redbeemr said: Thanks RussC. I’m curious about your comment on the price. Is his asking price high in your experience? Click to expand

Digger1 said: Yes it is! I didn't know they all didn't come that way! Funny, I was looking hard at Catalina 22's, when on a whim, I took a look at the Merit. It was on consignment with a run-a-bout and RV dealer, who didn't have the foggiest what they had in a sailboat. We argued back and forth about the "merits" of production run of 600 vs. 16,000 and parts availability, etc., etc. After researching the Merit a bit more I thought I'd buck the crowd and go what could and should be a better sailer. There doesn't seem to be a lot of chatter on ours, but any info you have would be appreciated. Added a couple of shots with the mast and boom in place and my a-frame setup View attachment 207659 View attachment 207660 Click to expand

David Melkey

Shakalaaka said: I finally found you guys. Got mine last summer, thought I had the only one in existence! Click to expand

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