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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