Review of Furia 25

Basic specs.

The Furia 25 is a small sailboat designed by the French maritime architect Edward George Dubois. The Furia 25 is built by Dresport.

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Rig

The boat equipped with a masthead rig. The advantage of a masthead rig is its simplicity and the fact that a given sail area - compared with a fractional rig - can be carried lower and thus with less heeling moment.

Keel

The keel is made of iron. Many people prefer lead keel in favour of iron. The main argument is that lead is much heavier than iron and a lead keel can therefore be made smaller which again result in less wet surface, i.e. less drag. In fact iron is quite heavy, just 30% less heavy than lead, so the advantage of a lead keel is often overstated.

The boat can enter most marinas as the draft is just about 1.52 - 1.62 meter (4.99 - 5.29 ft) dependent on the load. See immersion rate below.

Sailing characteristics

This section covers widely used rules of thumb to describe the sailing characteristics. Please note that even though the calculations are correct, the interpretation of the results might not be valid for extreme boats.

Immersion rate

The immersion rate is defined as the weight required to sink the boat a certain level. The immersion rate for Furia 25 is about 148 kg/cm, alternatively 834 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 148 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm. Alternatively, if you load 834 lbs cargo on the boat it will sink 1 inch.

Sailing statistics

This section is statistical comparison with similar boats of the same category. The basis of the following statistical computations is our unique database with more than 26,000 different boat types and 350,000 data points.

L/B (Length Beam Ratio)

What is L/B (Length Beam Ratio)?

The l/b ratio for Furia 25 is 2.63.

Compared with other similar sailboats it is more spacy than 88% of all other designs. It seems that the designer has chosen a significantly more spacy hull design.

Ballast Ratio

What is a Ballast Ratio?

The ballast ratio for Furia 25 is 43%.

This ballast ratio shows a righting moment that is higher than 66% of all similar sailboat designs. A righting moment (ability to resist heeling) just above average.

Over- / underrigged

The Furia 25 has more rig than 69% of all similar sailboats, which indicates that the boat is slightly overrigged.

Maintenance

Rig

Dimensions of sail for masthead rig.

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If you need to renew parts of your running rig and is not quite sure of the dimensions, you may find the estimates computed below useful.

**Guiding dimensions of running rig**
Usage	Length		Diameter
Mainsail halyard	23.6 m	(77.3 feet)	8 mm	(5/16 inch)
Jib/genoa halyard	23.6 m	(77.3 feet)	8 mm	(5/16 inch)
Spinnaker halyard	23.6 m	(77.3 feet)	8 mm	(5/16 inch)
Jib sheet	7.6 m	(25.1 feet)	10 mm	(3/8 inch)
Genoa sheet	7.6 m	(25.1 feet)	10 mm	(3/8 inch)
Mainsheet	19.1 m	(62.7 feet)	10 mm	(3/8 inch)
Spinnaker sheet	16.8 m	(55.1 feet)	10 mm	(3/8 inch)
Cunningham	3.1 m	(10.3 feet)	8 mm	(5/16 inch)
Kickingstrap	6.3 m	(20.7 feet)	8 mm	(5/16 inch)
Clew-outhaul	6.3 m	(20.7 feet)	8 mm	(5/16 inch)

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References

[Ref 1]: ISO 8666 Small craft — Principal data.
[Ref 3]: ISO 12215-5 Small craft — Hull construction and scantlings.