BoatsPointer 25

Pointer 25

Fractional Sloop · Fin w/bulb & Spade Rudder · First built 2014

A high-performance fractional sloop from Van de Stadt Design, featuring a light displacement and a powerful sail plan

Designed by Van de Stadt Design & E. G. Van de Stadt, built by Jachtwerf Heeg.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Fin w/bulb & Spade Rudder

Is it for you?

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 1,500 kg of hull, so roughly 2,100 kg on a trailer: check that against your own towing rating.Shoal draughtDraws 1.10 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.
CoastalBluewater

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

Capsize screening 2.20
EasygoingPowered-up

28.8 — a lot of sail for her weight; powered-up and eager, a real performer.

Sail area / displacement 28.8
TenderStiff

47% of her weight is ballast — stiff, standing up well to her sails.

Ballast 47%

Powered-up and quick to accelerate — this one likes to sail.

  • Lighter than ~76% of boats her size on file
  • Draws less than ~79% of boats her size on file

Compared with 1593 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

The record

Full specifications

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

Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
46.7%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Fractional Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
28.8
Capsize screening
2.20
Hull
Hull type
Fin w/bulb & spade rudder
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
First built 2014
Designer
Van de Stadt Design, E. G. Van de Stadt
Builder
Jachtwerf Heeg

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The family

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