Boat models · C&C
C&C 25
Sailboat, coastal cruiser · built 1973 · designed by C&C
Key figures
Comfort17.1lively, coastal
Capsize screen2.11fails the screen
SA/D18.5cruiser
D/L217moderate
Ballast ratio0.44stiff
Hull speed6.1kt
- Built
- 1973
- Designer
- C&C
- Builder
- C&C Yachts
- Rig
- Masthead Sloop
- Keel
- Fin w/transom hung rudder
- Length
- 25.2 ft
- Beam / draft
- 8.6 ft · 3.8 ft
- Displacement
- 4,300 lb
Design figures as published, not for any one hull. Full specifications on sailboatdata.com.
Reputation
Classcoastal cruiseras owners use it
Forumsrespectedpicked over its peers
Lively, well-built classic that sails above its size; budget for sails and a careful survey
- Club racing
- respected · active fleets, responsive, PHRF-competitive
- First boat
- respected · well mannered, holds value, room to grow
- Daysailing
- respected · feels bigger than 25 ft, handles chop
- Coastal cruising
- ordinary · fine for weekends, cramped inside
- Loved
- Sails like a longer boat · Quality build, holds value · Handles strong wind and chop · Active racing fleets
- Gripes
- Heels readily in gusts · Cramped cabin · Good sails are costly
- Survey for
- Condition of old sails and rigging · Deck and hull condition on a 1970s boat · Get a qualified surveyor to look it over
- Cross-shopped
- C&C 24 · Catalina 25 · Pearson 26 · Tanzer 26
Owner opinion from forums.sailboatowners.com, sailnet.com
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