Lancer 25 Mark V

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|designer = W. Shad Turner

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|location = United States

|year = 1983

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|builder = Lancer Yacht Corp

|role = Cruiser

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|draft = {{convert|2.33|ft|m|abbr=on}}

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|displacement = {{convert|3400|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}

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|hull type = monohull

|construction = fiberglass

|loa = {{convert|24.67|ft|m|abbr=on}}

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|engine = outboard motor

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|keel type = fin keel

|ballast = {{convert|1200|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}

|rudder type = internally-mounted spade-type rudder

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The Lancer 25 Mark V is an American trailerable sailboat that was designed by W. Shad Turner as a cruiser and first built in 1983.{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/lancer-25-mk-5|title= Lancer 25 Mk 5 sailboat |access-date= 21 June 2021|last= McArthur| first= Bruce |work= sailboatdata.com|year= 2020|archive-url= https://archive.today/20210620232250/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/lancer-25-mk-5|archive-date= 20 June 2021|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/designer/turner-w-shad|title= W. Shad Turner|access-date = 21 June 2021|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2021|archive-url= https://archive.today/20200829192749/https://sailboatdata.com/designer/turner-w-shad|archive-date= 29 August 2020|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/lancer/25-mk-5|title= Lancer 25 Mark 5|access-date= 18 April 2022|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220418140720/https://sailboat.guide/lancer/25-mk-5|archive-date= 18 April 2022|url-status= live}}

The Lancer 25 Mark V is a development of the Lancer 25.{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/lancer-25|title= Lancer 25 sailboat |access-date= 21 June 2021|last= McArthur| first= Bruce |work= sailboatdata.com|year= 2020|archive-url= https://archive.today/20210620232256/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/lancer-25|archive-date= 20 June 2021|url-status= live}}

The Lancer 25 PS is a motorsailer design with a new hull shape from the Lancer 25 Mark V.{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/lancer-25-ps|title= Lancer 25 PS sailboat |access-date= 21 June 2021|last= McArthur| first= Bruce |work= sailboatdata.com|year= 2020|archive-url= https://archive.today/20210620232255/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/lancer-25-ps|archive-date= 20 June 2021|url-status= live}}

Production

The design was built by the Lancer Yacht Corp in the United States, starting in 1983, but it is now out of production.{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/builder/lancer-yacht-corp-usa|title = Lancer Yacht Corp. (USA) 1974 - 1986|access-date = 21 June 2021|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2021|archive-url= https://archive.today/20210622235650/https://sailboatdata.com/builder/lancer-yacht-corp-usa|archive-date= 22 June 2021|url-status= live}}

Design

The Lancer 25 Mark V is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a fractional sloop rig, a raked stem, an angled transom, an internally mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed shoal draft fin keel. It displaces {{convert|3400|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} and carries {{convert|1200|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} of ballast.

The boat has a draft of {{convert|2.33|ft|m|abbr=on}} with the standard shoal draft keel.

The boat is normally fitted with a small outboard motor for docking and maneuvering.

The design has sleeping accommodation for five people, with a straight settee a berth and a drop-down dinette table double berth in the main cabin and two single aft cabins. The galley is located on both sides, just forward of the companionway ladder. The galley is equipped with a two-burner stove to port and a sink and ice box to starboard. The enclosed head is located in the forepeak.

The design has a hull speed of {{convert|6.0|kn|km/h|abbr=on}}.

See also

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