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Beachcomber 25

Sailboat class

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Overview

The Beachcomber 25 is a recreational keelboat built by Marine Innovators in the United States. 70 were built starting in 1979It is now out of production.

Design

Designed by Walter Scott the fiberglass, hull has a plumb stem, raked transom, a transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller and a retractable centerboard. It displaces and carries of ballast in its grounding shoe. The boat can be fitted with an inboard diesel engine or a small outboard motor for docking and maneuvering. The fuel tank holds . The designer noted, "The main advantages of the cat ketch sail plan of the BEACHCOMBER 25 are its simplicity and ease of handling combined with good performance. The sails unfurl from the masts like window shades, controlled from the cockpit, with no need to go forward except to release mooring lines or haul up the anchor. Once the sails have been unfurled, you set up on the clew outhauls which also lead to the cockpit. A small winch is required in the case of the mainsail in order to obtain the desired degree of sail flatness.

This is the last time you will have to touch the winch unless you reef or for the refinement of easing the outhaul for more sail draft off the wind."

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