Bayfield 25

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|designer = Ted Gozzard

|location = Canada

|year = 1975

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|engine = Petters diesel engine

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|keel type = Long keel

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The Bayfield 25 is a Canadian pocket cruiser sailboat, that was designed by Ted Gozzard and first built in 1975.{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/bayfield-25|title = Bayfield 25 sailboat specifications and details|accessdate = 17 August 2022|last= McArthur| first = Bruce|work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2022|archiveurl = https://archive.today/20220817143832/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/bayfield-25|archivedate = 17 August 2022|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url = http://www.sailingjoy.com/sailboat_specs/sailboat_specs/view/444/bayfield-25|title = Sailboat Specifications for Bayfield 25 |accessdate = 1 May 2017|work = Sailing Joy|author= InterVisionSoft LLC|year = 2017|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20190120093440/http://www.sailingjoy.com/sailboat_specs/sailboat_specs/view/444/bayfield-25|archivedate = 20 January 2019|url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/designer/gozzard-ted|title = Ted Gozzard|accessdate = 1 May 2017|last = Browning|first = Randy|work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2017|archiveurl = https://archive.today/20200529173046/https://sailboatdata.com/designer/gozzard-ted|archivedate = 29 May 2020|url-status = live}}Sherwood, Richard M.: A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America, Second Edition, pages 162-163. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1994. {{ISBN|0-395-65239-1}}

Production

The boat was built by the Bayfield Boat Yard between 1975 and 1984 in Bayfield, Ontario, Canada, but it is now out of production.{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/builder/bayfield-boat-yard-ltd-can|title = Bayfield Boat Yard Ltd. (CAN)|access-date = 26 May 2020|last = McArthur|first = Bruce|work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2020|archiveurl = https://archive.today/20200526215042/https://sailboatdata.com/builder/bayfield-boat-yard-ltd-can|archivedate = 26 May 2020|url-status = live}}

Design

File:Bayfield 25 Pau Wow 0423.jpg

File:Bayfield 25 Pau Wow bowsprit and trailboard 0439.jpg and trailboard]]

The design was originally known as the Bayfield 23, then later in 1975 it was advertised as the Bayfield 23/25 and in 1976 as the Bayfield 25.

The Bayfield 25 is a small recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with teak wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig, a clipper bow with a bowsprit, wooden decorative trailboards on the bow, a keel-mounted rudder and a fixed long keel. Steering is by a tiller with a wheel optional. It displaces {{convert|3500|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} and carries {{convert|1300|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} of ballast.{{cite web|url = http://lumberjocks.com/projects/85877|title = Trailboards and bow sprit for Bayfield 25 sailboat|accessdate = 18 May 2017 |work = Lumber Jocks|date = 18 June 2013 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20190206060803/https://www.lumberjocks.com/projects/85877|archivedate = 6 February 2019|url-status= live}}

The boat has a draft of {{convert|2.92|ft|m|abbr=on}} with the standard keel. It is fitted with a Petters diesel engine of {{convert|7.5|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}}.

Features include an anchor locker, internal halyards, a 4:1 aft mainsheet with a traveller, slab-reefing, jib tracks and two cockpit jib winches. A halyard winch was a factory option.

Accommodation consists of a "V"-berth in the bow, twin settee berths and a starboard berth that runs under the vanity and locker. An alcohol-fired stove stores under the starboard berth. The head is located on the port side and includes a {{convert|20|u.s.gal}} holding tank.

Originally produced with two cabin ports per side, in 1982 the manufacturer started installing three ports per side.

The boat has a PHRF racing average handicap of 261 with a high of 261 and low of 270. It has a hull speed of {{convert|5.94|kn|km/h|2|abbr=on}}.

Operational history

A 2014 review of the design in Sail Magazine said, "the Bayfield 25 is well known for its 1,500-pound full keel that draws less than 3 feet, shippy-looking miniature bowsprit and comfortable living spaces that provide 6 feet of standing headroom."{{cite web|url = http://sailingmagazine.net/article-1418-bayfield-25.html|title = Bayfield 25|accessdate = 18 May 2017|author = Staff|work = Sailing Magazine|date = 14 January 2014|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20190728002959/http://sailingmagazine.net/article-1418-bayfield-25.html|archivedate = 28 July 2019|url-status = live}}

Owner Barb Constans said of the design, "She's a great boat. She's faster than our [Southern Cross] 31 was, and she can go out in 25 to 30 knots [of wind] with two reefs in the main; she just jogs right along. She handles waves well. We're really pleased with her."

In a review Michael McGoldrick wrote, "The Bayfield 25 fits many people's definition of a true pocket cruising sailboat. It has a miniature bowsprit and shoal draft full-keel, and it comes complete with a diesel engine and very livable interior with standing headroom. Not bad for a boat whose length is more like 24 feet, if you don't count the bowsprit. This boat does, however, have a small cockpit. Another drawback is that it takes a fair amount of wind to get these boat moving at a good clip. Many cruising sailboats sacrifice some performance in favour of comfort and livability, and these tend to be more noticeable on smaller designs. On the other hand, Bayfield sailors will be out enjoying strong winds when many other boats will be heading back to port."{{cite web|url = http://sailquest.com/market/models/bayf25.htm|title = Bayfield 25 |accessdate = 24 July 2018|last=McGoldrick |first=Michael |work = Sail Quest|year = 2018|archiveurl =https://web.archive.org/web/20190926235946/http://sailquest.com/market/models/bayf25.htm|archivedate =26 September 2019 |url-status=live}}

In a 2010 review Steve Henkel wrote, "compared to other 23-footers, she won't win races (PHRF of 270) but she stands a chance of competing on liveaboard comfort with 5' 9" headroom ... Worst features: We don't like to see the icebox under the port side quarter berth. It's so inconvenient to reach for a cold drink on a hot day. How about a big portable ice chest, instead?"Henkel, Steve: The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats, page 220. International Marine/McGraw-Hill, 2010. {{ISBN|978-0-07-163652-0}}

References

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