Magic 25
Bashford · Ian Murray · 1995
Updated
The Magic 25 is a 7.57 m planing racing yacht designed by Ian Murray and built by Bashford, first launched in 1995. It races in Sportboat. Across the measured fleet it goes better than its own numbers promise, ahead of 63% of the designs it races against. It comes alive as the breeze builds, and gives time away in the light.
Goes better than its own measurements promise, and does it better than 63% of the boats it races against.
11th of 28 in its class.
Updated — First Race Edge for this design. Enough boats of this design have now been measured on the current scale to rank it. It is strongest in medium and heavy air.
Not verified. On planing hulls this score has no match in the race results we hold: designs scoring the same win anywhere from one race in ten to seven in ten. Read it as what the measurements say, not as a ranking.
Length
7.57 m
24′ 10″
Beam
2.33 m
Draft
1.71 m
Displacement
0.9 t
Sail area
37 m²
On the podium
Where a Magic 25 finishes when she goes racing.
Not enough data yet to show how this design finishes. It has not been found in the race results we have collected so far.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Magic 25 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
No regattas found yet.
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
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Not enough data yet: no races of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.
Offshore & coastal
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Not enough data yet: no races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The designs a Magic 25 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Not enough data yet to say who this design races against. No result we have collected puts it on the water beside another design we track.
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
5.21
35°
Beam reach
9.83
90°
Broad reach
13.79
135°
Downwind VMG
10.79
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 is a boat that wants breeze. Give it a fresh day and long legs and it delivers more than it promised; in a drifter it is working uphill.
Where it gains
Its best ground is cracked off in a strong breeze, where it does more than its size and sail area promise, and by a margin worth having. It holds that advantage running deep as well, so the gain is not down to one leg of the course.
Where it pays
It falls short across the wind when the breeze is soft, giving away time it never gets back. A planing hull rarely rewards a drifter: there is not enough pressure to get anything out of it.
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 4.2 kn either way.
At 10 knots it gives away time on the beam reach — the rating asks more than the boat returns.
How fast is a Magic 25
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.57 | 4.79 | 5.09 | 5.21 |
| 52° | 5.40 | 6.61 | 7.08 | 7.41 |
| 60° | 5.64 | 6.81 | 7.40 | 7.86 |
| 75° | 5.78 | 6.99 | 7.96 | 8.78 |
| 90° | 5.85 | 7.13 | 8.29 | 9.83 |
| 110° | 5.94 | 7.68 | 9.04 | 10.81 |
| 120° | 5.82 | 7.62 | 9.63 | 12.00 |
| 135° | 5.33 | 7.05 | 9.14 | 13.79 |
| 150° | 4.50 | 6.38 | 7.80 | 12.45 |
| Run VMG | 3.90 | 5.55 | 6.75 | 10.79 |
How they are set up
The range each sail spans across the fleet.
Most run a fixed propeller. A bowsprit is standard across the fleet. Crew weight is declared around 370 kg.
Rigging
Magic 25 rig and sail dimensions
A Magic 25 carries 9.34 m of mainsail hoist on a 3.67 m boom, a forestay 8.35 m above the deck and a 4.83 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 13 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails