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Roberts 25 - TRAILERABLE SAILBOAT
Over 1,000 examples of this design have already been completed. This trailerable sailboat has been very popular and performs well in either the shoal draft or regular keel versions, both of which are included in the study package. While not as sleek looking as the latest offerings from other designers this design will always remain popular because of its voluminous accommodation and good, safe handling characteristics making it a wonderful  boat for the whole family.

This design can be built in either Moulded Plywood / Wood Epoxy or Fibreglass - C-Flex, Single Skin or Foam Sandwich.
L.O.A. 7.70 m 25'    3"
L.W.L. 6.34 m 20'  10"
BEAM 2.43 m 8'    0"
DRAFT ( Shoal )
DRAFT ( Deep ) 		1 .76 m
1. 07 m		 2'     6"
3'     6"
SAIL AREA 26.46 sq. m 285 sq. ft
BALLAST 898 kg 1,980 lb
DISPLACEMENT 2,114 kg 4,660 lb
TRAILERABLE WEIGHT 1,588 kg 3,500 lb
HEADROOM 1.83 m plus 6' plus
AUXILIARY Outboard or 5 hp Diesel
Thank you for your email.  I wondered where the REAL Bruce Roberts was. 
 
I purchased my plans for a Roberts 25 from Bruce Roberts in about 1975.  A couple years later I purchased a Hull and Deck from Morrissey, Port Moody, Canada, and finished out the Roberts 25 in Mesa, AZ.  In 1981, my then 11 year old son and I took my month long shake-down cruise on the Aarian in the waters along the West coast of BC. 

Since then I've cruised in the coastal waters on the East and West coasts of the US, West coast of BC, Puget Sound, and the Gulf of  California, as well as on some of the lakes in AZ.    The Aarian is now located in San Carlos, MX, on the Gulf of Californian, an area offering great day and weekend sailing and coastal cruising.   Although I did modify the cabin design just a bit, I have no complaints with the Roberts 25 design. 

The interior of my boat, with  6' head room (I'm 5'9") is as roomy as most 27' boats.  You did an excellent job.  Thank you for your part in years of enjoyable  cruising. Denny L Graham 
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Version A  (Standard Coach House)

Here we see the Roberts 25 fitted with the sloop rig as per the plans.  Other rigs are possible including the junk rig shown below.
 

 
Roberts 25

This is Ozzie a Roberts 25 owned and sailed by Malcolm Burton ... Malcolm enjoys his sailing in and around SCOTLAND and would like to hear from other Roberts 24 owners.

malcolmtheplumber@hotmail.com

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Mobile + 44 (0) 7970174613
 

 

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Shoal draft Underwater Shape
 

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Regular Keel Underwater Shape
 

 Roberts 25
Version A  (Standard Coach House)

Above left: Roberts 25 fitted for shoal keel - a center-board arrangement is also possible.

Below left: Roberts 25; deep keel version - this version is steel trailerable and we have seen and built many trailerable version fitted with this keel

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 Roberts 25
Version A  (Standard Coach House)

Here we see just two of several possible layouts for this boat. Full  headroom is featured in all versions.

 
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Version A  (Standard Coach House)

This junk rig version proved handy on all points of sail and a joy to her owner.
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Version A  (Standard Coach House)

The Roberts 25 makes an ideal trailer sailer as over 1,000 owners have discovered over the past many years.
Roberts 25
Version A  (Standard Coach House)

Another Roberts 25 lies at anchor in a cove on the Australian coastline.
Roberts 25
 

The cockpit is similar in all the versions of this very popular cruising trailerable sailboat.
Roberts 25


The roomy galley layout is similar in all the versions of this very popular cruising trailerable sailboat.

 
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Version B  (Pilot House)
 

Here we see the Roberts 25 pilot house version fitted with the sloop rig as per the plans.  Other rigs are possible including the junk rig shown above.
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 Roberts 25
Version B  (Pilot House)

Here we see the Roberts 25 pilot house with deep keel option and standard accomodation layout for this version.
Roberts 25
Version B  (Pilot House)

Roberts 25 pilot house featuring the shoal keel arrangement. There are many more photos shown in the study plans on CD package.
 

'Margie' is a good sea boat having cruised the West Coast from Scotland to the Channel Islands and Ireland.

She has excellent standing headroom in the saloon/wheelhouse and good head height in the fore-cabin. She is built with a strong 1" thick hull based on a Bruce Roberts sailing hull therefore her sailing performance is superior to that normally expected of traditional motor sailers.

The hull was epoxy treated as a preventative measure in 1999 and the interior professionally fitted out in 2000.

 
Roberts 25
Fiberglass or Wood / Epoxy

This illustration shows the male hull mold covered with either thin inexpensive plywood or hard-board followed by the inner fiberglass laminate, next either foam or balsa core and finally the outer layers of fiberglass. Note the area of the keel is not cored but has additional fiberglass laminate to provide maximum strength in this area.

 

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