| Ericson 25 | |
| Designer: | Bruce King |
| Location: | United States |
| Year: | 1973 |
| Builder: | Ericson Yachts |
| Role: | Cruiser |
| Draft: | 3.8feet |
| Displacement: | 51000NaN0 |
| Hull Type: | monohull |
| Construction: | fiberglass |
| Loa: | 24.67feet |
| Lwl: | 20.83feet |
| Beam: | 8feet |
| Engine: | inboard motor/outboard motor |
| Keel Type: | fin keel |
| Ballast: | 25000NaN0 |
| Rudder Type: | transom-mounted rudder |
| Rig Type: | Bermuda rig |
| I: | 30.5feet |
| J: | 10.5feet |
| P: | 25feet |
| E: | 8.42feet |
| Sailplan: | masthead sloop |
| Sailarea Main: | 105.25square feet |
| Sailarea Headsail: | 160.13square feet |
| Sailarea Total: | 265.38square feet |
| Phrf: | 234 |
| Successor: | Ericson 25+ |
The Ericson 25, also called the Ericson 25 Mark I is an American trailerable sailboat that was designed by Bruce King as a cruiser and first built in 1973.[1] [2] [3]
The design was replaced in the company product line in 1978 by the Ericson 25+, also called the Ericson 25 Mark II.[1] [3] [4]
The design was built by Ericson Yachts in the United States, from 1973 until 1978, but it is now out of production.[1] [3] [5]
The Ericson 25 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig, a raked stem, an angled transom, a transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed fin keel or an optional keel and centerboard combination.[1] [3]
A tall rig was also available, with a mast about 2.5feet taller, intended for areas with lighter winds.[1]
The boat is normally fitted with a small inboard engine or a 6to outboard motor for docking and maneuvering. The fuel tank holds .[1] [3]
The design has sleeping accommodation for four people, with a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin and two straight settee quarter berths in the main cabin, around a drop-leaf table. The galley is located on both sides of the companionway ladder. The galley is equipped with a two-burner stove, an icebox and a sink. The head is located just aft of the bow cabin on the starboard side. Cabin headroom is 66inches and the fresh water tank has a capacity of . There is an anchor locker in the bow.[1] [3]
For downwind sailing the design may be equipped with a spinnaker.[1]
The design has a PHRF racing average handicap of 234 and a hull speed of 6.1kn.[3]
In a 2010 review Steve Henkel wrote, "when she came out in 1972, this vessel was seen as remarkably roomy for a 25-footer, as indeed she was ... The Ericson 25 Mk I ... is well-finished and nicely laid out for comfortable alongshore cruising, She is also designed to race, with testing done in the Davidson Laboratory at Stevens Institute and a hull rated as a quarter-tonner. Best features: She cleverly combines a high aspect ratio centerboard with a trunk almost totally beneath the cabin sole, eliminating the nuisance of a protruding trunk splitting the cabin in two. Her sales brochure touts her easy trailerability, and shows a photo of the boat on a four-wheel trailer, her 7,700 pounds of load towed by a Cadillac sedan—something that today no ordinary car, including a Cadillac, could come close to doing. Worst features: We could not come up with any significant negative features."[3]
