Mystic Mini-Ton Explained

Mystic Mini-Ton
Designer:Bruce Kirby
Location:United States
Year:1977
No Built:12
Class:MORC
Builder:Boat Company of Mystic
Role:Racer
Draft:4feet
Displacement:18500NaN0
Hull Type:monohull
Construction:fiberglass
Loa:21.5feet
Lwl:17.5feet
Beam:8.5feet
Engine:outboard motor
Keel Type:fin keel
Ballast:7000NaN0
Rudder Type:internally-mounted spade-type rudder
Rig Type:Bermuda rig
I:22.1feet
J:7.4feet
P:25.5feet
E:10.3feet
Sailplan:fractional rigged sloop
Sailarea Main:131.3square feet
Sailarea Headsail:81.77square feet
Sailarea Total:213.1square feet
Phrf:219

The Mystic Mini-Ton, also called the Mystic Mini-Ton 21, is an American trailerable sailboat that was designed by Canadian Bruce Kirby as an International Offshore Rule Mini Ton class, Midget Ocean Racing Club (MORC) and club one design racer and first built in 1977.[1] [2] [3]

Production

The design was built by Boat Company of Mystic in Mystic, Connecticut, United States, starting in 1977. Only 12 boats were completed and it is now out of production.[1] [3]

Design

The Mystic Mini-Ton is a racing keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass. It has a fractional sloop rig, a raked stem, a reverse transom, an internally mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed fin keel. It displaces 18500NaN0 and carries 7000NaN0 of ballast.[1] [3]

The boat has a draft of 4feet with the standard keel.[1] [3]

The boat is normally fitted with a small 3to outboard motor for docking and maneuvering.[1] [3]

The design has sleeping accommodation for four people. Cabin headroom is 480NaN0.[1] [3]

The design has a PHRF racing average handicap of 219 and a hull speed of 5.5kn.[3]

Operational history

The boat is supported by an active class club that organizes racing events, the Mini Ton Class.[4]

In a 2010 review Steve Henkel described the design as, "sleek-looking" and noted that boat "had some racing successes in Long Island Sound in her first year, but for some reason not many units were sold, perhaps because the marketers appeared not to push the boat's possibilities as a pocket cruiser. In fact, neither her ads nor her brochure shows her layout below ... But personally, we think she's very good-looking, and knowing that other Kirby designs are almost always good sailors' boats, we have a warm feeling about this one. Too bad they never really caught on."[3]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mystic Mini-Ton sailboat . 4 June 2021. McArthur. Bruce . sailboatdata.com. 2020. https://archive.today/20210604194847/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/mystic-mini-ton. 4 June 2021. live.
  2. Web site: Bruce Kirby. 4 June 2021. McArthur. Bruce . sailboatdata.com. 2021. https://archive.today/20200825141144/https://sailboatdata.com/designer/kirby-bruce. 25 August 2020. live.
  3. Henkel, Steve: The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats, page 147. International Marine/McGraw-Hill, 2010.
  4. Web site: Mini Ton Class. 4 June 2021. McArthur. Bruce . sailboatdata.com. 2021. https://archive.today/20210604195002/https://sailboatdata.com/association/mini-ton-class. 4 June 2021. live.