Irwin Yachts Mini-Ton
Fractional Sloop · Lifting Keel · First built 1978
A lightweight IOR fractional sloop with a lifting keel, designed for competitive racing in the under 16.5' class
Designed by Irwin, Rogers & O. H. Rodgers.
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Character
Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.
Powered-up and quick to accelerate — this one likes to sail.
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