Hunter 25.5

The Hunter 25.5 is an American sailboat that was designed by Cortland Steck and first built in 1984.

Production
The design was built by Hunter Marine in the United States between 1984 and 1987, but it is now out of production.

Design
The Hunter 25.5 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig, a raked stem, a vertical transom, a transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed fin keel. It displaces 4500 lb and carries 1600 lb of ballast.

The boat has a draft of 4.50 ft with the standard keel and 3.33 ft with the optional shoal draft wing keel.

The boat is normally fitted with a small outboard motor for docking and maneuvering.

The fin keel version of the design has a PHRF racing average handicap of 210 with a high of 204 and low of 231. The wing keel version has a PHRF racing average handicap of 213 with a high of 198 and low of 234. It has a hull speed of 6.3 kn.