Kirby 25
| Development | |
|---|---|
| Designer | Bruce Kirby |
| Location | Canada |
| Year | 1978[1]> |
| No. built | 223 |
| Builder | Mirage Yachts |
| Role | racer |
| Name | Kirby 25 |
| Boat | |
| Displacement | 3,150 lb (1,429 kg) |
| Draft | 4.17 ft (1.27 m) |
| Hull | |
| Type | Monohull |
| Construction | Fibreglass |
| LOA | 25.17 ft (7.67 m) |
| LWL | 20.75 ft (6.32 m) |
| Beam | 8.75 ft (2.67 m) |
| Engine type | outboard motor |
| Hull appendages | |
| Keel/board type | fin keel |
| Ballast | 1,150 lb (522 kg) |
| Rudder | internally-mounted spade-type rudder |
| Rig | |
| General | Fractional rigged sloop |
| I foretriangle height | 26.50 ft (8.08 m) |
| J foretriangle base | 9.00 ft (2.74 m) |
| P mainsail luff | 30.25 ft (9.22 m) |
| E mainsail foot | 11.25 ft (3.43 m) |
| Sails | |
| Mainsail area | 170.16 sq ft (15.808 m2) |
| Jib/genoa area | 119.25 sq ft (11.079 m2) |
| Total sail area | 289.41 sq ft (26.887 m2) |
| Racing | |
| Class association | MORC |
| PHRF | 174 (average) |
The Kirby 25 is a racing keelboat. Mirage Yachts in Canada built 223 from 1978 to 1983.[2]
Designed by Bruce Kirby as a J/24 competitor,[2] the fibreglass hull has an internally-mounted spade-type rudder.
It has sleeping accommodation for four people, with a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin and two straight settee berths in the main cabin. The interior is minimalist for racing and there are no provisions for a galley or head. Cabin headroom is 54 in (137 cm).[2] It has a hull speed of 6.1 kn (11.30 km/h).[3]
It has a fractional sloop rig.
References
- ^ "Canadian Yachting magazine review of Kirby 25". Canadian Yachting. Archived from the original on 14 July 2017. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- ^ a b c Henkel, Steve: The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats, page 352. International Marine/McGraw-Hill, 2010. ISBN 978-0-07-163652-0
- ^ InterVisionSoft LLC (2017). "Sailboat Specifications for Kirby 25". Sailing Joy. Archived from the original on 25 January 2019. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
External links
- Media related to Kirby 25 at Wikimedia Commons