Zip 25
SICILCRAFT/ACOM · Inzerillo-Albeggiani · 2000
Updated
Measured under the previous VPP (2021–2024)
The Zip 25 is a 7.73 m planing racing yacht designed by Inzerillo-Albeggiani and built by SICILCRAFT/ACOM, first launched in 2000. It races in Sportboat.
Length
7.73 m
25′ 4″
Beam
2.49 m
Draft
1.66 m
Displacement
1.3 t
Sail area
36 m²
On the podium
Where a Zip 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 Zip 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 Zip 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.
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.
How fast is a Zip 25
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 4.02 | 4.67 | 4.76 | — |
| 52° | 5.89 | 6.54 | 6.69 | — |
| 60° | 6.08 | 6.75 | 6.98 | — |
| 75° | 6.20 | 7.01 | 7.47 | — |
| 90° | 6.28 | 7.07 | 7.90 | — |
| 110° | 6.38 | 7.53 | 8.33 | — |
| 120° | 6.27 | 7.51 | 8.87 | — |
| 135° | 5.84 | 7.08 | 8.53 | — |
| 150° | 4.99 | 6.56 | 7.66 | — |
| Run VMG | 4.32 | 5.82 | 6.85 | — |
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
Zip 25 rig and sail dimensions
A Zip 25 carries 9.60 m of mainsail hoist on a 3.68 m boom, a forestay 9.30 m above the deck. Typical figures across the 3 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails
The spinnaker spreads widest of all — 47 to 50 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.