The Tanzer 25 is a Canadian trailerable

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, that was designed by the French company of Joubert-Nivelt and first built in 1986. The design is out of production.Henkel, Steve: ''The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats'', page 370.

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, 2010.

Production

Production of the boat was commenced in 1986 by

Tanzer Industries Tanzer Industries Limited was a Canadian boat manufacturer based in Dorion, Quebec. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of fibreglass sailboats. History The company was founded by Johann Tanzer in 1966 and went bankrupt in M ...

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. The company entered bankruptcy in May of that same year and production ended. The design then passed to a series of builders, including Canadian Yacht Builders, Challenger Yachts and Mirage Yachts.

Design

The Tanzer 25 is a small recreational

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, built predominantly of

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, with wood trim. It has a fractional sloop rig, a transom-hung

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and a fixed fin

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or optionally, a shoal-draft keel. It displaces and carries of ballast. The boat was built with a standard keel that gives a draft of . A shoal-draft keel with a draft of , was a factory option. The boat is normally fitted with a small

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for docking and maneuvering. The design has sleeping accommodation for four people, with a double

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in the bow cabin and an aft cabin with a double berth on the port side. The

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is located on the port side just forward of the

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ladder. The galley is equipped with a two-burner stove and a sink. A navigation station is opposite the galley, on the starboard side. The

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is located just aft of the companionway on the starboard side. Cabin headroom is . The boat has a

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racing average handicap of 180 with a high of 174 and low of 189. It has a

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of .

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