The Platu 25 (formerly Beneteau 25) is a sailing boat designed by Farr Yacht Design led by Bruce Farr with the first boat being built by McDell Marine in New Zealand in the early 1990s. It became a class recognised by the International Sailing Federation in November 2006.
 Class symbol | |
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| Development | |
|---|---|
| Designer | Bruce Farr |
| Location | New Zealand |
| Year | 1994 |
| Design | Farr Yacht Design |
| Boat | |
| Crew | 4 minimum 400kg max |
| Displacement | 1,240 kg (2,730 lb) |
| Hull | |
| Type | Keelboat |
| LOH | 7.51 m |
| Beam | 2.56 m |
| Sails | |
| Mainsail area | 21.2 m2 |
| Spinnaker area | 44.5 m2 |
| Class is a member of World Sailing | |
History
editThe International Platu 25 Class Association was formed as the owners association to support the class and promote racing amongst owners which led to it becoming an ISAF-recognised class. This entitled the class to hold World Championships.
The boat current two builders being Beneteau in France and Extreme Sailing Products near Singapore.[1]
Events
editWorld Championships
edit| Gold | Silver | Bronze | |
|---|---|---|---|
2007 Neustadt
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La Revoltosa (GER) Joachim Hellmich |
Flexi (GER) Niklas Ganssauge |
 Vilagarcia (ESP)Carlos Paz Blanco |
2008 Crete
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Modus Vivendi – 3 Alfa (GRE) Panagiotis Mantis Kostas Karageorgiou Vasilis Portosalte Vaggelis Kappas Stavros Argyros |
Flexi (GER) Niklas Ganssauge Sven Kruse Bernhard Krüger Sonja Krabbe Thomas Kruse |
Bribon (ESP) Marc De Antonio Javi Jaudenes Matias Bonet Sofia Bertrand Lluis Mas |
2009 Punta Ala91 Boats |
Vilagarcia (ESP) Antón Paz |
Modus Vivendi – 3 Alfa (GRE) Panagiotis Mantis |
Bribon – Movistar (ESP) Jose Cusì |
| 2010 Alicante 66 Boats |
Modus Vivendi – 3 Alfa (GRE) Panagiotis Mantis Pavlos Kagialis Vaggelis Kappas Andreas Paleras Kostas Karageorgiou |
Carpantxo (ESP) J. Pintos F. Sanchez R.Alvarez J. Figueria B. Coira |
Iberdola (ESP) M. Weiller F. Pomar M. Bonet P. Balaguer F. Gallastegui |
2011 Gmunden46 Boats |
EUZ II Monella Vagabonda (ITA) Sandro Montefusco Markus Sigrist Corrado Capece Minutolo Francesco Lanera Elisabetta Picca Lukas Gerig |
Mundo Marino (ESP) Francisco Sánchez Ferrer Roman Illan Garcia Jesús De Arias Far Marina Sánchez Cristina Femenía Alvaro De Haro |
Falkone (GER) Cornelius Heeschen Falko Knabe Ole Von Studnitz Thorben Nowak Frank Wegener |
| 2012 Rosignano 50 Boat |
EUZ II Monella Vagabonda (ITA) Sandro Montefusco Paolo Montefusco Corrado Capece Minutolo Francesco Lanera Andrea Quartulli |
Vilagarcia (ESP) Carlos Paz Antón Paz Juan Deben Joaquin Cores Abuin Bernardo Paz Docampo |
Five for Fighting 3 (ITA) Alberto La Tegola Tommaso De Bellis Vitti Diego Romero Mario Di Rienzo Mario Rinaldi |
| 2013 Portosín 22 Boat |
 Credite EGS (POR)Afonso Domingos Gil Conde Nuno Barreto Filipe Matias Pedro Patricio |
EUZ II Monella Vagabonda (ITA) Sandro Montefusco |
E para comer Lugo (ESP) Gonzalo Araújo |
2014 Antibes35 Boat |
EUZ II Monella Vagabonda (ITA) Francesco Lanera Sandro Montefusco Paolo Montefusco Lorenzo de Felice Michele Valenti |
Five for Fighting 3 (ITA) Tommaso De Bellis Vitti Nikolaos Mascoli Michele Regolo Gabriele Gorgoni Giulio Desiderato |
 Superbüsi (SUI)Mathias Bermejo David Erismann Marcus Rindlisbacher Roland Kunz Nicolas Duchoud |
| 2015 Piraeus
|
Championships cancelled | ||
2016  Brunnen27 Boat |
Falkone (SUI) Eric Monnin Andreas Widmer Julien Falxa Clement Salzes Mathieu Renault |
Superbüsi (SUI) Mathias Bermejo |
Five for Fighting 3 (ITA) Tommaso De Bellis Vitti |
| 2017 Mondello 35 Boat |
EUZ II Taverna Degli Amici (ITA) Francesco Lanera |
Five For Fighting 3 (ITA) Tommaso De Bellis Vitti |
Brera Hotels (ITA) Alberto Wolleb |
2018  Riga37 Boats [2] |
EUZ II Taverna Degli Amici (ITA) Sandro Montefusco Francesco Lanera Paolo Montefusco Paolo Bucciarelli Roberto Santomanco |
 Easy Tiger (AUS)Chris Way Tommy Spithill Steve McConaghy Murray Gordon Rachel Bower |
 Penelope (EST)Mati Sepp Karl Kolk Janno Hool A. Kodar R. Elnionis |
| 2019 Faro
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Championships cancelled | ||
2020 Nida
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Championships postponed due to Covid-19 | ||
| 2021 Nida 32 boats[3] |
Penelope Mati Sepp Janno Hool Ago Rebane Karl Kolk Rufus Rytovaara |
EUZ II VILLA SCHINOSA Francesco Lanera Corrado Capace Minutolo Paolo Montefusco Roberto Santomanco Valerio Galati |
White Whale Raimondas Šiugždinis Klaudio Kliučinskas Vaiva Anskaitienė Rimantas Vilkas Julius Maseiva |
References
edit- ^ McArthur, Bruce (2022). "Beneteau". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 30 September 2020. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20180829162632/http://platuworlds2018.com/index.php/Notice-Board
- ^ https://lt.regattas.eu/platuworlds2021