The Mini Store LLC (TMS) is less than a month away from introducing the first American built production Mini sailboat to the North American market. The Owen Clarke designed M65 is being introduced as a new One Design class. To date, more than $140,000 has been invested in the design, engineering and tooling of the M65, and market development.

TMS has received more than 150 M65 inquiries over the past year from prospective customers in the US, Canada and a dozen other countries. TMS expects to book at least four initial M65 orders - 2 in FL, 1 each in NY and QU - upon satisfactory test sails of the first M65 by four customer prospects. Target launch is late September, with the formal debut to the sailing world at the Annapolis Boat Show in October.