The Sadler 25 is a 7.42-meter (24 ft 4 in) fiberglass sailing yacht, designed in 1974 by David Sadler of Great Britain as an evolution of his earlier

Contessa 26 The Contessa 26 is a 7.77 meter (25.6 ft) fiberglass monohull sailboat, brought about when Jeremy Rogers, with a background in traditional wooden boatbuilding along with one of his Folkboat customers, David Sadler, created a modified vers ...

which was in turn an evolution of the

Nordic Folkboat The Nordic Folkboat (Swedish: Nordisk Folkbåt) is a Swedish sailboat that was designed by and Tord Sundén as a racer- cruiser and first built in 1942. Even though Sundén drafted the plans with design ideas provided by Iversen, Sundén was ...

.Mike Lucas, History of the Sadlers and Starlights
/ref> Although both the Folkboat and the Contessa 25 had relatively narrow long keel hulls, Sadler's new design utilised a wider

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to give more form stabilityMike Lucas, Sadler 25, online brochure
/ref> and the (then) new fin keel together with a skeg-mounted rudder. Built between 1974 and 1981, the Sadler 25 was normally rigged as a

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, and was offered with the option of deep or shallow fin keels, twin bilge keels or a centre plate. In its deep-fin configuration, the Sadler 25 was a successful cruiser-racer which quickly became popular in yacht clubs throughout the U.K., and completed Round Britain and Trans-Atlantic voyages. The Sadler 25 is widely regarded as one of the classic late-20th-century production yachts, and many examples are still giving faithful service both cruising and racing.

Specifications

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: 7.42 m (24 ft 4 in) : LWL: 5.84 m (19 ft 2 in) :

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: 2.67 m (8 ft 9 in) : Draft (fin keel): 1.42 m (4 ft 8 in) : Draft (shallow fin): 1.16 m (3 ft 10 in) : Draft (bilge keel): 0.99 m (3 ft 3 in) : Draft (centre plate): 0.7 m/1.5 m :

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: 1814 kg (4000 lb) :Ballast Ratio: 47%

References

{{reflist Sailing yachts 1970s sailboat type designs