Mirage 2700

[terryp]

I'm looking to purchase a Mirage 2700. There's one on a broker's list on the East Coast said to have been built in 1971 and launched in 1981. I thought that they did not exist before 1980. Does anyone know different?

 

[Colinl]

http://www.sailingboatefaki.gr/index.htm

This is a site of an owner of the 28 He has some info on the boats and Thames Marine. He has been in contact with other owners so he might have more info if you contact him.

Cheers

Colin

 

[ex-Gladys]

8 and 7 are next to each other on the key board.....

 

[Marsupial]

1980 it is, they were made by Thames marine until about 1984 when production was taken over by a company in Laindon "Boating Scene" until the late 1980's ish. Thames Marine made GPO van bodies instead of boats - at least thats the story as I understand it.

 

[Colinl]

Larry 6 is beside the 7 on my keyboard

Cheers

Colin

 

[terryp]

Thanks for the replies. I'll see what excuse the broker makes.

 

[mapron]

I bought a Mirage 2700 last summer and have no regrets. In what remained of the season I sailed in the Irish Sea, across to the Isle of Man and she lived up to every expectation. I'm not aware of any built in the 70's. I understand the 2700 was a replacement for the Mirage 28. There is one currently advertised that was built in the early 90's which surprised me. I suspect that 1971 is a mistake.