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Development | |
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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 | |
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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.
History
The International Platu 25 Class Association was formed as the owners association to support the class and promote racing amongst owners which led to the class becoming an ISAF recognised. 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
World Championships
Gold | Silver | Bronze | |
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2007![]() |
![]() Joachim Hellmich |
![]() Niklas Ganssauge |
![]() Carlos Paz Blanco |
2008![]() |
![]() Panagiotis Mantis Kostas Karageorgiou Vasilis Portosalte Vaggelis Kappas Stavros Argyros |
![]() Niklas Ganssauge Sven Kruse Bernhard Krüger Sonja Krabbe Thomas Kruse |
![]() Marc De Antonio Javi Jaudenes Matias Bonet Sofia Bertrand Lluis Mas |
2009![]() 91 Boats |
![]() Antón Paz |
![]() Panagiotis Mantis |
![]() Jose Cusì |
2010![]() 66 Boats |
![]() Panagiotis Mantis Pavlos Kagialis Vaggelis Kappas Andreas Paleras Kostas Karageorgiou |
![]() J. Pintos F. Sanchez R.Alvarez J. Figueria B. Coira |
![]() M. Weiller F. Pomar M. Bonet P. Balaguer F. Gallastegui |
2011![]() 46 Boats |
![]() Sandro Montefusco Markus Sigrist Corrado Capece Minutolo Francesco Lanera Elisabetta Picca Lukas Gerig |
![]() Francisco Sánchez Ferrer Roman Illan Garcia Jesús De Arias Far Marina Sánchez Cristina Femenía Alvaro De Haro |
![]() Cornelius Heeschen Falko Knabe Ole Von Studnitz Thorben Nowak Frank Wegener |
2012![]() 50 Boat |
![]() Sandro Montefusco Paolo Montefusco Corrado Capece Minutolo Francesco Lanera Andrea Quartulli |
![]() Carlos Paz Antón Paz Juan Deben Joaquin Cores Abuin Bernardo Paz Docampo |
![]() Alberto La Tegola Tommaso De Bellis Vitti Diego Romero Mario Di Rienzo Mario Rinaldi |
2013![]() 22 Boat |
![]() Afonso Domingos Gil Conde Nuno Barreto Filipe Matias Pedro Patricio |
![]() Sandro Montefusco |
![]() Gonzalo Araújo |
2014![]() 35 Boat |
![]() Francesco Lanera Sandro Montefusco Paolo Montefusco Lorenzo de Felice Michele Valenti |
![]() Tommaso De Bellis Vitti Nikolaos Mascoli Michele Regolo Gabriele Gorgoni Giulio Desiderato |
![]() Mathias Bermejo David Erismann Marcus Rindlisbacher Roland Kunz Nicolas Duchoud |
2015![]() |
Championships cancelled | ||
2016 ![]() 27 Boat |
![]() Eric Monnin Andreas Widmer Julien Falxa Clement Salzes Mathieu Renault |
![]() Mathias Bermejo |
![]() Tommaso De Bellis Vitti |
2017 ![]() 35 Boat |
![]() Francesco Lanera |
![]() Tommaso De Bellis Vitti |
![]() Alberto Wolleb |
2018 ![]() 37 Boats [2] |
![]() Sandro Montefusco Francesco Lanera Paolo Montefusco Paolo Bucciarelli Roberto Santomanco |
![]() Chris Way Tommy Spithill Steve McConaghy Murray Gordon Rachel Bower |
![]() Mati Sepp Karl Kolk Janno Hool A. Kodar R. Elnionis |
2019![]() |
Championships cancelled | ||
2020![]() |
Championships postponed due to Covid-19 | ||
2021![]() 32 boats[3] |
![]() Mati Sepp Janno Hool Ago Rebane Karl Kolk Rufus Rytovaara |
![]() Francesco Lanera Corrado Capace Minutolo Paolo Montefusco Roberto Santomanco Valerio Galati |
![]() Raimondas Šiugždinis Klaudio Kliučinskas Vaiva Anskaitienė Rimantas Vilkas Julius Maseiva |
References
- ^ 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