Mirage 29
{{Short description|Sailboat class}}
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{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2022}}
{{Infobox sailboat specifications
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|designer = Philippe Harlé
|location = Canada
|year = 1986
|no built = 290
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|builder = Mirage Yachts
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|displacement = {{convert|6800|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}
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|hull type = Monohull
|construction = Fiberglass
|loa = {{convert|29.00|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|lwl = {{convert|24.25|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|beam = {{convert|10.50|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|hull draft = {{convert|4.83|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|engine = Volvo {{convert|18|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} diesel engine
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|keel type = fin keel
|ballast = {{convert|2300|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}
|rudder type = internally-mounted spade-type rudder
|rigs = Masthead sloop
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The Mirage 29 is a Canadian sailboat, that was designed by Philippe Harlé and first built in 1986.{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/mirage-29|title = Mirage 29 sailboat specifications and details|accessdate = 17 April 2017|last= Browning| first = Randy |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2017|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220310235734/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/mirage-29|archive-date= 10 March 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url = http://www.sailingjoy.com/sailboat_specs/sailboat_specs/view/968/mirage-29|title = Sailboat Specifications for Mirage 29 |accessdate = 17 April 2017|work = Sailing Joy|author= InterVisionSoft LLC|year = 2017|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170418082950/http://www.sailingjoy.com/sailboat_specs/sailboat_specs/view/968/mirage-29|archive-date= 18 April 2017|url-status= dead}}{{cite web|url =https://sailboatdata.com/designer/harle-philippe|title = Philippe Harlé 1931-1991|accessdate = 17 April 2017|last= Browning| first = Randy |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2017|archive-url= https://archive.today/20201229181603/https://sailboatdata.com/designer/harle-philippe|archive-date= 29 December 2020|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/mirage/29|title= Mirage 29|access-date= 10 March 2022|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220310235303/https://sailboat.guide/mirage/29|archive-date= 10 March 2022|url-status= live}}
The Mirage 29 design is often confused with an unrelated design, the British Thames Marine Mirage 29 first built in 1983.
Production
The boat was built by Mirage Yachts in Canada, which completed 290 examples, starting in 1986, but it is now out of production.{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/builder/mirage-yachts-ltd-can|title= Mirage Yachts Ltd (CAN) 1972 - 1989|access-date = 10 March 2022|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20210616152925/https://sailboatdata.com/builder/mirage-yachts-ltd-can|archive-date= 16 June 2021|url-status= live}}
Design
File:Mirage 29 sailboat Vagabond 2755.jpg
File:Mirage 29 sailboat Ink Spot 1993.jpg
The owners of Mirage Yachts, Dick and Irene Steffen, were looking for a newer design to replace the Robert Perry-designed Mirage 27 in the product line. In 1985 the Steffens asked a number of different designers to provide preliminary designs for a boat in the same class. The winner was Philippe Harlé, who was selected to complete his design. It was introduced in the spring of 1986 as the Mirage 29 and became a quick success, with 50 boats sold before the first one had been delivered and 290 built in total. As a result of this success, Harlé went onto design the Mirage 275 in 1986 and Mirage 39 in 1989.
The Mirage 29 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig, an internally-mounted spade-type rudder and a fixed fin keel. It displaces {{convert|6800|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} and carries {{convert|2300|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} of ballast.
The boat has a draft of {{convert|4.83|ft|m|abbr=on}} with the standard keel.
The boat is fitted with a Volvo diesel engine of {{convert|18|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}}. The fuel tank holds {{convert|10|u.s.gal}} and the fresh water tank also has a capacity of {{convert|10|u.s.gal}}.
The boat has a hull speed of {{convert|6.6|kn|km/h|2|abbr=on}}.
Operational history
In a review Michael McGoldrick wrote, "This boat is an excellent example of the newer boats which were built in the mid to late 1980s (just before most of the sailboat manufacturers in Canada closed their doors). The Mirage 29 has a long waterline, a bow with little overhang, a large but relatively shallow cockpit, an aft head, and aft cabin with a double berth which extends under the cockpit. These are all features found on many French boats which became so popular in the latter half of the 1980s...One of the main attractions of these boats is an enclosed aft cabin... People over 6 feet tall may find most of the berths on Mirage 29 a little short."{{cite web|url = http://sailquest.com/market/models/mirage29.htm|title = Mirage 29 |accessdate = 24 July 2018|last=McGoldrick |first=Michael |work = Sail Quest|year = 2018|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220310235617/http://sailquest.com/market/models/mirage29.htm|archive-date= 10 March 2022|url-status= live}}
See also
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