Mirage 33 Used Boat Review

This Canadian-built, Robert Perry designed racer-cruiser offers impressive interior volume and solid sailing performance, but budget for critical through-hull upgrades and stemhead inspection.

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The Mirage 33 has a well laid out cockpit but it is a bit difficult to walk around with the wheel nearly touching the side benches. Coaming is high making it a comfortable and dry seating area. (Photo/ Ray Ville)
The Mirage 33 has a well laid out cockpit but it is a bit difficult to walk around with the wheel nearly touching the side benches. Coaming is high making it a comfortable and dry seating area. (Photo/ Ray Ville)

Mirage Yachts Limited was a Canadian boat builder located in Quebec. The first production boat was a Mirage 24 introduced in 1972, their first year in business. Mirage Yachts went on to produce several size boats until their closure in 1989. One of their bestsellers was the Robert Perry designed Mirage 33, which proved to be a great family cruiser.

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Ray Ville has been a Navtech Certified Marine Surveyor since 2009. He has surveyed vessels in Canada and the Dominican Republic, where he currently resides. During the summer, he flies back home to Canada and lives aboard his 1982 Mirage 33 in the North Channel of Lake Huron.

3 COMMENTS

  1. My 1983 M33 Hull 77 has a cored hull below the waterline, not solid at least under the V-berth. I had no signs of water infiltration below the waterline.

    One annoying issue is that the shaft is 7/8 inch, which I am told is too small for a 33-foot sailboat. Also, I’ve broken the propeller strut twice in 12 years. It too is undersized.

    Last winter, I took his 42-year-old boat to the Bahamas from Canada and back. She performed fabulously.

    • Hi,
      What is the core in the hull below the waterline and where? Balsa ?
      My understanding is that these sailboats were not cored.
      Do you know whether Mirage changed its production method at a point in time?
      Cheers