The Buccaneer 250 is an American trailerable

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, that was designed by

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and first built in 1978. The design is out of production.

Production

The boat was built by Buccaneer Yachts/ US Yachts, a division of Bayliner, which is itself a division of the

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, which is in turn owned by the

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. The design was later developed into the US Yachts US 25 and the Triton 25.

Design

The Buccaneer 250 is a small recreational

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, built predominantly of

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, with wood trim. It has a

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rig, a spade-type rudder, a conventional fin keel giving a draft of or, optionally, a shoal-draft keel, giving a draft of . It displaces , carries of ballast and has a

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of . The Buccaneer 250 has a

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racing average handicap of 219 with a high of 216 and low of 225.

Variants

;Buccaneer 250 :Version with an outboard motor, displacement of and a

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of . ;Buccaneer 255 :Version with an inboard motor, displacement of and a length overall of .

References

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Production

Design

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