Fractional Sloop · Fin w/transom Hung Rudder · First built 1984
A 1984 fractional sloop with a shallow 0.63m draft and fin keel, built for accessible coastal cruising
Designed by Nick Hake, built by Hake Yachts (Seaward).
See her sail
The fleet's own footage — the truest look at how she really moves.
Footage from Berthon International
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 14 — a quick, lively motion that feels every wave.
2.18 — right around the 2.0 line, the edge between coastal and offshore.
132 — light for her waterline, so she is easily driven and quick to accelerate.
16.8 — moderate power for her weight; steady, all-round performance.
33% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.
Light and lively — happiest day-sailing and coastal-hopping in settled weather.
Compared with 1874 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 Seaward 25 is a fractional sloop sailboat designed by Nick Hake and built by Hake Yachts (Seaward), Inc. from 1984 to the present. It measures 8.2 meters LOA with a 2.5-meter beam, a 0.6-meter draft, and displaces 1632 kg, featuring a fin keel with a transom-hung rudder. An optional Yanmar diesel engine is available.
The living fleet
Where the fleet has filmed this boat.
Seen 3 times across one channel of the fleet.
On the water
What broke, what changed
Moments from individual boats of this model that the fleet has filmed — one crew, one piece of kit, one day on the water. Not a review of the class, and not a count of anything.
InstalledRaymarine
The boat has an upgraded Raymarine radar system.
aboard Berthon Internationalseen July 20246:56
WorkingTreadmaster
The boats deck is covered with this material.
aboard Berthon Internationalseen October 20242:32
Each line is one crew's account of their own boat. Another Seaward 25 may be fitted out entirely differently.
What they go for
Where the fleet has seen this model come up for sale.
A 2011 Seaward 35 powerboat named Fearless, listed for sale by Berthon International Yacht Breakers
from Berthon Internationalseen March 2023watch
Motor yacht listed for sale by Berthon International, described as brand new to the market and generating loads of interest
from Berthon Internationalseen July 2024watch
Listed for sale by Berthon International
from Berthon Internationalseen October 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
Comparable boats the fleet has on camera: same type, within a quarter of her length. Open the boat, or watch the video — a timestamp means she only appears in passing.
The family
Nearby designs by size, type, and era — worth a look alongside her.
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