I'm looking for a general opinion on the 80-85 Capri 25, mostly performance wise. There is one for sale in my area I may possibly buy.
I went to look at it because it was primarily used as a Beer Can racer its entire life. Always dry sailed, never bottom painted. It has a lifting bracket bolted to the two aft keel bolts, so with the rig up it is a perfectly balanced lift point.
Anyway, for a 1982 its in good condition. Since it was always dry sailed there is no osmotic blistering, the fin keel joint has no issues, not a lick of corrosion on the keel bolts, etc. The gelcoat is original, has some minor scratches but nothing serious and no crazing I could find on the exterior hull... heavily oxidized as expected but it could potentially look beautiful after a healthy wet sand and buff. There is some outdated deck hardware that could use an update, but it all appears functional. Mast, boom, and standing rigging are in good condition for the age. Only thing that really needs replacement is running rigging.
Anyway, enough about my survey... just looking for some numbers. 'I wanna go fast' isn't my only motivation, but I do look at things in terms of performance. I know this boat will be faster than my C-22 and it would be nice to have something competitive to race in the future. What types of cruising speeds and racing speeds (condition dependent of course) could I expect? BTW, the sail inventory is very good, I checked out each sail. Standard main and working jib, plus a 150 genoa and a nice symmetrical Spinnaker. The boat has all the rigging for the chute to include a heavy duty spinnaker pole and brackets on deck. No furling, all hank on.
My expectations for this boat would be local club racing and that kind of small stuff, plus trips to Catalina Island and other excursions north and south to Baja... probably not anything 'offshore'. I know the interior is a bit more cramped than my C-22 because there is no pop-top, but with the wider beam it is roomier in that dimension. The extra cockpit space makes up for that in some ways.
Looking forward to hearing experiences, memories, and performance values. also let me know if there are problems I might want to know about. Thanks!!
I went to look at it because it was primarily used as a Beer Can racer its entire life. Always dry sailed, never bottom painted. It has a lifting bracket bolted to the two aft keel bolts, so with the rig up it is a perfectly balanced lift point.
Anyway, for a 1982 its in good condition. Since it was always dry sailed there is no osmotic blistering, the fin keel joint has no issues, not a lick of corrosion on the keel bolts, etc. The gelcoat is original, has some minor scratches but nothing serious and no crazing I could find on the exterior hull... heavily oxidized as expected but it could potentially look beautiful after a healthy wet sand and buff. There is some outdated deck hardware that could use an update, but it all appears functional. Mast, boom, and standing rigging are in good condition for the age. Only thing that really needs replacement is running rigging.
Anyway, enough about my survey... just looking for some numbers. 'I wanna go fast' isn't my only motivation, but I do look at things in terms of performance. I know this boat will be faster than my C-22 and it would be nice to have something competitive to race in the future. What types of cruising speeds and racing speeds (condition dependent of course) could I expect? BTW, the sail inventory is very good, I checked out each sail. Standard main and working jib, plus a 150 genoa and a nice symmetrical Spinnaker. The boat has all the rigging for the chute to include a heavy duty spinnaker pole and brackets on deck. No furling, all hank on.
My expectations for this boat would be local club racing and that kind of small stuff, plus trips to Catalina Island and other excursions north and south to Baja... probably not anything 'offshore'. I know the interior is a bit more cramped than my C-22 because there is no pop-top, but with the wider beam it is roomier in that dimension. The extra cockpit space makes up for that in some ways.
Looking forward to hearing experiences, memories, and performance values. also let me know if there are problems I might want to know about. Thanks!!
