Seller's Description
1983 Macgregor 25. Some bragging from the Wikipedia description . . .
The MacGregor 25 was inducted into the now-defunct Sail America American Sailboat Hall of Fame in 2000. In honoring the design, the hall cited, Henry Ford is often credited with bringing the automobile to the common man. Roger MacGregor, a one-time Ford employee, may well be credited with doing the same thing for the cruising sailboat. The popular MacGregor 25 was the flagship of his line for 14 years. With a swinging keel - a MacGregor invention - that made transporting and launching the boat a snap, and a price that hovered around the cost of a new car, the MacGregor 25 opened up coastal and inland sailing to thousands.
Equipment: Standard features.
Borrowing heavily from a Wikipedia description of a MacGregor 25!
It is a small recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with vinyl (added within the last five years) trim. It has a fractional sloop masthead sloop rig, a transom-hung rudder and a fixed stub keel with a centerboard. It displaces 2,100 lb (953 kg) and carries 625 lb (283 kg) of ballast.
The boat has a draft of 5.67 ft (1.73 m) with the centreboard extended and 1.50 ft (0.46 m) with it retracted, allowing beaching or ground transportation on a trailer.
This boat is fitted with a 15 hp Mercury outboard motor, recently overhauled, for docking and maneuvering.
The design has sleeping accommodation for five people, with a double V-berth in the bow cabin, a straight settee in the main cabin on the port side and drop-down dinette table on the starboard side that forms a double berth. Cabin headroom is 57 in (145 cm).
Extra gear included.
15 hp Mercury outboard. Trailer. Old working jib. Old 150 genoa.
Improvements to the hull, deck, rigging, engine, or interior.
Complete Paradise Point Engine and Boat Repair engine overhaul June 2022. Trailer overhaul June 2020. New trailer tires and wheels in November 2019. New keel winch handle installed in October 2018. New interior/exterior upholstery by Ruben Ferrer in August 2018. New headsail roller reefing 90% May 2018. Added second reef point on mainsail April 2015. New mainsail 2014. New rudder blade July 2014. Tom Newhall exterior paint in 2006. Tom Newhall keel repair (new cable) October 2006.
Ive known this boat since it was new. My parents picked it up from the factory in 1983. They sold it to my father-in-law in 1991. After my father-in-law passed the boat was given to me and my family in 2005.
Specs
- Designer
- Roger MacGregor
- Builder
- Macgregor Yacht Corp
- Associations
- ?
- # Built
- 7000
- Hull
- Monohull
- Keel
- Stub + Centerboard
- Rudder
- ?
- Construction
- FG
Dimensions
- Length Overall
- 25′ 0″ / 7.6 m
- Waterline Length
- 22′ 11″ / 7 m
- Beam
- 6′ 11″ / 2.1 m
- Draft
- 1′ 6″ / 0.5 m — 0′ 11″ / 0.3 m
- Displacement
- 2,100 lb / 953 kg
- Ballast
- 620 lb / 283 kg
Rig and Sails
- Type
- Sloop
- Reported Sail Area
- 250′² / 23.2 m²
- Total Sail Area
- 250′² / 23.3 m²
Mainsail
- Sail Area
- 129′² / 12 m²
- P
- 24′ 6″ / 7.5 m
- E
- 10′ 5″ / 3.2 m
- Air Draft
- ?
Foresail
- Sail Area
- 122′² / 11.3 m²
- I
- 25′ 0″ / 7.6 m
- J
- 9′ 8″ / 3 m
- Forestay Length
- 26′ 10″ / 8.2 m
Auxilary Power
- Make
- ?
- Model
- ?
- HP
- ?
- Fuel Type
- ?
- Fuel Capacity
- ?
- Engine Hours
- ?
Accomodations
- Water Capacity
- ?
- Holding Tank Capacity
- ?
- Headroom
- ?
- Cabins
- ?
Calculations
- Hull Speed
-
10.3 kn
Classic: 6.43 kn
Hull Speed
The theoretical maximum speed that a displacement hull can move efficiently through the water is determined by it's waterline length and displacement. It may be unable to reach this speed if the boat is underpowered or heavily loaded, though it may exceed this speed given enough power. Read more.
Formula
Classic hull speed formula:
Hull Speed = 1.34 x √LWL
A more accurate formula devised by Dave Gerr in The Propeller Handbook replaces the Speed/Length ratio constant of 1.34 with a calculation based on the Displacement/Length ratio.
Max Speed/Length ratio = 8.26 ÷ Displacement/Length ratio.311
Hull Speed = Max Speed/Length ratio x √LWL
- Sail Area/Displacement
-
24.4
>20: high performance
Sail Area / Displacement Ratio
A measure of the power of the sails relative to the weight of the boat. The higher the number, the higher the performance, but the harder the boat will be to handle. This ratio is a "non-dimensional" value that facilitates comparisons between boats of different types and sizes. Read more.
Formula
SA/D = SA ÷ (D ÷ 64)2/3
- SA: Sail area in square feet, derived by adding the mainsail area to 100% of the foretriangle area (the lateral area above the deck between the mast and the forestay).
- D: Displacement in pounds.
- Ballast/Displacement
-
29.7
<40: less stiff, less powerful
Ballast / Displacement Ratio
A measure of the stability of a boat's hull that suggests how well a monohull will stand up to its sails. The ballast displacement ratio indicates how much of the weight of a boat is placed for maximum stability against capsizing and is an indicator of stiffness and resistance to capsize.
Formula
Ballast / Displacement * 100
- Displacement/Length
-
77.1
<100: Ultralight
Displacement / Length Ratio
A measure of the weight of the boat relative to it's length at the waterline. The higher a boat’s D/L ratio, the more easily it will carry a load and the more comfortable its motion will be. The lower a boat's ratio is, the less power it takes to drive the boat to its nominal hull speed or beyond. Read more.
Formula
D/L = (D ÷ 2240) ÷ (0.01 x LWL)³
- D: Displacement of the boat in pounds.
- LWL: Waterline length in feet
- Comfort Ratio
-
8.7
<20: lightweight racing boat
Comfort Ratio
This ratio assess how quickly and abruptly a boat’s hull reacts to waves in a significant seaway, these being the elements of a boat’s motion most likely to cause seasickness. Read more.
Formula
Comfort ratio = D ÷ (.65 x (.7 LWL + .3 LOA) x Beam1.33)
- D: Displacement of the boat in pounds
- LWL: Waterline length in feet
- LOA: Length overall in feet
- Beam: Width of boat at the widest point in feet
- Capsize Screening
-
2.5
>2.0: better suited for coastal cruising
Capsize Screening Formula
This formula attempts to indicate whether a given boat might be too wide and light to readily right itself after being overturned in extreme conditions. Read more.
Formula
CSV = Beam ÷ ³√(D / 64)
- Beam: Width of boat at the widest point in feet
- D: Displacement of the boat in pounds
Notes
The first version was called the VENTURE 25. With relatively few changes, it became the MACGREGOR 25 (around 1980). With more than 7000 boats sold, it’s one of the most popular models from this builder.
Masthead Rig:
I: 28.3’
J: 9.75’
P: 24.5’
E: 10.5’
Photo of Venture 25 courtesy Adam Hunt.
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