The Buccaneer 250 is an American
trailerable sailboat, that was designed by
Gary Mull
Gary Mull (September 27, 1937 – July 14, 1993) was an American yacht designer who created many popular fiberglass sailboats.
Early life and education
Gary Mull began his college career with a year at Pomona College as an English major, th ...
and first built in 1978. The design is out of production.
Production
The boat was built by
Buccaneer Yachts/
US Yachts
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, a division of
Bayliner
Bayliner is the world's largest manufacturer of recreational boats. Established in 1957 by Orin Edson, Bayliner currently has over 400 dealers in over 60 countries around the world. The company operates as part of the Brunswick Boat Group, a div ...
, which is itself a division of the
Brunswick Boat Group
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, which is in turn owned by the
Brunswick Corporation.
The design was later developed into the
US Yachts US 25
The US Yachts US 25 is an American trailerable sailboat, that was designed by Gary Mull and first built in 1981. The design is out of production.Henkel, Steve: ''The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats'', page 314. International Marine/M ...
and the
Triton 25
The Triton 25, also called the Pearson 25, is an American Trailer sailer, trailerable sailboat, that was designed by Gary Mull and first built in 1984. The design is out of production.Henkel, Steve: ''The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboa ...
.
Design
The Buccaneer 250 is a small recreational
keelboat, built predominantly of
fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a
masthead sloop rig, a spade-type rudder, a conventional fin keel giving a draft of or, optionally, a shoal-draft keel, giving a draft of .
It displaces , carries of ballast and has a
hull speed of .
The Buccaneer 250 has a
PHRF racing average handicap of 219 with a high of 216 and low of 225.
Variants
;Buccaneer 250
:Version with an outboard motor, displacement of and a
length overall
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Length overall (LOA, o/a, o.a. or oa) is the maximum length of a vessel's hull measured parallel to the waterline. This length is important while docking the ship. It is the most commonly used way of expressing the size of a ship, an ...
of .
;Buccaneer 255
:Version with an inboard motor, displacement of and a length overall of .
See also
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List of sailing boat types
The following is a partial list of sailboat types and sailing classes, including keelboats, dinghies and multihull ( catamarans and trimarans).
Olympic classes
World Sailing Classes
Historically known as the IYRU (International Yacht Racing ...
;Similar sailboats
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Catalina 250
The Catalina 250 is an American trailerable sailboat, that was designed by the Catalina Design Team and first built in 1995.Henkel, Steve: ''The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats'', page 333. International Marine/McGraw-Hill, 2010.
Pro ...
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Tanzer 25
The Tanzer 25 is a Canadian trailerable sailboat, that was designed by the French company of Joubert-Nivelt and first built in 1986. The design is out of production.Henkel, Steve: ''The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats'', page 370. I ...
References
{{Trailer sailers and Trailer yachts worldwide
Keelboats
1970s sailboat type designs
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Sailboat type designs by Gary Mull
Sailboat types built by Buccaneer Yachts