2008 Mini Transat 650

Standard features

2008 MIni Transat 650 One Design

Many Sails, Well-Equipped for Racing, 6 HP Outboard and Double Axle Trailer

This is a one-owner boat, custom ordered, in very good condition. It was very lightly dry-sailed in fresh water most of its life. Hundreds of them race around Europe. They are light and trailerable even behind smaller vehicles. They are very fast, easily planning, with maximum speeds of production division boats around 16-18 knots. The inside was always constantly air-conditioned during storage, zero mildew. The boat was never raced, never chartered. It is built like a tank, but very light at the same time. It is ready to be towed anywhere, dropped into water and sailed to the other side of an ocean if you wish, club -raced on your local lake, or just enjoyed as a very fast although spartan grand-cruising boat. Just add food, water, enthusiasm, and some personal safety equipment.

Improvements to the hull, deck, rigging, engine, or interior

CLASS INFO:

Every other year about 100 small single-handed racing boats fight for the first place in the Atlantic- crossing race from France to Caribbean. They are known as Mini 650 Transat class. Hundreds of them race around Europe. They are light and trailerable even behind smaller vehicles. They are very fast, easily planning, with maximum speeds of production division boats around 16-18 knots. Tip Top is a production division Mini 650, a little less extreme and a lot less costly than pure racing machines of the prototype division. Prototype division boats achieve speeds of 25 knots.

SAILS:

All sails were built by a French company Deme Voiles in 2008

Main, white Dacron with class numbers, 3 lines of reefing, good condition

Jib, Mylar, one line of reefing, very good condition

Genoa, Mylar, very good condition

Code 0, Mylar, rolled, good condition

Large Spinnaker, red nylon, rolled from top, like new condition

Small Spinnaker, red nylon, rolled from top, like new condition

Storm Jib, orange Dacron, like new condition

Storm Main, orange Dacron, with class numbers, like new condition

Highest quality, continuous roller by Karver used for rolling the Code 0 and both

Equipment: spinnakers, like new condition.

ELECTRONICS:

90 Watts solar battery with regulator

Rapid electric charger, 230/120 Volts, with universal USA/Europe electrical connectors included

Yamaha 1000 watts gasoline charger, never used, not even filled with oil or gas

NKE autopilot system, with everything (depth, speed, wind, VMG, true wind calculator and so on)

Lowrance GPS chartplotter, Garmin GPS chartplotter, Garmin GPS

All required navigational lights, LED

Two lightweight batteries, 100 Amp-Hours each

Plastimo Compass with night light

VHF with masthead antenna

Nice electrical panel controlling all of it, including Xantrex battery monitor

DECK:

Aluminum Anchor with stainless steel chain and rope

Bowsprit for flying Code zero and spinnakers

Open-ocean, ISO class, fire-resistant Winslow Liferaft with all survival equipment (will need to be sent back for its 3-years repacking if used for official MINI 650 racing)

Brand new 6 HP Yamaha outboard, with only 10 (ten) total hours on it.

Jacklines from cockpit to bow, and in cockpit.

Anti-lightning system connecting main metal parts to the ballast

The boat is equipped for single-handed sailing, with rolling from the top spinnakers, rolling Code 0, one-line Main reefing, and autopilot.

TRAILER:

Aluminum two-axle road trailer in very good condition is included. The entire towing package is below 3500 lb., allowing trailering with a small SUV, or even some sedans. A 2005 Chrysler Pacifica tows it with no problems at all.