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Storfidra 25

Masthead Sloop · Long Keel w/trans. Hung Rudder · First built 1969

A Colin Archer-inspired masthead sloop with a heavy long keel, built for offshore stability over a twenty-year run

Designed by Colin Archer Type, built by AB Fisksatra Varv.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Long Keel w/trans. Hung Rudder

Is it for you?

Character

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

LivelySea-kindly

Her heavy displacement on a moderate beam gives 31 — a sea-kindly motion in a seaway.

Comfort ratio 31
CoastalBluewater

At 1.66 she sits well under the 2.0 line — a solidly ocean-capable hull for her size.

Capsize screening 1.66
LightHeavy

345 — heavy for her waterline, built to carry stores and ride steadily.

Displacement / length 345
EasygoingPowered-up

13.7 — modest power for her weight; easygoing rather than lively, and happier with a breeze.

Sail area / displacement 13.7
TenderStiff

42% of her weight is ballast — moderately stiff, a middle-of-the-road stability.

Ballast 42%

Built heavy and sea-kindly — a boat made to cross oceans and forgive a rough night.

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
41.9%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Masthead Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
13.7
Displacement / length
345.5
Comfort ratio
30.8
Capsize screening
1.66
Hull speed
6.1 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
581
Hull
Hull type
Long keel w/trans. hung rudder
Construction
Fiberglass
Ballast type
Lead
Production
Years built
First built 1969
Units built
220
Designer
Colin Archer type
Builder
AB Fisksatra Varv, Fisksatra Shipyard

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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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