This attractive classic is a favorite yacht tender for trawlers and sailboats because it easily carries three as a rowboat and sails very well in sailing mode. Its finish complements the finest yachts.
The Minto is fitted with a “salty” standing lug sail rig, the preferred rig for a small row boat for a variety of reasons. The large sail area possible on a low mast reduces the heeling moment of the boat (tendency to tip) without sacrificing performance. This rig is fast and easy to set up. Unlike a “dipping lug” it can be tacked without lowering the yard and shifting it from one side of the mast to the other. The mast requires no stays or wires and simply lifts out to stow within the boat.
When the rudder is removed a small outboard can be carried on the transom and the boat handles very well under power.
It’s L.O.A. is 9’1” or 2.75m and B.O.A. 50” or 1.28m and weighs 160 lbs or 73k.
These boats are built to impeccable standards featuring a lapstrake style fiberglas hull, solid teak woodwork and bronze fittings with varnished Sitka spruce mast and spars and sails by U.K. sailmakers. Many are carried on trawler yachts and sailboats as tenders and sailing dinghies. They will handle choppy harbour conditions are built to last generations.
