 Hull number one was destroyed in trying to remove it from the mold, but hulls two through six did survive and are still in use today.As interest in the attractive little boats grew Hoppen was prompted by numerous requests to put the Minto into regular production.Ed Hoppen produced a couple hundred EDDON Boat Yard Minto's in the early 1960s, and then in the mid-1960s licensed Howard Smith, the owner of Ranger Boats in Kent, Washington, to add the Minto to his increasing line of small rowing and sailing craft.