Eastsail 25 Explained

Eastsail 25
Designer:Eliot Spalding
Location:United States
Year:1984
Builder:Eastsail Yachts
Role:Cruiser
Draft:3.67feet
Displacement:72000NaN0
Hull Type:monohull
Construction:fiberglass
Loa:25feet
Lwl:20.83feet
Beam:8.5feet
Engine:inboard engine/outboard motor
Keel Type:long keel
Ballast:23000NaN0
Rudder Type:keel-mounted rudder
Rig Type:Cutter rig
Sailplan:cutter rigged sloop
Sailarea Total:400square feet

The Eastsail 25 is an American trailerable sailboat that was designed by Eliot Spalding as an off-shore cruiser and first built in 1984.[1] [2] [3]

The design was developed into the Eastsail All Weather 25.[4]

Production

The design was built by Eastsail Yachts in Bow, New Hampshire, United States, but it is now out of production.[1] [3] [5]

Design

The Eastsail 25 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a cutter rig, a raked stem with a clipper bow and a bowsprit, an angled transom, a keel-mounted rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed long keel. It displaces 72000NaN0 and carries 23000NaN0 of ballast.[1] [3]

The boat has a draft of 3.67feet with the standard keel.[1] [3]

The boat may be fitted with either a inboard engine or a small 10to outboard motor for docking and maneuvering. The fuel tank holds and the fresh water tank has a capacity of .[1] [3]

The design has sleeping accommodation for five people, with a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin, a straight settee and straight settee/drop-down table combination in the main cabin. The galley is located on the starboard side just forward of the companionway ladder. The galley is equipped with a two-burner stove, an icebox and a sink. The head is located on the port side opposite the galley. Cabin headroom is 72inches.[1] [3]

The design has a hull speed of 6.1kn.[3]

Operational history

In a 2010 review Steve Henkel wrote, "the builders, Eastsail Yachts of Bow, New Hampshire, advertise this as a 'rugged, trailerable, pocket cruiser of traditional lines carrying a full keel and full headroom, designed for the long voyage,' that is, extended offshore cruising ... The Eastsail is what amounts to .a custom boat, with the owner specifying rig, interior design, wood trim (teak, mahogany, or plain white paneling with minimal hardwood trim), number of berths, tankage, motor power (small inboard diesel or a four-stroke outboard mounted under the lazarette hatch), traditional bronze or modern stainless steel hardware, and so on. An 'All Weather' model ... raises the boom a bit to sneak a doghouse underneath it, adding a little to the masthead bridge clearance and 300 pounds to the displacement, but changing little else. Best features: If you're not quite ready to do a circumnavigation, but want to sail, say, regularly from Maine to Florida and back, this may be a better choice than the more purpose-built Vertue or Fisher. Worst features: The cabin house appears to be high enough to obstruct a clear view from the helmsman's position when seated."[3]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Eastsail 25 sailboat. 15 March 2021. McArthur. Bruce. sailboatdata.com. 2020. https://archive.today/20210315125041/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/eastsail-25. 15 March 2021. live.
  2. Web site: Eliot Spalding. 15 March 2021. McArthur. Bruce . sailboatdata.com. 2021. https://archive.today/20210315125212/https://sailboatdata.com/designer/spalding-eliot. 15 March 2021. live.
  3. Henkel, Steve: The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats, page 340. International Marine/McGraw-Hill, 2010.
  4. Web site: Eastsail All Weather 25. 15 March 2021. Cruising World. 6 August 2015. https://archive.today/20210315142708/https://www.cruisingworld.com/eastsail-all-weather-25/. 15 March 2021. live.
  5. Web site: Eastsail Yachts. 15 March 2021. McArthur. Bruce . sailboatdata.com. 2021. https://archive.today/20210315125136/https://sailboatdata.com/builder/eastsail-yachts. 15 March 2021. live.