Review of Jaguar 25

Jaguar 25.

Basic specs.

The Jaguar 25 aka Catalina 25 is a small sailboat designed by the maritime architect Frank V. Butler. The Jaguar 25 is built by the British yard Canvey Yacht Builders.

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Hull

The hull is made of fibreglass. Generally, a hull made of fibreglass requires only a minimum of maintenance during the sailing season. And outside the sailing season, just bottom cleaning and perhaps anti-fouling painting once a year - a few hours of work, that's all.

Interior

Floor plan of Jaguar 25.

The interior is like few other boats made in fibreglass.
The boat is equipped with 2 cabins, 5 berths, a galley and toilet facility.

Engine

The boat is typically equipped with an inboard Volvo Penta 2001 diesel engine at 10.0 hp (7 kW).

The transmission is a saildrive.

The fuel tank has a capacity of 50 liters (13 US gallons, 10 imperial gallons).

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.

Stability and Safety

What is Capsize Screening Formula (CSF)?

The capsize screening value for Jaguar 25 is 1.96, indicating that this boat could - if evaluated by this formula alone - be accepted to participate in ocean races.

Immersion rate

The immersion rate is defined as the weight required to sink the boat a certain level. The immersion rate for Jaguar 25 is about 124 kg/cm, alternatively 698 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 124 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm. Alternatively, if you load 698 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 Jaguar 25 is 3.15.

Compared with other similar sailboats it is slimmer than 73% of all other designs. It seems that the designer has chosen a slightly more speedy hull design.

RSP (Relative Speed Performance)

What is Relative Speed Performance?

The Relative Speed Performance for Jaguar 25 is 31

The relative speed performance is 31 which means that a it is faster than 31% of all similar sailboat designs.

Maintenance

Rig

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
Jib sheet	7.7 m	(25.1 feet)	10 mm	(3/8 inch)
Genoa sheet	7.7 m	(25.1 feet)	10 mm	(3/8 inch)
Mainsheet	19.1 m	(62.8 feet)	10 mm	(3/8 inch)
Spinnaker sheet	16.9 m	(55.3 feet)	10 mm	(3/8 inch)

Boat owner's ideas

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References

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