Mirage 24
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| Designer | Cuthbertson & Cassian |
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| Location | Canada |
| Year | 1972 |
| Builder(s) | Mirage Yachts |
| Boat Weight | 3,700 lb (1,678 kg) |
| Type | Monohull |
| Construction | Fiberglass |
| LOA | 23.83 ft (7.26 m) |
| LWL | 20.08 ft (6.12 m) |
| Beam | 8.42 ft (2.57 m) |
| Engine Type | outboard motor |
| Keel/Board Type | fin keel |
| Ballast | 1,500 lb (680 kg) |
| Rudder(s) | transom-mounted rudder |
| General | Masthead sloop |
| I (Foretriangle Height) | 28.00 ft (8.53 m) |
| J (Foretriangle Base) | 9.00 ft (2.74 m) |
| P (Mainsail Luff) | 23.30 ft (7.10 m) |
| E (Mainsail Foot) | 8.30 ft (2.53 m) |
| Mainsail area | 96.70 sq ft (8.984 m2) |
| Jib / Genoa area | 126.00 sq ft (11.706 m2) |
| Total sail area | 222.70 sq ft (20.690 m2) |
The Mirage 24 is a Canadian sailboat, that was designed by Cuthbertson & Cassian as a Midget Ocean Racing Club (MORC) racer and first built in 1972. The design is out of production.
The boat was built by Mirage Yachts in Canada and was their first production design. It is a development of the Cuthbertson & Cassian designed Northern 1/4 Ton.
Dick and Irene Steffen owned a yacht dealership for C&C Yachts, in Pointe Claire, Quebec. The company had been very successful selling C&C boats, but the C&C line did not offer a boat smaller than the C&C 27 at that time. Dick Steffen was a competitive sailing racer and thought that there would be a good market for a C&C-built 24 foot keelboat for MORC racing. At his request Cuthbertson & Cassian designed the boat, but decided not to proceed with production at C&C. Steffen bought the design from them and founded Mirage Yachts in February 1972 to build the boat.
The Mirage 24 sold well and the company soon had 15 employees building the boat model in their rented second floor facility in Pointe Claire. One factor driving the Mirage 24's strong sales was its racing record in MORC class events. Even 15 years after its introduction a Mirage 24 won the production boat division in the MORC national championships.
Caught off guard by the success of the design, C&C decided to produce a competitor, the C&C 25, which was very similar to the Mirage 24's design. The Mirage 24 continued to sell well and usually beat the C&C 25 in competition.
The Mirage 24 is a small recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass. It has a masthead sloop rig, a transom-hung rudder and a fixed fin keel. It displaces 3,700 lb (1,678 kg) and carries 1,500 lb (680 kg) of ballast.
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