Hunter 25.5

Hunter 25.5

Description

The Hunter 25.5 is a cruiser-racer designed by Cortland Steck and built by Hunter Marine from 1984 to 1987, with approximately 500 hulls produced. Launched as an evolution of the original Hunter 25, it introduced wider beam, higher freeboard. Featuring a fixed fin keel, with a shoal keel option drawing 3'4" , a masthead rig, sleeps 4–5, and is optimized for weekend cruising, club racing, and gunkholing.

Construction Details

Designer Cortland Steck
Builder Hunter Marine (USA)
Length 25.000 ft
LOA 25.580 ft
LWL 22.080 ft
Beam 9.080 ft
Displacement 4500 lb
Ballast 1800 lb
Max Draft 4.500 ft
Year Built 1984
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The standard boat dimensions

i 30 ft
j 10 ft
p 26.42 ft
e 10 ft
p2 -
e2 -
i2 -
j2 -

Sails

Hunter 25.5 - MAINSAIL

Luff * 26.42 ft - (8053 mm)
Foot * 10 ft - (3048 mm)
Leech * 27.71 ft - (8446 mm)
Tack Angle * 88 °
Diagonal * 27.92 ft - (8510 mm)
Head (inches) * 4.5 in - (114 mm)
Area * 136.34 ft²
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Hunter 25.5 - JIBSAIL

Luff 29 ft - (8839 mm)
Foot 13.167 ft - (4013 mm)
Leech 25.5 ft - (7772 mm)
Percentage LP * 115.7 %
Length Perpendicular * 11.57 ft - (3527 mm)
Deck Angle * 10.04 °
Area * 167.82 ft²
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Hunter 25.5 - JIBSAIL

Luff 27 ft - (8230 mm)
Foot 11.25 ft - (3429 mm)
Leech 24 ft - (7315 mm)
Percentage LP * 99.9 %
Length Perpendicular * 9.99 ft - (3045 mm)
Deck Angle * 8.96 °
Area * 134.84 ft²
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Hunter 25.5 - GENOA

Luff 28.5 ft - (8687 mm)
Foot 14.58 ft - (4444 mm)
Leech 26.75 ft - (8153 mm)
Percentage LP * 135.3 %
Length Perpendicular * 13.53 ft - (4124 mm)
Deck Angle * 3.41 °
Area * 192.84 ft²
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Hunter 25.5 - GENOA

Luff 30 ft - (9144 mm)
Foot 16.167 ft - (4928 mm)
Leech 28.25 ft - (8611 mm)
Percentage LP * 149.9 %
Length Perpendicular * 14.99 ft - (4569 mm)
Deck Angle * 3.56 °
Area * 224.85 ft²
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Hunter 25.5 - GENOA

Luff 29.75 ft - (9068 mm)
Foot 14.58 ft - (4444 mm)
Leech 27.75 ft - (8458 mm)
Percentage LP * 135 %
Length Perpendicular * 13.5 ft - (4115 mm)
Deck Angle * 3.75 °
Area * 200.82 ft²
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Hunter 25.5 - ASYMMETRICAL

Luff 31 ft - (9449 mm)
Foot 17 ft - (5182 mm)
Leech 28 ft - (8534 mm)
Perc LP * 165 %
Area * 395 ft²
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Hunter 25.5 - SPINNAKER

Stays * 30.04 ft - (9156 mm)
MidGirth * 18 ft - (5486 mm)
Foot * 18 ft - (5486 mm)
Perc LP * 180 %
Area * 460 ft²
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Disclaimer. Boats are not all the same -- even when produced in the same factory of the same model. Sailrite does its best to publish accurate dimensions, but we often find it worthwhile to have our customers measure their boats carefully before we produce kits for them. You should take the same precautions, especially when the data is not from Sailrite. The information on this site is not guaranteed to be accurate. Sailrite offers this content as a service to our community, but takes no responsibility for the reliability of the data provided.

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