BoatsNoelex 25

Noelex 25

Fractional Sloop · Keel/centreboard · First built 1968

A lightweight, trailerable fractional sloop with a centerboard, designed for versatile shoal-water performance

Designed by Noel Honey, Alex Trethewey & Steve Marten, built by Marten Marine.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Keel/Cbrd.

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Character

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

TrailerableBeam 2.50 m — inside the 2.55 m no-permit tow width across most of Europe, and the 2.59 m US and Canadian limit. About 1,180 kg of hull, so roughly 1,800 kg on a trailer: check that against your own towing rating.Ramp-launchableAbout 1,180 kg of hull, with a keel that raises or a draught shallow enough to float off a trailer — she can go back on the trailer at the ramp, not only into the water.Shoal draughtDraws 0.30 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 11 — a quick, lively motion that feels every wave.

Comfort ratio 11
CoastalBluewater

At 2.39 she sits above the 2.0 line — beamy for her weight, and happiest coastal.

Capsize screening 2.39
LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 107
EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 19.5
TenderStiff

23% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.

Ballast 23%

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

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
23.1%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Fractional Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
19.5
Displacement / length
106.8
Comfort ratio
10.5
Capsize screening
2.39
Hull speed
6.3 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
649
Hull
Hull type
Keel/Cbrd.
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
First built 1968
Units built
500
Designer
Noel Honey, Alex Trethewey, Steve Marten
Builder
Marten Marine, Austral Yachts

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