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
Development
DesignerBruce Farr
LocationNew Zealand
Year1994
DesignFarr Yacht Design
Boat
Crew4 minimum
400kg max
Displacement1,240 kg (2,730 lb)
Hull
TypeKeelboat
LOH7.51 m
Beam2.56 m
Sails
Mainsail area21.2 m2
Spinnaker area44.5 m2
Class is a member of World Sailing
2021 Platu 25 World Championship
2021 Platu 25 World Championship
2021 Platu 25 World Championship

History

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The 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

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World Championships

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Gold Silver Bronze
2007
  Neustadt
  La Revoltosa (GER)
Joachim Hellmich
  Flexi (GER)
Niklas Ganssauge
  Vilagarcia (ESP)
Carlos Paz Blanco
2008
  Crete
  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 Ala
91 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
  Gmunden
46 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
  Antibes
35 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
  Brunnen
27 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
  Riga
37 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
Championships cancelled
2020
  Nida
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

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  1. ^ McArthur, Bruce (2022). "Beneteau". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 30 September 2020. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
  2. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20180829162632/http://platuworlds2018.com/index.php/Notice-Board
  3. ^ https://lt.regattas.eu/platuworlds2021
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Official

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Manufactures

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