Santana 525
{{Short description|Sailboat class}}
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{{Use American English|date=August 2022}}
{{Infobox sailboat specifications
|name = Santana 525
|insignia = File:Santana 525 sail badge.jpg
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|designer = W. Shad Turner
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|location = United States
|year = 1977
|no built = 261
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|builder = W. D. Schock Corp
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|draft = {{convert|4.25|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|displacement = {{convert|2400|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|18.50|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|beam = {{convert|9.33|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|engine = outboard motor
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|keel type = fin keel
|ballast = {{convert|950|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}
|rudder type = internally-mounted spade-type rudder
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|rig type = Bermuda rig
|I = {{convert|26.50|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|J = {{convert|8.75|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|P = {{convert|29.00|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|E = {{convert|10.00|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|sailplan = fractional rigged sloop
|sailarea main = {{convert|145.00|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
|sailarea headsail = {{convert|115.94|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
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|sailarea total = {{convert|260.94|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
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|phrf = 186
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The Santana 525 is an American sailboat that was designed by W. Shad Turner as a one design and International Offshore Rule Quarter Ton class racer-cruiser and first built in 1977.{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/santana-525|title= Santana 525 sailboat |access-date= 7 August 2022|last= McArthur|first= Bruce|work= sailboatdata.com|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220807170835/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/santana-525|archive-date= 7 August 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/schock/santana-525|title= Santana 525|access-date= 7 August 2022|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220807171141/https://sailboat.guide/schock/santana-525|archive-date= 7 August 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/designer/turner-w-shad|title= W. Shad Turner|access-date = 7 August 2022|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2022|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/w-shad-turner|title= W. Shad Turner|access-date= 7 August 2022|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220805131019/https://sailboat.guide/w-shad-turner|archive-date= 5 August 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://www.angelfire.com/tn/santana525/|title= Santana 525 One Design|access-date= 7 August 2022|author= Santana 525 One Design Class Association|year= 2003|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220807170912/https://www.angelfire.com/tn/santana525/|archive-date= 7 August 2022|url-status= live}}
Production
The design was built by W. D. Schock Corp in the United States, between 1977 and 1982, with 261 boats completed, but it is now out of production.{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/builder/schock-wd|title= Schock W.D.|access-date= 7 August 2022|last= McArthur| first= Bruce |work= sailboatdata.com|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20200718211515/https://sailboatdata.com/builder/schock-wd|archive-date= 18 July 2020|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/schock|title= Schock W.D.|access-date= 7 August 2022|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20211223180511/https://sailboat.guide/schock|archive-date= 23 December 2021|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://wdschockcorp.com/about-us|title= About Us|access-date= 7 August 2022|author= W. D. Schock Corp|work= wdschockcorp.com |year= 2022|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200719045620/https://wdschockcorp.com/about-us|archive-date= 19 July 2020|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= http://wdschock.com/history/boatlist.htm|title= Boats built by W.D. Schock|access-date= 9 August 2022|author= W. D. Schock Corp|author-link= W. D. Schock Corp|work= wdschock.com|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100221183356/http://wdschock.com/history/boatlist.htm|archive-date= 21 February 2010|url-status= dead}}
Design
The Santana 525 is a racing keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a fractional sloop rig, a raked stem, a reverse transom, an internally mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed fin keel. It displaces {{convert|2400|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} and carries {{convert|950|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} of ballast.
The boat has a draft of {{convert|4.25|ft|m|abbr=on}} with the standard keel and is normally fitted with a small outboard motor for docking and maneuvering.
The design has sleeping accommodation for four people, with a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin and a two straight settee berths in the main cabin. The galley is located on both sides of the companionway ladder. The head is located in the bow cabin, centered under the "V"-berth.
For sailing the design may be equipped with one of a number of jibs and genoas. For sailing downwind the design may be equipped with a symmetrical spinnaker of {{convert|209|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}.{{cite web|url= https://www.sailrite.com/Santana-525-Sail-Data|title= Santana 525 Sail Data|access-date= 7 August 2022|author= SailRite|work= sailrite.com|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220807183047/https://www.sailrite.com/Santana-525-Sail-Data|archive-date= 7 August 2022|url-status= live}}
The design has a typical PHRF racing average handicap of 186 and a hull speed of {{convert|5.76|kn|km/h|abbr=on}}.{{cite web|url= https://www.angelfire.com/tn/santana525/525specs.html|title= Santana 525 Specifications|access-date= 7 August 2022|author= Santana 525 One Design Class Association|year= 2003|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220807173050/https://www.angelfire.com/tn/santana525/525specs.html|archive-date= 7 August 2022|url-status= live}}
Operational history
The boat is supported by an active class club that organizes racing events, the Santana 525 One Design Class Association.{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/association/santana-525-one-design-page|title= Santana 525 One-Design Page|access-date = 7 August 2022|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220807173412/https://sailboatdata.com/association/santana-525-one-design-page|archive-date= 7 August 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/santana-525-one-design-page-class-association|title= Santana 525 One-Design|access-date= 7 August 2022|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220807171152/https://sailboat.guide/santana-525-one-design-page-class-association|archive-date= 7 August 2022|url-status= live}}
The largest fleet of Santana 525s is in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada.
See also
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External links
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