BoatsEd Hoppen Minto

Ed Hoppen Minto

Cat (Marconi) · Daggerboard · First built 1960

A lightweight, high-performance Marconi-rigged dinghy with a long production history spanning from 1960 to 2012

Designed by Heine Dole.

LOA
Beam
Displacement
Hull type
Daggerboard

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Character

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TrailerableBeam 1.30 m — inside the 2.55 m no-permit tow width across most of Europe, and the 2.59 m US and Canadian limit. About 58 kg of hull, so roughly 650 kg on a trailer: check that against your own towing rating.Ramp-launchableAbout 58 kg of hull, with a keel that raises or a draft shallow enough to float off a trailer — she can go back on the trailer at the ramp, not only into the water.Shoal draftDraws 0.46 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.
CoastalBluewater

At 3.38 she sits above the 2.0 line — beamy for her weight, and happiest coastal.

Capsize screening 3.38
EasygoingPowered-up

30.4 — a lot of sail for her weight; powered-up and eager, a real performer.

Sail area / displacement 30.4

Powered-up and quick to accelerate — this one likes to sail.

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Rig & sail area
Rig
Cat (Marconi)
Ratios
SA / displacement
30.4
Capsize screening
3.38
Hull
Hull type
Daggerboard
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
First built 1960
Designer
Heine Dole
Builder
Ed Hoppen, Eddon Boat Yard, Ranger Fiberglass Boats

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