The Hobie Magic 25 is a trailable, strict one-design

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that was manufactured by the Hobie Cat Company (USA), Bashford Boatbuilder (Australia) and Lidgard Boatbuilder (New Zealand) for racing and day sailing in the late 1990s.

Structure

The Hobie Magic 25 is currently out of production with about 75 boats in total being built, with the majority produced by Bashford Boatbuilder in Nowra,

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Design

Designed for Hobie by Australian designer Iain Murray and Associates. The Magic 25 has a fractional rig. It utilizes a full

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rig, triple trapeze,

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, retractable bowsprit,

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fin

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with a torpedo bulb, hydraulic mast ram and a powerful sail plan.

Construction

Construction is mid-tech, employing

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and polyester resin over an E-glass and quadraxial lay-up, with 15mm Divincell foam core and carbon reinforcement. The mast was manufactured using pre-impregnated carbon fibre in a one piece mould. The bowsprit and

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were also carbon fibre. The Spinnaker is 48.4 sqm.

Specifications

Image:Line-drawing-m.jpg, Magic 25 Drawing

Class Associations

The Magic 25 had strong class racing and associations in Australia, New Zealand and Hong Kong. As of 2023/4, Hong Kong and New Zealand have active Magic 25 fleet & class racing.

References

Sources

Sailboat Data Magic 25

Sailboat Guide Magic 25

External links

Hong Kong Sportsboats Fleet Wiki

L-36 Used Sails for Hobie Magic 25

(Archived) Magic 25 Class Association of Australia

(Archived) Sportsboats Hong Kong

(Archived) Australia Trailable Yacht & Sportsboat Rule 2008
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