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Mirage Yachts 275

Masthead Sloop · Fin keel, spade rudder · First built 1986

A Philippe H. Harle-designed masthead sloop built for coastal cruising with a stable fin keel and spade rudder

Designed by Philip Harle & Philippe H. Harle.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Fin w/spade Rudder

See her sail

The Mirage Yachts 275, on the water

The fleet's own footage — the truest look at how she really moves.

Footage from Sailing Northern Brees

Is it for you?

Character

Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.

LivelySea-kindly

Her moderate displacement on a beamy beam gives 21 — a moderate, middle-of-the-road motion.

Comfort ratio 21
CoastalBluewater

2.08 — right around the 2.0 line, the edge between coastal and offshore.

Capsize screening 2.08
LightHeavy

267 — moderately heavy for her waterline, a balanced cruising weight.

Displacement / length 267
EasygoingPowered-up

14.9 — modest power for her weight; easygoing rather than lively, and happier with a breeze.

Sail area / displacement 14.9
TenderStiff

35% of her weight is ballast — moderately stiff, a middle-of-the-road stability.

Ballast 35%

A balanced, easily-driven cruiser — comfortable and forgiving for coastal work.

What the fleet has seen

The Mirage Yachts 275, as the fleet has seen it

Derived from the videos the fleet has analysed of this model. ▶ marks open the moment aboard.

The Mirage Yachts 275 is a Philip Harle-designed Masthead Sloop with a fin keel and spade rudder, built by Mirage Yachts from 1986 onward, measuring 8.4 meters LOA with a 3.0-meter beam and 1.3-meter draft. It displaces 3084 kg and was also offered in a wing keel variant with a 1.07-meter draft. Aboard *Northern Brees*, Marie and Erin began their sailing careers on Lake St. Clair in a 27-foot Mirage before transitioning to a Baltic Yachts 42 for a transatlantic passage.2:35

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

Seen once across one channel of the fleet.

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The record

Full specifications

The complete reference set — tap any figure to switch between metric and imperial.

Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
35.3%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Masthead Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
14.9
Displacement / length
266.5
Comfort ratio
20.9
Capsize screening
2.08
Hull speed
6.4 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
790
Hull
Hull type
Fin w/spade rudder
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
First built 1986
Designer
Philip Harle, Philippe H. Harle
Builder
Mirage Yachts

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