The Mirror is a small, light, easy to sail, easy to transport, pram dinghy. Basically a stable family boat for all ages and abilities, ideal for just "messing about", it is also raced widely and actively both in the UK and abroad.

The Mirror is a type of popular sailing dinghy with more than 70,000 built. The Mirror was named after the Daily Mirror, a UK newspaper with a largely working-class distribution. The Mirror was from the start promoted as an affordable boat, and as a design it has done a great deal to make dinghy sailing accessible to a wide

The latest Hyde Mirror jib, extensively developed in the 2021 season, is deeper than our previous designs resulting in early power up and exceptional pointing. Our detailed tuning guide provides rig tension, rake and tack height to ensure you will be …

Mirror Dinghy Particulars. LOA: 10′ 11″ Beam: 4′ 7″ Draft: 28″/4″ Sail area: main and jib 69 sq.ft, spinnaker 47 sq.ft. Mirror dinghies can often be found on the used-boat market in central and eastern Canada, particularly through the website of the Ontario Mirror Dinghy Association.

One of the most popular sailing dinghies in the UK, also has a presence in Australia. A fiberglass MkIII version (2007) has a re-designed layout (by Phil Morrison)and Bermudian/Marconi sloop rig.

It is the classic dinghy for training, cruising and racing. A stable family boat suitable for all ages and abilities, ideal for just "messing about", it is also raced widely and actively both in the UK and abroad. It's ease of handling makes it a very good single-hander sailed with main and jib.

In the early days, the 'standard' wooden Mirror dinghy was equipped with wooden jib fairleads fixed to the inner gunwale, about 305mm aft of the aft shroud block, as in the photo above. Attached with two counter-sunk 11/2 " X 8 (gauge) screws from the inside according to page 18 of the Bell Woodworking building instructions.

International Mirror wooden boat specification 2017 3 PART 1 INTRODUCTION This document specifies the parts and rules regarding the construction of the hull of a wooden International Mirror dinghy and the requirements for supplied kits for wooden hulls. PLEASE REMEMBER: THESE RULES ARE CLOSED CLASS RULES WHERE IF IT DOES NOT

Mirror Dinghy Sailing. The Mirror is the World's most popular double handed sailing dinghy, low in price, light, seaworthy and easy to sail, the Mirror quickly achieved its objectives.

Nov 8, 2012 · The jib halyard is too tight for the light winds. See how the luff tape distorts the luff of the sail. The mainsail is suffering from a shrunken luff rope. What happens here is that in use the luff rope fibres fluff up and the rope ends up shorter and thicker than when it started.