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American 22 mini ton

The american 22 mini ton is a 17.0ft fractional sloop designed by ron bertholf and built in fiberglass by american fiberglass corp. since 1973..

The American 22 mini ton is a light sailboat which is a very high performer. It is very stable / stiff and has a low righting capability if capsized. It is best suited as a day-boat.

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Mini Tonner class association launched

• Ben Meakins
• November 16, 2009

IOR yachts hope to emulate Quarter Ton success story

Following the Quarter Ton class ‘s success in building their antiquated fleet into one of the hottest racing fleets around, another group of IOR raceboats are hoping to emulate their success.

The Mini-Tonner class has been set up by Limbo 6.6 owner Matt Atkins, who says he was fed up of racing much bigger boats in club racing. He hopes the class will  build support and encourage racing for yachts of around 20-23ft, built to the IOR Mini Ton rule, most of which fall below the entry requirements for the quarter ton rule. 

Historically, the IOR Mini Tonner class of yachts included not only one-off racing yachts – but it also spawned many designs that became ‘One-Design’ or production mini ton boats, such as the E-Boat, Limbo 6.6 and Hunter Sonata. Many of these ceased production some years ago , so to keep things current the group hopes to include:

1. Yachts approx 20-24ft (6m-7.5m) i.e sub-Quarter Ton size yachts, that had an IOR rating of not less than 16.5ft. 2. Yachts that were designed/built prior to 1996, and are still within in ‘the spirit of the Mini Ton Rule’. 3. We may make special dispensations/rulings to allow yachts if necessary.  However, they should be in within the design scope of these simple rules. Essentially, these are sporty sailing cruisers, but not extreme designs and so, NOT including SBR Class Sports boats, or Classe-Mini 6.50’s etc.

The class hopes to race with the resurgent Quarter Ton fleet this year, at their Vice Admiral’s Cup and the Poole Regatta.

Visit the new Mini Tonner class website at www.minitonner.com

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Early mini and Half Tonners

Design number: 14 year: 1977.

Despite enjoying his work at YACHTS AND YACHTING magazine what Humphreys really wanted to do was design. After three years on the full-time payroll he left to set up his design business, but with no imminent commercial viability as such he kept his column with Y&Y and furthermore freelanced for other overseas yachting magazines. He also carried out a huge amount of rating consultancy work, advising owners on the International Offshore Rule IOR and drawing up modifications for their boats. This still did not seem to leave very much time for his own design work, but by the mid-Seventies he was beginning to see some opportunities.

In this period he designed a couple of Mini Tonners and a pair of Half Tonners, all of them essentially owner-build projects (it used to happen a great deal in those days). The Mini Tonner SHH-AM, for example, was built in London mews garage by owner Paul Howard (she was placed best British boat in the Mini Ton worlds in La Rochelle in 1977), while the Conquest 23 Mini Tonner was built as a production boat by Peter Lloyd and his son-in-law Clive Phippard under the banner of CK Marine of Weymouth.

Wally and Pat Naismith built the Half Tonner Solan Goose themselves of cold moulded cedar under the inspiration of the Gougeon’s excellent book on their WEST system, while Nick Palmer built Humbug of foam sandwich construction. There was an explosion of Half Ton interest at the time with over 50 boats competing in the British trials in 1977 just to qualify for the Half Ton worlds. Unfortunately, neither Solan Goose nor Humbug made the grade.

Solan Goose was later sailed across the Atlantic by Bob Salmon and she is believed to be in Antigua now.

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Mini Tonner

Discussion in ' Sailboats ' started by Velsia , Apr 29, 2009 .

Velsia Floater

The mini tonner is a class just slightly smaller than the quarter tonners, does anyone know how many boats were built to this rule  

Paul B Previous Member

Velsia said: ↑ The mini tonner is a class just slightly smaller than the quarter tonners, does anyone know how many boats were built to this rule Click to expand...

booster Senior Member

Velsia and Paul B! Yes, probably thousands. In Italy the class was very popular, as well as in Sweden. Fontana-Maletto-Navone had several good designs. In the mini-ton cup in Sweden -80? their design Gullisara was the winner. It had an earlier mini-ton cup win as well. Håkan Södergren had designed a mini-tonner to that cup in Sweden called A:et. It was similar in lines to Helmer Bryd, third in the half-ton cup -81? in Sweden. Very fair lines. However, this mini-tonner was simply to small compared to the other boats. Ron Holland designed a mini-tonner similar in hull-design to the quarter-tonner Eygthene. This boat was designed after the famous quarter-tonner Manzanita, but had the typical stern of Eygthene. Nowadays, one doesn't see much of the mini-tonners, sadly. Regards, Booster  

Thanks for your input guys. I will follow up your leads  

Gullisara mini-ton Velsia! I just found a photograph of Gullisara winner of the mini-ton cup in -81 and -82. It is designed by Fontana-Maletto-Navone, who had a 2:nd in quarter-ton cup in -79 with Son of a Gun (winner Bullit). Earlier mini-ton designs by this Italian team had wider transoms and longer overhang. But the rule-changes made it like this. Compare the discussion under the post "Old Quarter tonner Magic Bus" Regards, Booster  

Velsia said: ↑ Thanks for your input guys. I will follow up your leads Click to expand...

Gary Baigent Senior Member

Paul, that is a real sweet lineup of Scandinavian mini tonners, some beautiful boats there, thanks.  

Thanks, Paul B, the Norwegians seems to have some acitivity. Regards, Booster  

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booster said: ↑ Thanks, Paul B, the Norwegians seems to have some acitivity. Regards, Booster Click to expand...

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Mini Tonner

Mini Tonners were one of the 'level' rating classes under the old IOR Rule, smaller than Quarter Tonners at around 20ft to 24ft length (IOR rating not exceeding 16.5ft). The Mini Tonner UK class has been set up to get these old racers back together and offer cheap and fun racing in proper little yachts. Many minitonners are production yachts, the most famous being the Sonata, but including Limbo 6.6's, E Boats and Evolution 24's, there where some special one off prototypes also built to the rule. These are super-fun, cheap to run and own boats. Many of the Mini Tonner designs have relatively short, or lifting keels that mean they can be easily towed and kept on a trailer, so the costs of ownership can be kept under control. Racing for the Main event trophies will be conducted under IRC regulations and ratings. Author: Piers Stanbury

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