Mirror World Championship, Pwllheli Sailing Club , July 2009 , Wales.
A class for all age groups, the Mirror is the world's most popular two person sailing dinghy and has arguably been responsible for introducing more people to sailing than any other class. Indeed the class has launched the sailing careers of many high profile individuals. Amongst them are Olympian and Volvo Ocean Race skipper
Ian WALKER (GBR) along with his Green Dragon team mate
Neal MCDONALD (GBR). British top female match racer Lucy MCGREGOR (GBR) also learned her racing skills as a member of the UK Mirror national Squad.
The
Mirror is a very popular
sailing dinghy, with more than 70,000 built.
The Mirror was named after the
Daily Mirror, a
UK newspaper with a largely working class distribution. The Mirror was from the start promoted as an affordable boat, and as a design it has done a great deal to make
dinghy sailing accessible to a wide audience. Although most popular in the UK, Mirrors are also sailed in other countries, notably
Australia,
Ireland,
Sweden,
Canada, the
Netherlands,
South Africa,
New Zealand, the
Philippines and the United States
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