Mirage 27 Buyer's Guide
The Mirage 27 (Schmidt) on the used market is the 1975 Peter Schmitt design built by Mirage Yachts in Canada — a small recreational keelboat that is not related to the later Robert Perry Mirage 27 sharing the same name. Shoppers chasing a brokerage example need to keep that distinction absolute: the Schmidt hull is its own generation, out of production, and its rig, tankage, and keel must be evaluated as a 1975 Canadian fibreglass sloop rather than against the Perry iteration.
Layouts on the Used Market
The boat is a monohull with a fixed fin keel and an internally-mounted spade-type rudder, 27.17 ft overall with a 21.50 ft waterline and a 9.25 ft beam. Below the masthead sloop rig sits a compact cruiser layout served by a 12 U.S. gallon fuel tank and a 10 U.S. gallon fresh water tank, with the Japanese Yanmar 1GM diesel of 9 hp as the documented propulsion. Because the design is out of production and the published record shows no alternative factory layouts, used examples should be judged on condition and owner care rather than on variant spotting — there is one Schmidt 27 layout lineage to learn.
Equipment and Common Upgrades
On the used market a dodger is commonly fitted to these boats. Electric winches, a swim platform, AIS, and a chartplotter are often seen additions, reflecting how owners have modernised a 1975 hull for coastal use. The original sail plan remains a masthead sloop with a total sail area of 369.69 sq ft, so any upgrade conversation starts from that 158.47 sq ft mainsail and 211.22 sq ft jib/genoa baseline rather than from a re-rigged hull.
What to Inspect
The documented facts describe the Schmidt 27 as built predominantly of fibreglass with a standard fin keel and internal spade rudder, and the source material raises no known structural defect, flooding path, or drainage fault for this model. Inspection should therefore center on the ordinary age points of a 1975 fibreglass boat — the Yanmar 1GM service history, the 12-gallon fuel and 10-gallon water tank integrity, and the masthead sloop rig wear — since no model-specific known issue is recorded against the design.
Availability and Buyer's Takeaway
These boats typically appear in the United States, United Kingdom, Ireland, and Canada. The Schmidt 27 is a comprehensible used buy: confirm it is the 1975 Schmitt design and not the Perry namesake, verify the Yanmar 1GM and the 10-gallon water capacity against your range needs, and expect a commonly fitted dodger with often-seen electric winches, swim platform, AIS, or chartplotter. No documented defect hangs over the hull, so condition and generation identity are the buyer's real work.
- Confirm Schmidt 1975 design, not Perry Mirage 27
- Check Yanmar 1GM diesel service history
- Verify 12 gal fuel / 10 gal water tank condition
- Match rig to 369.69 sq ft masthead sloop baseline
Price & volume trends
Monthly asking-price and listing-volume trends for the Mirage 27. The line shows the median ask each month; the bars show how many listings appeared.
Monthly breakdown · 6 rows
| Month | Listings | Median ask | Δ vs. last mo. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25 | 1 | $ 5,500 | — |
| Sep 25 | 1 | $ 10,873 | +97.7% |
| Feb 26 | 3 | $ 5,000 | -54.0% |
| Mar 26 | 1 | $ 9,428 | +88.6% |
| Jun 26 | 3 | $ 3,000 | -68.2% |
| Jul 26 | 1 | $ 12,129 | +304.3% |
Where they're listed
Mirage 27 listings appear across 3 countries. United States has the most listings with 7 (70.0%), followed by United Kingdom and Ireland.
Country view
10 listings · 3 countries| Country | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | $ 5,000 | 7 | 3 | 70.0% |
| United Kingdom | $ 10,778 | 2 | 1 | 20.0% |
| Ireland | $ 10,873 | 1 | 0 | 10.0% |
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