| Irwin 25 | |
| Designer: | Ted Irwin |
| Location: | United States |
| Year: | 1969 |
| Builder: | Irwin Yachts |
| Role: | Cruiser |
| Draft: | 6.67feet with centerboard down |
| Displacement: | 54000NaN0 |
| Hull Type: | monohull |
| Construction: | fiberglass |
| Loa: | 25.25feet |
| Lwl: | 20.5feet |
| Beam: | 8feet |
| Engine: | inboard engine or outboard motor |
| Keel Type: | fin keel with centerboard |
| Ballast: | 22000NaN0 |
| Rudder Type: | internally-mounted spade-type rudder |
| Rig Type: | Bermuda rig |
| I: | 31.25feet |
| J: | 10feet |
| P: | 29.5feet |
| E: | 11feet |
| Sailplan: | masthead sloop |
| Sailarea Main: | 162.25square feet |
| Sailarea Headsail: | 156.25square feet |
| Sailarea Total: | 318.5square feet |
| Phrf: | 228 |
The Irwin 25 is an American trailerable sailboat that was designed by Ted Irwin as a cruiser and first built in 1969.[1] [2] [3]
The design was built by Irwin Yachts in the United States from 1969 until 1976, but it is now out of production.[1] [3] [4]
The Irwin 25 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig; a spooned, raked stem; a raised counter, plumb transom; an internally mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed fin keel with a retractable centerboard. A fixed fin keel model was also available. It displaces 54000NaN0 and carries 22000NaN0 of lead ballast.[1] [3]
The keel-equipped version of the boat has a draft of 4feet, while the centreboard-equipped version has a draft of 6.67feet with the centerboard extended and 2.67feet with it retracted, allowing operation in shallow water or ground transportation on a trailer.[1] [3]
The boat is normally fitted with a small 4to outboard motor, or an inboard motor for docking and maneuvering.[1] [3]
The design has sleeping accommodation for four to six people, with a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin, two straight settees in the main cabin, one of which can convert to a double with the drop-down dinette table, and an aft quarter berth on the port side. The galley is located on the starboard side abeam the companionway ladder. The galley is equipped with a fold-down two-burner stove, an icebox and a sink. The enclosed head is located just aft of the bow cabin on the port side. Cabin headroom is 690NaN0. The fresh water tank has a capacity of [1] [3]
The design has a PHRF racing average handicap of 228 and a hull speed of 6.1kn.[3]
The boat is supported by an active class club, the Irwin Yacht Owners.[5]
In a 2010 review Steve Henkel wrote, "Ted Irwin grew up in St. Petersburg, FL, and as a kid sailed boats in Tampa Bay. As a young man, he worked briefly in the plant of Charlie Morgan's Morgan Yacht Corp. That experience may have rubbed off a bit on the design of his Irwin 25 (introduced in 1968), which to a great extent resembles the Morgan 24/25 ... introduced in 1965. Both boats were popular club racers in the later 1960s and 1970s, but somehow the Morgan usually had the edge. The Irwin has the same displacement but a bit more ballast, a foot shorter waterline but a longer LOD as her overhangs are not as chopped off as the Morgan's; she has many similarities below the waterline, including a high aspect ratio centerboard ... her headroom gains an inch due to her doghouse, and her PHRF is a scant three seconds per mile higher. She was available as a keel/centerboarder ... or with a full keel (4' 0" draft, 1825 lbs. ballast). She had a choice of layouts: settee berths and a portside quarter berth ... or a dinette arrangement. Best features: None notable. Worst features: Centerboards and pendants on these boats are prone to problems,"[3]
