Fractional Sloop · Fin Keel w/bulb · First built 1996
A Bruce Farr-designed one-design racer with a high sail area-to-displacement ratio for rapid performance
Designed by Bruce Farr, built by McDell Marine.
See her sail
The fleet's own footage — the truest look at how she really moves.
Footage from Entre Terras e Mares
Is it for you?
Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.
Her light displacement on a moderate beam gives 10 — a quick, lively motion that feels every wave.
At 2.48 she sits above the 2.0 line — beamy for her weight, and happiest coastal.
110 — light for her waterline, so she is easily driven and quick to accelerate.
25.9 — a lot of sail for her weight; powered-up and eager, a real performer.
42% of her weight is ballast — moderately stiff, a middle-of-the-road stability.
Light and lively — happiest day-sailing and coastal-hopping in settled weather.
Compared with 1484 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.
What the fleet has seen
Derived from the videos the fleet has analysed of this model. ▶ marks open the moment aboard.
The Platu 25 is a 7.5-meter fractional sloop designed by Bruce Farr and built by McDell Marine since 1996. Also known as the Beneteau 25 (One-Design), it features a fin keel with a bulb, a 2.6-meter beam, and a 1.6-meter draft, displacing 1218 kg. It is primarily used in One-Design class racing.
The living fleet
Where the fleet has filmed this boat.
Seen once across one channel of the fleet.
What they go for
Where the fleet has seen this model come up for sale.
Sold due to owners health issues
from Entre Terras e Maresseen June 2024watch
From the fleet's own footage — our observed signal, not broker listings.
The record
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Boats like this, on the water
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The family
The designs closest to hers — usually the rest of the builder's range, sometimes the same hull sold under another name.
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