One designer active for decades in the mini world, who remembers 109 ? And Inkzone from 2002 i believe, and Jonas. This designer who builds his own designs, has an humble approach and designs good looking, simple and most important fast boats. He calls himself an artisan, he sails his own boats (remember he …
Category Archive: Protos
Caribou 625
Tiger 6.50 now named “CARIBOU” (big animal from Canada lands…) is , at last, sailing and should be qualified for the MT 07( Mini-med and Mini Max 06). I rent the boat at Nicolas ‘skipper, racing the next Mini for “the league against cancer”. I’m very happy to send you these few pictures after so …
Dixi Mini
Remember the Didi (Dix designed), the mini designed for homebuilders, a few are build worldwide, but so far non raced yet. The first one will, and on a special course, from CapeTown (SA) to Bahia, in a fleet of 3 minis, a P2 from the UK (Richard) and an Argentinian mini of which i have …
I present the MINI CP… By Francois Lucas.
Francois Lucas has designed the MiniCP for amateur builders and now the first one is under construction by a Frenchman, Loeïz Rio. Here are the first pictures, I hope to recieve more during building. Lucas proposes a very complete set of plans with CNC files for cutting of ALL the plywood parts of the …
designed by Wylie and build by Joe Cooper
Here is a picture from Newport, the boat designed by Wylie and build by Joe Cooper, who I met in Newport gazing at Gale Browings Mini. He build this boat in 1994, before the rules changed, it is a waterballasted fixed keeler. Smaller then nowadays, and less freeboard. I like it because it reminds me …
First Canting Keel
Ok, some one was so smart to place a photo of the first canting keel mini somewere on the internet, so i hassled him/her/it for more information. I got some nice material from this source, and not more photos, unfortunaly… After i had this info, i contacted Conq, MichDes and the original owner of the …
Karin Liquid
And now some photos of the Karin Liquid the two times winner of MT !!For your information, here some price information for plans and the boat herself. New drawing file is for sale at 25 000 FRF including lines and structure plans for deck, hull, internals and appendages, sailplan and details as chainplates etc. The …
