The Mutineer 15 is a 15-foot (4.6 m) long fractional sloop sailboat currently manufactured by Nickels Boat Works.

It was a popular sailboat design, but it led to a demand for a lighter, more affordable boat.

At the time it was designed, the Mutineer had several innovative features, including the roller furling jib, spinnaker rigging, and a foredeck launcher tube.

It was originally designed and manufactured as part of the Marine branch of the Chrysler corporation.

When the Chrysler corporation restructured as part of a financial crisis in the 1970s, it sold the rights to the boat to Texas Marine International.

Several innovative features were included in their design, making the Mutineer 15 suitable for both racing and cruising applications.

The government stipulated that as part of the loan guarantees Chrysler was required to sell the marine division of its company.

In 1980, Chrysler Boat, which included the rights to the Mutineer 15, was sold to Texas Marine International.

The rights to the Mutineer 15 were held by Cardinal Yachts until 2003 when Nickels Boat Works purchased the molds.

The primary construction material for the Mutt is fiberglass, with molded-in and textured cockpit seats and skid-resistant deck and flooring.

On the original Chrysler boats, the deck was white with a green or yellow hull.

[3][5] The boat has a centerboard that can be raised and lowered according to varying conditions and for ease of transport.

[3][5] The Buccaneer 18 was designed in 1968 by Rod Macalpine-Downie and Dick Gibbs under the marine division of the Chrysler corporation.

This led Macalpine-Downie and Gibbs to create another, smaller version of the Buccaneer: the Mutineer.

The boat designs are so similar that many parts (mast, boom, tiller, shrouds, running lines) are different only in their length.

The rigging hardware, centerboard, and rudder are the same on both boats, and the sails are scaled versions of each other.

[citation needed] Finally, throughout many company changes, the Mutineer and Buccaneer have always been sold together and today both are manufactured by Nickels Boat Works [3][6] The Mutineer Class Association (MCA) has been actively working to recruit more members and increase racing.