O'day 25

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The O'day 25, on the water

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Character

Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.

TrailerableBeam 2.44 m — inside the 2.55 m no-permit tow width across most of Europe, and the 2.59 m US and Canadian limit. About 1,818 kg of hull, so roughly 2,400 kg on a trailer: check that against your own towing rating.Shoal draftDraws 0.69 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.

LivelySea-kindly

Her moderate displacement on a moderate beam gives 18 — a quick, lively motion that feels every wave.

Comfort ratio 18

CoastalBluewater

2.02 — right around the 2.0 line, the edge between coastal and offshore.

Capsize screening 2.02

LightHeavy

193 — moderately heavy for her waterline, a balanced cruising weight.

Displacement / length 193

EasygoingPowered-up

17.1 — moderate power for her weight; steady, all-round performance.

Sail area / displacement 17.1

TenderStiff

46% of her weight is ballast — stiff, standing up well to her sails.

Ballast 46%

A balanced, easily-driven cruiser — comfortable and forgiving for coastal work.

Heavier than ~76% of boats her size on file
Draws more than ~85% of boats her size on file

Compared with 604 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The O'day 25, as the fleet has seen it

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The O'day 25 is a masthead sloop designed by Hunt Associates and John Deknatel, built by O'Day Corp. and Bangor Punta Corp. from 1975 to 1984.0:45 This 7.6-meter sailboat, with a 2.4-meter beam and 1.8-meter draft, displaces 1817 kg.0:45 The majority of O'day 25s were delivered with a keel/centerboard hull, though a fixed keel version was also available, and a Yanmar inboard diesel was an optional upgrade.0:45 The O'day 25 was one of the company's most successful models, remaining in production for nearly a decade.0:45 Lady K Sailing notes that the O'day 25, like other 1970s and 1980s fiberglass production boats, often retains a structurally sound hull decades later, with common issues stemming from degraded bolt-on components like sails, rigging, and engines.1:36

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

Seen once across one channel of the fleet.

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On the water

The O'day 25 on video

O’Day 40 - A Budget Cruiser for the BahamasPractical Sailor

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions

Weights

Ballast / displacement

45.5%

Rig & sail area

Rig

Masthead Sloop

Ratios

SA / displacement

17.1

Displacement / length

193.2

Comfort ratio

17.5

Capsize screening

2.02

Hull speed

6.1 kn

Pounds / inch immersion

600

Hull

Hull type

Keel/Cbrd.

Construction

Fiberglass

Ballast type

Lead

Production

Years built

1975–1984

Units built

2898

Designer

Hunt, Associates, John Deknatel

Builder

O'Day Corp, Bangor Punta Corp

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Hunter Marine 2407.34 mSame hull family0.2 m shorterA trailerable swing-keel cruiser featuring a B&R rig and water ballast, also marketed as the Hunter Legend 240

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Related models

The designs closest to hers — usually the rest of the builder's range, sometimes the same hull sold under another name.

O'day 26A short-lived 1980s masthead sloop featuring a keel-centerboard design for flexible draft in coastal waters O'day 27An Alan Gurney-designed masthead sloop featuring a skeg-mounted rudder for stable, predictable coastal cruising O'day 20A masthead sloop with a keel-centerboard configuration, offering a stable 5.57-knot hull speed for coastal cruising O'day 15-2A lightweight fractional daysailer designed by Hunt Associates for responsive, high-performance dinghy handling O'day 19A C. Raymond Hunt-designed fractional sloop with a keel-centerboard configuration for versatile shoal-water sailing

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