Buccaneer 250 Explained
| Buccaneer 250 |
| Crew: | Two |
| Type: | Masthead sloop |
| Displacement: | 37500NaN0 |
| Construction: | Fiberglass |
| Keel Type: | fin keel |
| Ballast: | 12500NaN0 |
| Loa: | 25feet |
| Lwl: | 19.58feet |
| Beam: | 8feet |
| Draft: | 4.67feet (conventional keel)
3.5feet (shoal-draft keel) |
| Sailarea: | 256.78square feet |
| Mainsail: | 110.16square feet |
| Jib: | 146.62square feet |
| Phrf: | 219 (average) |
| Year: | 1978 |
| Designer: | Gary Mull |
| Builder: | Buccaneer Yachts/US Yachts |
The Buccaneer 250 is an American trailerable sailboat, that was designed by Gary Mull and first built in 1978. The design is out of production.[1] [2] [3] [4]
Production
The boat was built by Buccaneer Yachts/US Yachts, a division of Bayliner, which is itself a division of the Brunswick Boat Group, which is in turn owned by the Brunswick Corporation.[1]
The design was later developed into the US Yachts US 25 and the Triton 25.[1]
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 4.67feet or, optionally, a shoal-draft keel, giving a draft of 3.5feet.[1] [2]
It displaces 37500NaN0, carries 12500NaN0 of ballast and has a hull speed of 6.22NaN2.[1] [2]
The Buccaneer 250 has a PHRF racing average handicap of 219 with a high of 216 and low of 225.[2]
Variants
- Buccaneer 250
Version with an outboard motor, displacement of 37500NaN0 and a length overall of 25feet.[1] [2]
- Buccaneer 255
Version with an inboard motor, displacement of 41000NaN0 and a length overall of 25.5feet.[5] See also
- Similar sailboats
Notes and References
- Web site: Buccaneer 250 sailboat specifications and details. 27 December 2021. McArthur. Bruce. sailboatdata.com. 2021 . https://archive.today/20211227211113/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/buccaneer-250. 27 December 2021. live.
- Web site: Sailboat Specifications for Buccaneer 250. 13 July 2016. Sailing Joy. InterVisionSoft LLC. 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160807082100/http://www.sailingjoy.com/sailboat_specs/sailboat_specs/view/341/buccaneer-250. 7 August 2016. dead.
- Web site: Garry Mull (1939-1994). 20 December 2021. McArthur. Bruce. sailboatdata.com. 2021. https://archive.today/20210418231901/https://sailboatdata.com/designer/mull-gary. 18 April 2021. live.
- Web site: Gary Mull. 20 December 2021. Sea Time Tech, LLC. sailboat.guide. 2021. https://archive.today/20211220135325/https://sailboat.guide/gary-mull. 20 December 2021. live.
- Web site: Buccaneer 255 sailboat specifications and details. 27 December 2021. McArthur. Bruce. sailboatdata.com. 2021 . https://archive.today/20211227211113/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/buccaneer-255. 27 December 2021. live.
