minisail.

Spot on.

My old Sonata helm was a national and european Toy class champ in the late '70s early '80s, he has told me that the the ToY was a developement of the Hornet as a single hander, drawn by Tony Allen and the name was an abbreviation for Tony's own Yacht.

In terms of performance he says that the Toy was faster than a Contender in the light but couldn't keep up in a breeze. The boat was tricky to gybe if it was windy and many helms would wear round, his technique was to gybe with the expectation it would go over, do a dry capsize and then be pointing in the right direction when it came up. He also had a smaller sail for high winds.

There used to be a large fleet at Hoo Ness YC on the River Medway (home of the Hoo Freezer), I think they had a fleet of Minisails/sprints there too.

The old PY for the Contender was 105, the ToY was 111.

I had the larger, 10m^2 rig on mine, and I think the PY of 111 was based on the larger rig - still slower than a Contender.

Here you go...

Mark.