jwood
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Does anyone have experience of this 23 footer from Sweden? Would be interested to read any opinions.
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Magnifik Midget 23
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grenade
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I recently bought a Magnifik Midget (pic here: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ZsPncLrH6Co/UFXkB_3LdRI/AAAAAAAAVig/lobrKliGP1s/s577/P9161076.JPG) and was pleasantly suprised to find it is sail number 2. I spent a little time researching the web to find out a little about these boats.
Here is some history I learned from Jonas Pettersson (http://magnifik.sjuntorp.com/):
The first 8.5 meter Magnifik was built of wood in 1965 by designer Bruno Boström for coastal cruising and racing. It is said to have won many races. In 1966, production began in the UK on the "Midget" 7 meter plastic or GRP hulls adapted from the original. Some sources indicate that UK moulds were produced by Tyler. Cresent Monarch of Varberg, Sweden and a builder in Holsterbrobruk, Denmark manufactured the same hull in Scandinavia. From 1972 to 1977, Runnbåtar (Dalarna, Sweden) & Johnsson (Partille, Sweden) continued production until economic consierations moved manufacturing to Styrsö, Sweden.
Boats could be purchased in varying states of completion from bare hull to fully fitted but the majority were completed by inividuals who constructed the interior furnishings after purchase. This accounted for the varying quality of construction seen in boats surviving today. Many originals included an inboard, 6hp, Färe Göta motor. It is thought that a total of 640 Magnifik Migets were constructed between 1966 and 1981 when production appears to have ceased.
Here are the yachts technical specifications (from http://sailboatdata.com/viewrecord.asp?class_id=6985)
Hull Type: Fin Keel
LOA: 22.97' / 7.00m
LWL: 18.86' / 5.75m
Beam: 6.96' / 2.12m
Draft: 3.22' / 0.98m
Displacement: 3058lb / 1387kg
Ballast: 1499lb / 680kg
Listed SA: 215ft² / 19.97m²
Sail area displacement: 16.37
Ballast displacement: 49.03%
Displacement length: 203.50
Designer: Bruno Boström
Builder: Johnson Batar AB (SWE)
Hull Material: Glass reinforced plastic (GRP)
First Built: 1966
Last Built: 1981
Quantity Built: 640
Rig Dimensions
Rig Type: Masthead Sloop
I: 25.59' / 7.80m
J: 8.40' / 2.56m
P: 21.33' / 6.50m
E: 8.37' / 2.55m
Sail area (foresail): 107.48ft² / 9.98m²
Sail area (mainsail): 89.27 ft² / 8.29 m²
Total (calculated) sail area: 196.74 ft² / 18.28 m²
DL ratio: 203.50
Sail area displacement: 14.98
Estimated forestay length: 26.93' / 8.21m
There are a couple Swedish and Polish blogs detailing refits and other adventures with Magnifik Midgets:
- http://magnifikmidget.blogspot.com/
- http://magnifik.sjuntorp.com/
- http://hem.passagen.se/hoss/magnifik.htm
- http://www.angelfire.com/mb2/sail0/
- http://magnifiksven.blogspot.com/
There is a Swedish Magnifik Midget forum at: http://www.webvoter.net/se/community/forumthreads.php?community_id=2714&forum_id=6475. There are several dozen posts about the various jobs and parts specific to the MM.
There are some beautiful examples for sale here:
http://www.allaannonser.se/magnifik-midget.html
Here is some history I learned from Jonas Pettersson (http://magnifik.sjuntorp.com/):
The first 8.5 meter Magnifik was built of wood in 1965 by designer Bruno Boström for coastal cruising and racing. It is said to have won many races. In 1966, production began in the UK on the "Midget" 7 meter plastic or GRP hulls adapted from the original. Some sources indicate that UK moulds were produced by Tyler. Cresent Monarch of Varberg, Sweden and a builder in Holsterbrobruk, Denmark manufactured the same hull in Scandinavia. From 1972 to 1977, Runnbåtar (Dalarna, Sweden) & Johnsson (Partille, Sweden) continued production until economic consierations moved manufacturing to Styrsö, Sweden.
Boats could be purchased in varying states of completion from bare hull to fully fitted but the majority were completed by inividuals who constructed the interior furnishings after purchase. This accounted for the varying quality of construction seen in boats surviving today. Many originals included an inboard, 6hp, Färe Göta motor. It is thought that a total of 640 Magnifik Migets were constructed between 1966 and 1981 when production appears to have ceased.
Here are the yachts technical specifications (from http://sailboatdata.com/viewrecord.asp?class_id=6985)
Hull Type: Fin Keel
LOA: 22.97' / 7.00m
LWL: 18.86' / 5.75m
Beam: 6.96' / 2.12m
Draft: 3.22' / 0.98m
Displacement: 3058lb / 1387kg
Ballast: 1499lb / 680kg
Listed SA: 215ft² / 19.97m²
Sail area displacement: 16.37
Ballast displacement: 49.03%
Displacement length: 203.50
Designer: Bruno Boström
Builder: Johnson Batar AB (SWE)
Hull Material: Glass reinforced plastic (GRP)
First Built: 1966
Last Built: 1981
Quantity Built: 640
Rig Dimensions
Rig Type: Masthead Sloop
I: 25.59' / 7.80m
J: 8.40' / 2.56m
P: 21.33' / 6.50m
E: 8.37' / 2.55m
Sail area (foresail): 107.48ft² / 9.98m²
Sail area (mainsail): 89.27 ft² / 8.29 m²
Total (calculated) sail area: 196.74 ft² / 18.28 m²
DL ratio: 203.50
Sail area displacement: 14.98
Estimated forestay length: 26.93' / 8.21m
There are a couple Swedish and Polish blogs detailing refits and other adventures with Magnifik Midgets:
- http://magnifikmidget.blogspot.com/
- http://magnifik.sjuntorp.com/
- http://hem.passagen.se/hoss/magnifik.htm
- http://www.angelfire.com/mb2/sail0/
- http://magnifiksven.blogspot.com/
There is a Swedish Magnifik Midget forum at: http://www.webvoter.net/se/community/forumthreads.php?community_id=2714&forum_id=6475. There are several dozen posts about the various jobs and parts specific to the MM.
There are some beautiful examples for sale here:
http://www.allaannonser.se/magnifik-midget.html