Mirage 32

{{Short description|Sailboat class}}

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{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2022}}

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|designer = Robert Perry

|location = Canada

|year = 1987

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|displacement = {{convert|8000|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}

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|hull type = Monohull

|construction = Fiberglass

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|lwl = {{convert|26.00|ft|m|abbr=on}}

|beam = {{convert|10.50|ft|m|abbr=on}}

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|keel type = fin keel

|ballast = {{convert|2800|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}

|rudder type = internally-mounted spade-type rudder

|rigs = Masthead sloop

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|sailarea main = {{convert|188.38|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}

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The Mirage 32 is a Canadian sailboat, that was designed by American naval architect Robert Perry and first built in 1987.{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/mirage-32|title = Mirage 32 sailboat specifications and details|accessdate = 25 April 2017|last= Browning| first = Randy |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2017|archive-url= https://archive.today/20210226131239/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/mirage-32|archive-date= 26 February 2021|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url = http://www.sailingjoy.com/sailboat_specs/sailboat_specs/view/1205/mirage-32|title = Sailboat Specifications for Mirage 32 |accessdate = 25 April 2017|work = Sailing Joy|author= InterVisionSoft LLC|year = 2017|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170426055922/http://www.sailingjoy.com/sailboat_specs/sailboat_specs/view/1205/mirage-32|archive-date= 26 April 2017|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/designer/perry-robert|title = Robert Perry |accessdate = 25 April 2017|last= Browning| first = Randy |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2017|archive-url= https://archive.today/20210226131251/https://sailboatdata.com/designer/perry-robert|archive-date= 26 February 2021|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/mirage/32|title= Mirage 32|access-date= 11 March 2022|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220311002814/https://sailboat.guide/mirage/32|archive-date= 11 March 2022|url-status= live}}

The Mirage 32 is a development of the Mirage 30, with a reverse transom added.

Production

File:Mirage 32 sailboat Princess Fe 5098.jpg

The boat was built by Mirage Yachts in Canada, starting in 1987, but 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

The Mirage 32 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass. It has a masthead sloop rig, an internally-mounted spade-type rudder and a fixed fin keel. It displaces {{convert|8000|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} and carries {{convert|2800|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 has a PHRF racing average handicap of 162 with a high of 156 and low of 169. It has a hull speed of {{convert|6.83|kn|km/h|2|abbr=on}}.

See also

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