Classic Whitehall Spirit® Minto 9’ Dinghy, Tender, Pond Boat

Row Model
Price Before Options:

$16,793 CAD 🇨🇦

$11,995 USD 🇺🇸  – Tariff Free

Sail Model
Price Before Options:

$22,393 CAD 🇨🇦

$15,995 USD 🇺🇸  – Tariff Free

The Whitehall Spirit® Minto 9 rowing model is prized as a ship’s tender, pond boat, traditional rowboat, and as a sailing dinghy. It easily handles rowing in stiff chop or moderate waves and is delightful to row anywhere in calm water. One Minto circled the planet as the ship’s tender to the ocean cruising sailboat ‘Sunlight” and was appropriately named “Sunbeam”.

The Minto 9 Sailing model is fitted with an efficient, practical standing lug rig. Its large sail area, possible on a low mast, reduces the heeling moment (tendency to tip) while maintaining good sailing performance.

The Minto rows well with one, two, or three adults aboard. It has generous freeboard and is also renowned for its stability when boarding. The full bow shape and tracking keel are great for towing behind a larger boat. The strong bow eye is suitable for towing and used together with the stern eyes is great for hoisting it aboard.

The Minto 9 handles a light, small outboard very well when with the optional motor pad. The Minto 9 Sailing model is fitted with an efficient, practical standing lug rig. Its large sail area, possible on a low mast, reduces the heeling moment (tendency to tip) while maintaining good sailing performance. This rig sets up fast and easy. The freestanding mast requires no wires or stays and simply drops into its socket or lifts out to stow right inside the boat along with the mainsail and boom.

The Classic Whitehall Spirit® Minto sailing model is a joy to sail and enjoy the skills of sailing by salty, experienced sailors or those wanting to learn the art of sailing or introduce kids to the sport of sailing and the skills of small boat handling.

The History of the Minto 9

If you require a pair of oars, there is a choice of Spruce/Carbon Traditional Oars with Leather collars and pressure cast oarlocks or all Carbon Fiber Traditional Oars with plastic collars and offset oarlocks.

The Minto can be stored outside on a Boat Dolly, a small boat trailer or a rack exposed to weather. Use of Lexan battens and a fitted Sunbrella® cover is highly recommended. If tying up to a dock is part of the scenario, consider adding a set of tie-up lines and fenders to your order.

Maintenance involves cleaning the teak and applying a coat of exterior teak oil and requires only about three hours per year. See the article on Care, Storage and Maintenance of your Classic Whitehall Spirit® boat.

The Classic Whitehall Spirit® Minto 9 is usually available in inventory or on a custom build-to-order basis. Custom features and gelcoat colors are available. Options include custom lift rings or snap davits for transom mounting.

All Whitehall Spirit® boats are impeccably hand built by our master craftsmen in our shop in Victoria, BC, Canada.

Call or email for a firm quote including delivery with accessories to your driveway or cottage anywhere in Canada or the mainland USA or shipped worldwide. Whitehall Spirit® rowboat owners are located in over 52 countries.