The Mirror family learned this morning of the death of Norm Deane. The notice in the Hobart Mercury records a loving family man, just shy of 95 years old, a Member of the Order of Australia. But we need to record publicly the debt we as Mirror sailors owe him. At the 4^th World Mirror Championships in Sligo in 1987 a committee with Norm as President set about the task of making the Mirror a truly one design boat with International status, with a constitution and Rules of Measurement acceptable to the IYRU. International status was formally granted in November 1987. Norm remained active in the International executive until 2008.

The wooden boat specification has been updated. The new version is in World Sailing's Standard Class Rules (SCR) format & generally updates the specification reflect changes in boat building & the marine industry since the last specification was issued.

World Sailing (ex ISAF) have approved the mould for a Mk3 interior Mirror dinghy produced by Alkar Technology, who are based in Binche, Belgium.

The November edition of UK's Yachting World magazine has put the International Mirror Dinghy at Number 7 in its list of  the 50 yachts that changed the way we sail. There was a great article about this in the 12th October's  Daily Mirror newspaper (published in the UK) and on the Daily Mirror Website .