Eolia 25
{{Short description|Sailboat class}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}}
{{Use American English|date=June 2021}}
{{Infobox sailboat specifications
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|designer = Philippe Briand
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|location = France
|year = 1983
|no built = 1288
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|builder = Jeanneau
|role = Cruiser
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|draft = {{convert|4.75|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|displacement = {{convert|3750|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}
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|hull type = monohull
|construction = fiberglass
|loa = {{convert|24.58|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|lwl = {{convert|21.67|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|beam = {{convert|9.17|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|engine = Yanmar {{convert|7|to|10|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} diesel engine
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|keel type = fin keel
|ballast = {{convert|1543|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}
|rudder type = transom-mounted rudder
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|rig type = Bermuda rig
|I = {{convert|29.92|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|J = {{convert|9.16|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|E = {{convert|8.16|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|sailplan = masthead sloop
|sailarea main = {{convert|113|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
|sailarea headsail = jib - {{convert|92|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
genoa - {{convert|210|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
|sailarea spin = {{convert|466|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
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|phrf = 243
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The Eolia 25 is a French trailerable sailboat that was designed by Philippe Briand as a coastal cruiser and first built in 1983.{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/eolia-25-jeanneau|title= Eolia 25 (Jeanneau)|access-date= 7 June 2021|last= McArthur| first= Bruce |work= sailboatdata.com|year= 2020|archive-url= https://archive.today/20210607201716/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/eolia-25-jeanneau|archive-date= 7 June 2021|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/designer/briand-philippe|title= Philippe Briand|access-date = 7 June 2021|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2021|archive-url= https://archive.today/20210607201828/https://sailboatdata.com/designer/briand-philippe|archive-date= 7 June 2021|url-status= live}}Henkel, Steve: The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats, page 349. International Marine/McGraw-Hill, 2010. {{ISBN|978-0-07-163652-0}}{{cite web|url = https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/sailboats/jeanneau/eolia-25-fin-keel|title = Eolia 25 Fin keel Sailboat specifications|access-date = 7 June 2021|work = Boat-Specs.com|year=2020|archive-url= https://archive.today/20210607202420/https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/sailboats/jeanneau/eolia-25-fin-keel|archive-date= 7 June 2021|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url = https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/sailboats/jeanneau/eolia-25-keel-and-centerboard|title = Eolia 25 Keel and centerboard Sailboat specifications|access-date = 7 June 2021|work = Boat-Specs.com|year=2020|archive-url= https://archive.today/20210607202533/https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/sailboats/jeanneau/eolia-25-keel-and-centerboard|archive-date= 7 June 2021|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url = https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/designers/philippe-briand|title = Philippe Briand Sailboat designer|access-date = 7 June 2021|work = Boat-Specs.com|year=2020|archive-url = https://archive.today/20210607203645/https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/designers/philippe-briand|archive-date= 7 June 2021|url-status= live}}
Production
The design was built by Jeanneau in France from 1983 until 1989, with 1288 boats completed, but it is now out of production.{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/builder/jeanneau-fra|title = Jeanneau (FRA)|access-date = 7 June 2021|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2021|archive-url= https://archive.today/20210605143626/https://sailboatdata.com/builder/jeanneau-fra|archive-date= 5 June 2021|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url = https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/builders/jeanneau|title = Jeanneau Sailboat builder|access-date = 7 June 2021|work = Boat-Specs.com|year=2020|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210607203532/https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/builders/jeanneau |archive-date= 7 June 2021|url-status= live}}
Design
The Eolia 25 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of single skin fiberglass polyester, with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig, with aluminum spars and wire standing rigging. It has a deck-stepped mast and a single set of unswept spreaders. The hull has a raked stem, a plumb transom, a transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed fin keel or, optionally a stub keel and centerboard. The fin keel version displaces {{convert|3750|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} and carries {{convert|1543|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} of cast iron ballast, while the stub keel and centerboard version displaces {{convert|4034|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} and carries {{convert|1830|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} of cast iron ballast, with a steel centerboard.
The keel-equipped version of the boat has a draft of {{convert|4.75|ft|m|abbr=on}}, while the centreboard-equipped version has a draft of {{convert|5.92|ft|m|abbr=on}} with the centerboard extended and {{convert|2.58|ft|m|abbr=on}} with it retracted, allowing operation in shallow water or ground transportation on a trailer.
The boat is fitted with a Japanese Yanmar diesel engine of {{convert|7|to|10|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}}, or an optional {{convert|6|to|8|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} outboard motor for docking and maneuvering. The fuel tank holds {{convert|5|u.s.gal}}.
The design has sleeping accommodation for four people, with a double "V"-berth in the bow around a drop-down dinette table and an aft cabin with a double berth on the port side. The galley is located on the port side just forward of the companionway ladder. The galley is L-shaped and is equipped with a two-burner stove, a {{convert|13.2|u.s.gal}} icebox and a sink. A navigation station is opposite the galley, on the starboard side. The enclosed head is located just aft of the companionway on the starboard side. The fresh water tank has a capacity of {{convert|14.8|u.s.gal}}. Cabin headroom is {{convert|68|in|cm|0|abbr=on}}.
For sailing downwind the design may be equipped with a symmetrical spinnaker of {{convert|466|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}.
The design has a PHRF racing average handicap of 243 and a hull speed of {{convert|6.2|kn|km/h|abbr=on}}.
Operational history
In a 2010 review Steve Henkel wrote, "the Jeanneau Eolia 25 was available either as a fin keeler (fixed draft 4' 9", shown here) or as a keel-centerboarder (draft 2' 7" board up, or 5' 11" board down). Although an outboard was an option, a high percentage of the boats sold have a raw-water-cooled Yanmar 1GM1O diesel of 7.5 hp. Either choice should power the Eolia 25 at hull speed. Best features: We think the layout is quite clever, with a double berth aft under the cockpit, an enclosed stand-up head in the highest location in the cabin, a modest-sized but practical nav station, and a U-shaped dining area seating up to 7 of 8 souls for that relaxing after-the-race beverage. The table slides down on the mast compression strut to
form the center portion of a double berth, The arrangement below makes the cabin seem quite airy and pleas-
ant, despite a too-small forward hatch and no opening ports, Worst features: We can't imagine why this boat has a PHRF rating 30 to 40 seconds a mile higher than her comp[etitor]s. We don't think she deserves such harsh treatment."
See also
References
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Category:1980s sailboat type designs