Designer | Gary Mull |
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Year | 1978 |
Builder(s) | Buccaneer Yachts/US Yachts |
Crew | Two |
Draft | 4.67 ft (1.42 m) (conventional keel) 3.50 ft (1.07 m) (shoal-draft keel) |
Type | Masthead sloop |
Construction | Fiberglass |
LOA | 25.00 ft (7.62 m) |
LWL | 19.58 ft (5.97 m) |
Beam | 8.00 ft (2.44 m) |
Mainsail area | 110.16 sq ft (10.234 m2) |
Jib / Genoa area | 146.62 sq ft (13.621 m2) |
Total sail area | 256.78 sq ft (23.856 m2) |
PHRF | 219 (average) |
The Buccaneer 250 is an American sailboat, that was designed by Gary Mull and first built in 1978. The design is out of production.
The boat was built by Buccaneer Yachts/US Yachts, a division of Bayliner, which is itself a division of the Brunswick Boat Group, which is in turn owned by the Brunswick Corporation.
The design was later developed into the US Yachts US 25 and the Triton 25.
The Buccaneer 250 is a small recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig, a spade-type rudder, a conventional fin keel giving a draft of 4.67 ft (1.42 m) or, optionally, a shoal-draft keel, giving a draft of 3.50 ft (1.07 m).
It displaces 3,750 lb (1,701 kg), carries 1,250 lb (567 kg) of ballast and has a hull speed of 6.2 kn (11.48 km/h).
The Buccaneer 250 has a PHRF racing average handicap of 219 with a high of 216 and low of 225.