Surprise 25
{{Short description|Sailboat class}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=December 2020}}
{{Infobox sailboat specifications
|name = Surprise 25
|insignia = File:Surprise 25 sail badge.png
|insignia size = 150px
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|designer = Michel Joubert of Joubert Nivelt Design
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|location = France
|year = 1977
|no built = 1,550
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|builder = Archambault Boats
|role = one-design racer
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|draft = {{convert|5.25|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|displacement = {{convert|2756|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}
|hulls =
|hull type = monohull
|construction = fibreglass
|loa = {{convert|25.10|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|lwl = {{convert|21.65|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|beam = {{convert|8.14|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|engine = Outboard motor {{convert|10|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} gasoline engine
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|keel type = fin keel
|ballast = {{convert|1102|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}
|rudder type = internally-mounted spade-type rudder
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|rig type = Bermuda rig
|I = {{convert|26.41|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|J = {{convert|6.00|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|P = {{convert|29.53|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|E = {{convert|10.83|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|sailplan = fractional rigged sloop
|sailarea main = {{convert|178|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
|sailarea headsail = {{convert|108|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
|sailarea spin = {{convert|484|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
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|sails other = Genoa: {{convert|151|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
|sailarea upwind = {{convert|328|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
|sailarea downwind = {{convert|662|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
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The Surprise 25, often just called the Surprise, is a French trailerable sailboat. First built in 1977, it was designed by Michel Joubert of Joubert Nivelt Design as a one-design racer.{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/surprise-25-archambault|title= Surprise 25 (Archambault) sailboat |access-date= 27 December 2020|last= McArthur| first= Bruce |work= sailboatdata.com|year= 2020|archive-url= https://archive.today/20201227194434/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/surprise-25-archambault|archive-date= 27 December 2020 |url-status= live}}{{cite web|url = https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/sailboats/archambault/surprise-fin-keel|title = Surprise Fin keel|access-date = 27 December 2020|work = Boat-Specs.com|year=2020|archive-url= https://archive.today/20201227161602/https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/sailboats/archambault/surprise-fin-keel|archive-date= 27 December 2020|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url = https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/sailboats/archambault/surprise-swing-keel|title = Surprise Swing keel|access-date = 27 December 2020|work = Boat-Specs.com|year=2020|archive-url= https://archive.today/20201227161659/https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/sailboats/archambault/surprise-swing-keel%23nopics|archive-date= 27 December 2020|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url = https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/sailboats/archambault/surprise-twin-keel|title = Surprise Twin keel|access-date = 27 December 2020|work = Boat-Specs.com|year=2020|archive-url= https://archive.today/20201227161816/https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/sailboats/archambault/surprise-twin-keel%23nopics|archive-date= 27 December 2020|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/designer/joubert-nivelt|title= Joubert-Nivelt|access-date = 27 December 2020|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2020|archive-url= https://archive.today/20201219161507/https://sailboatdata.com/designer/joubert-nivelt|archive-date= 19 December 2020 |url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/designers/joubert-nivelt-design|title= Joubert Nivelt Design|access-date = 27 December 2020|work = Boat-Specs.com|year=2020|archive-url= https://archive.today/20201218155419/https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/designers/joubert-nivelt-design|archive-date= 18 December 2020|url-status= live}}
The Surprise 25 was followed in production by the larger {{convert|31.30|ft|m|abbr=on}} Grand Surprise in 1999.{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/grand-surpise|title= Grand Surprise sailboat |access-date= 26 December 2020|last= McArthur| first= Bruce |work= sailboatdata.com|year= 2020|archive-url= https://archive.today/20201226235716/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/grand-surpise|archive-date= 26 December 2020 |url-status= live}}{{cite web|url = https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/sailboats/archambault/grand-surprise|title = Grand Surprise|access-date = 26 December 2020|work = Boat-Specs.com|year=2020|archive-url= https://archive.today/20201226235716/https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/sailboats/archambault/grand-surprise|archive-date= 26 December 2020|url-status= live}}
Production
The design was built by Archambault Boats of Dangé-Saint-Romain and also by the BG Race shipyard in Saint-Malo in France between 1977 and 2017, with 1,550 boats completed, but it is now out of production. Archambault, which had been founded in 1967, went out of business in 2015. The BG Race shipyard, founded in 2013, built many designs for Archambault and went out of business in 2017.{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/builder/archambault-boats-fra|title = Archambault Boats (FRA) 1967 - 2014|access-date = 27 December 2020|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2020|archive-url= https://archive.today/20201219161517/https://sailboatdata.com/builder/archambault-boats-fra|archive-date= 19 December 2020 |url-status= live}}{{cite web|url = https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/builders/archambault|title = Archambault|access-date = 27 December 2020|work = Boat-Specs.com|year=2020|archive-url= https://archive.today/20201218153814/https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/builders/archambault|archive-date= 18 December 2020|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url = https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/builders/bg-race|title = BG Race|access-date = 27 December 2020|work = Boat-Specs.com|year=2020|archive-url= https://archive.today/20201218153725/https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/builders/bg-race|archive-date= 18 December 2020|url-status= live}}
Design
The Surprise 25 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fibreglass. The hull is solid fibreglass and the deck is balsa-cored fibreglass. It has a 7/8 fractional sloop rig with aluminum spars, a deck-stepped mast, wire standing rigging and a single set of swept spreaders. The hull has a raked stem, a slightly reverse transom with an inset, an internally mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a tiller with a "D"-handle extension. It was delivered with a choice of a fixed fin keel, twin asymmetrical keels with bulb weights, or a swing keel. It displaces {{convert|2756|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} and carries {{convert|1102|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} of cast iron ballast.
The fin keel-equipped version of the boat has a draft of {{convert|5.25|ft|m|abbr=on}}, the twin keel-equipped version of the boat has a draft of {{convert|3.33|ft|m|abbr=on}}, while the swing keel-equipped version has a draft of {{convert|5.17|ft|m|abbr=on}} with the keel extended and {{convert|2.58|ft|m|abbr=on}} with it retracted, allowing ground transportation on a trailer.
The boat is normally fitted with a small outboard motor of up to {{convert|10|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} for docking and manoeuvring.
The design has sleeping accommodation for four people, with a "V"-berth in the bow cabin and two straight settees in the main cabin. The main cabin headroom is {{convert|58|in|cm|0|abbr=on}}.
For sailing downwind the design may be equipped with a symmetrical spinnaker of {{convert|484|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}. It has a hull speed of {{convert|6.24|kn|km/h|abbr=on}}.
Operational history
The boat is supported by an active class club that organizes racing events, the Aspro Surprise (Association Des Propriétaires Surprise, English:Surprise Owners Association).{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/association/aspro-surprise|title= Aspro Surprise|access-date = 27 December 2020|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2020|archive-url= https://archive.today/20201227161518/https://sailboatdata.com/association/aspro-surprise|archive-date= 27 December 2020 |url-status= live}}
See also
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External links
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- [https://archive.today/20201227164940/https://images.yachtworld.com/resize/1/17/79/4711779_20140515080734352_1_XLARGE.jpg?f=/1/17/79/4711779_20140515080734352_1_XLARGE.jpg&w=606&h=467&t=1400680728000 Photo of a Surprise 25 with twin keels]
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