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The
seeds of the M65
were planted more than five years ago through Mini
Store founder Jeffrey Dingle's involvement
with managing an American sailor‘s 2003 Mini
Transat campaign. Several trips to France and
a trip to Brazil provided a first hand introduction to the
very unique, exciting world of the European mini scene and
lots of new friendships with the skippers, designers, builders
and organizers who collectively comprise the Mini Class.
The experience also spawned an idea - how about bringing
the
Mini to America?
Push ahead the calendar to February 2009 and the first Production
(Series) Mini made in America sailed for the first time
on the waters of Biscyane Bay off Miami, Florida. Designed
by UK naval architects Owen
Clarke Design, the M65
presents an exciting new sailboat for the North American
market - while designed to be 100% compliant with all the
technical and safety requirements of Classe Mini for anyone
interested in racing in Europe. Note: several
miniscule revisions / additions will be made on the first
and subsequent M65s
to comply with recent changes to the Classe Mini rules for
Series boats
-a copy of the Guide
Mini 2009 is posted on the website.
If you're interested in an affordable, high performance,
trailerable sailboat that you can dry sail, day sail, take
off on for the weekend, a week, a month, or sail across
hundreds or thousands of miles of ocean - or race 4,300
nm solo from France to Brazil - then have a look at the
M65.
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__Demo Sails Now Available in Marblehead,
MA __
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info@m65usa.com
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