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Dehler Yachts 25

Fractional Sloop · Lifting Keel · 1984–1995

A versatile Van de Stadt trailer-sailer featuring a lifting keel, water ballast, and a retractable rudder

Designed by E. G. Van de Stadt.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Lifting Keel

Is it for you?

Character

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

TrailerableBeam 2.52 m — inside the 2.55 m no-permit tow width across most of Europe, and the 2.59 m US and Canadian limit. About 1,472 kg of hull, so roughly 2,050 kg on a trailer: check that against your own towing rating.Shoal draughtDraws 0.40 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.
LivelySea-kindly

Her light displacement on a moderate beam gives 13 — a quick, lively motion that feels every wave.

Comfort ratio 13
CoastalBluewater

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

Capsize screening 2.24
LightHeavy

139 — light for her waterline, so she is easily driven and quick to accelerate.

Displacement / length 139
EasygoingPowered-up

18.6 — plenty of sail for her weight; lively and quick to respond.

Sail area / displacement 18.6
TenderStiff

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

Ballast 46%

Light and lively — happiest day-sailing and coastal-hopping in settled weather.

The record

Full specifications

The complete reference set — tap any figure to switch between metric and imperial.

Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
45.9%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Fractional Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
18.6
Displacement / length
139.3
Comfort ratio
13.2
Capsize screening
2.24
Hull speed
6.3 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
645
Hull
Hull type
Lifting Keel
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
1984–1995
Units built
350
Designer
E. G. Van de Stadt
Builder
Dehler

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The family

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Nearby designs by size, type, and era — worth a look alongside her.

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