Conrad 25
Contrastbåtar · Doug Peterson · 1976
Updated
The Conrad 25 is a 7.65 m heavy displacement racing yacht designed by Doug Peterson and built by Contrastbåtar, first launched in 1976. It races in Class C. Across the measured fleet it goes better than its own numbers promise, ahead of 5% of the designs it races against. It is at its best in light air and struggles to hold that once it blows.
Goes better than its own measurements promise, and does it better than 5% of the boats it races against.
151st of 159 in its class.
This design has been found in real race results — 497 starts across 12 events — not only in measurement files.
Length
7.65 m
25′ 1″
Beam
2.76 m
Draft
1.52 m
Displacement
1.6 t
Sail area
35 m²
On the podium
Where a Conrad 25 finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
22%
of 497 starts by 21 boats
Wins
5%
Read from 497 starts by 21 boats between 2020 and 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Conrad 25 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
National Championship for Keel Boats2026- Regatta Sozopol Sailing Cup2026
- National Championship ORC & IRC2024
- Regatta Port Varna - General Broker Cup2024
- Regata Varna Channel Cup2024
Raced one we are missing?
Report a regattaRound the buoys, or offshore
A short windward-leeward and a night at sea ask different things of a boat. Here is how this one does in each.
Round the buoys
18%
of these races end on the podium
Offshore & coastal
31%
of these races end on the podium
Better the longer it gets. Boats that settle into a groove and hold it gain ground once the course stops turning.
Who she races against
The designs a Conrad 25 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Some of the boats it races against
How the Conrad 25 has fared against each of them, boat against boat on corrected time. Ordered by how often the two meet, not by who wins.
Speed at every angle
The shape of this design's speed, drawn from the measured fleet. Pick a wind and watch it stretch.
Upwind VMG
4.41
37°
Beam reach
7.00
90°
Broad reach
7.55
135°
Downwind VMG
6.66
170°
Speed in knots at 20 knots of true wind. Green marks the angles that pay: the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Where it wins and where it pays
Every boat is judged against its own measurements — length, weight, sail area. The quicker those say it should be, the more it has to deliver just to break even. Going fast is not enough: it has to go faster than its own numbers promised.
This one is at home going to windward. Windward-leeward courses give it more of what it is good at than a coastal race does.
Where it gains
Its best ground is to windward in light air, where it does more than its size and sail area promise, and by a margin worth having.
Where it pays
It falls short cracked off once the breeze fills, giving away time it never gets back.
Above the line it delivers more than promised and gains on the fleet. Below, it falls short. Move the wind: plenty of boats sit on one side in the light and the other when it blows.
Full width is 0.4 kn either way.
At 10 knots this design makes back more than its rating asks on the upwind.
How fast is a Conrad 25
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.08 | 4.05 | 4.37 | 4.41 |
| 52° | 4.61 | 5.69 | 5.98 | 6.12 |
| 60° | 4.80 | 5.81 | 6.13 | 6.30 |
| 75° | 4.91 | 5.92 | 6.33 | 6.64 |
| 90° | 4.82 | 6.01 | 6.49 | 7.00 |
| 110° | 4.74 | 6.04 | 6.72 | 7.45 |
| 120° | 4.57 | 5.95 | 6.67 | 7.68 |
| 135° | 4.10 | 5.68 | 6.43 | 7.55 |
| 150° | 3.53 | 5.25 | 6.14 | 7.15 |
| Run VMG | 3.05 | 4.61 | 5.69 | 6.66 |
How they are set up
The range each sail spans across the fleet.
Most run a fixed propeller. Crew weight is declared around 400 kg.
Rigging
Conrad 25 rig and sail dimensions
A Conrad 25 carries 9.20 m of mainsail hoist on a 3.28 m boom, a forestay 8.54 m above the deck. Typical figures across the 16 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails
The spinnaker spreads widest of all — 30 to 40 m² depending on bowsprit and set-up. Before ordering a sail, read the figure on your own measurement record rather than the typical one for the design.