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The Minisail is a 13'2" foot sailing dinghy designed by Ian Proctor. The Minisail is a limited-development boat based on one of two basic hull designs. Early boats were wooden, and of flat bottomed design. Later hulls were made in GRP, and adapted the earlier shape to have a v-bottom. There is considerable scope to modify deck layouts and fittings to suit individual sailors. A sliding seat or fixed wings are allowed.

Contents

1 Class history and design 2 See also 3 References 4 External links

Class history and design:

The Minisail was designed by Ian Proctor in 1959. It was reasonably successful, with boats numbered into the 3000's. However, the boat fell out of favour, and has become a bit of a forgotten classic.

The Minisail is quite light, with a hull weight no less than 95lbs (approx 43 kg), and was initially sold as a car top-able fun boat. Early boats had a very simple rig. The mast is unstayed, and the number of control lines was kept to a minimum.

In recent years, a new class association has formed to rescue and race these boats.

See also:

minisail.org.uk