First Mate 15 Lug Rig
Description
The Lillistone First Mate (often just called First Mate) is a modern, versatile 15-foot beach cruiser / micro-cruiser sailboat designed by Australian naval architect Ross Lillistone. It's essentially a stitch-and-glue plywood version of his popular Phoenix III design (which uses glued-lapstrake construction), making it easier and quicker for amateur builders while retaining the same excellent hull shape, performance, and multi-purpose layout. This boat is optimized for sailing, rowing, and outboard motoring, with a focus on simplicity, trailerability, and enjoyable solo or small-crew adventures—perfect for day sails, weekend micro-cruises, or exploring shallow bays, estuaries, and coastal waters. Builders and owners rave about its "Goldilocks" qualities: not too big or small, rows beautifully when the wind dies, sails lively in a breeze, and handles well when capsized (self-rescues easily due to low freeboard and positive buoyancy).
Construction Details
| Designer | Ross Lillistone |
|---|---|
| Builder | Home Built |
| Length | 15.000 ft |
| LOA | 15.000 ft |
| Beam | 5.083 ft |
| Displacement | 400 lb |
| Max Draft | 3.000 ft |
| Min Draft | 0.500 ft |
The standard boat dimensions
| i | 10.75 ft |
|---|---|
| j | 4.25 ft |
| p | - |
| e | - |
| p2 | - |
| e2 | - |
| i2 | - |
| j2 | - |
| I | J | P | E | P2 | E2 | I2 | J2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10.75 ft | 4.25 ft | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Documents
Sails
First Mate 15 Lug Rig - JIBSAIL
| Luff | 10.62 ft - (3237 mm) |
|---|---|
| Foot | 4.82 ft - (1469 mm) |
| Leech | 9.38 ft - (2859 mm) |
| Percentage LP | * 100 % |
| Length Perpendicular | * 4.25 ft - (1295 mm) |
| Deck Angle | * 6.47 ° |
| Area | * 22.59 ft² |
| Comments | Jib |
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First Mate 15 Lug Rig - 4-SIDED SAIL
| Luff | 5.5 ft - (1676 mm) |
|---|---|
| Foot | 8.89 ft - (2710 mm) |
| Leech | 14.4 ft - (4389 mm) |
| Head | 10.8 ft - (3292 mm) |
| Diagonal | 9.68 ft - (2950 mm) |
| Tack Angle | 80.83 ° |
| Area | 76.4 ft² |
| Comments | Lug Main, normally with one reef point. |
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Disclaimer. Boats are not all the same -- even when produced in the same factory of the same model. Sailrite does its best to publish accurate dimensions, but we often find it worthwhile to have our customers measure their boats carefully before we produce kits for them. You should take the same precautions, especially when the data is not from Sailrite. The information on this site is not guaranteed to be accurate. Sailrite offers this content as a service to our community, but takes no responsibility for the reliability of the data provided.
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