Mystic Mini-Ton
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|designer = Bruce Kirby
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|location = United States
|year = 1977
|no built = 12
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|class = MORC
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|builder = Boat Company of Mystic
|role = Racer
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|draft = {{convert|4.00|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|displacement = {{convert|1850|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}
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|hull type = monohull
|construction = fiberglass
|loa = {{convert|21.50|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|lwl = {{convert|17.50|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|beam = {{convert|8.50|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|engine = outboard motor
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|keel type = fin keel
|ballast = {{convert|700|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}
|rudder type = internally-mounted spade-type rudder
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|rig type = Bermuda rig
|I = {{convert|22.10|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|J = {{convert|7.40|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|P = {{convert|25.50|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|sailplan = fractional rigged sloop
|sailarea main = {{convert|131.30|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
|sailarea headsail = {{convert|81.77|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
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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.{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/mystic-mini-ton|title= Mystic Mini-Ton sailboat |access-date= 4 June 2021|last= McArthur| first= Bruce |work= sailboatdata.com|year= 2020|archive-url= https://archive.today/20210604194847/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/mystic-mini-ton|archive-date= 4 June 2021|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/designer/kirby-bruce|title= Bruce Kirby|access-date = 4 June 2021|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2021|archive-url= https://archive.today/20200825141144/https://sailboatdata.com/designer/kirby-bruce|archive-date= 25 August 2020|url-status= live}}Henkel, Steve: The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats, page 147. International Marine/McGraw-Hill, 2010. {{ISBN|978-0-07-163652-0}}
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.
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 {{convert|1850|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} and carries {{convert|700|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} of ballast.
The boat has a draft of {{convert|4.00|ft|m|abbr=on}} with the standard keel.
The boat is normally fitted with a small {{convert|3|to|6|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} outboard motor for docking and maneuvering.
The design has sleeping accommodation for four people. Cabin headroom is {{convert|48|in|cm|0|abbr=on}}.
The design has a PHRF racing average handicap of 219 and a hull speed of {{convert|5.5|kn|km/h|abbr=on}}.
Operational history
The boat is supported by an active class club that organizes racing events, the Mini Ton Class.{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/association/mini-ton-class|title= Mini Ton Class|access-date = 4 June 2021|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2021|archive-url= https://archive.today/20210604195002/https://sailboatdata.com/association/mini-ton-class|archive-date= 4 June 2021|url-status= live}}
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."
See also
References
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Category:1970s sailboat type designs