Platu 25

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Platu25 Beneteau25 sailemblem.svg
Class symbol
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Development
Designer Bruce Farr
LocationNew Zealand
Year1994
Design Farr Yacht Design
Boat
Crew4 minimum
400kg max
Displacement 1,240 kg (2,730 lb)
Hull
TypeKeelboat
LOH 7.51 m
Beam 2.56 m
Sails
Mainsail area21.2 m2
Spinnaker area44.5 m2
Class is a member of World Sailing
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2021 Platu 25 World Championship Platu25 2021 @ Nida port by Augustas Didzgalvis.jpg
2021 Platu 25 World Championship
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2021 Platu 25 World Championship
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2021 Platu 25 World Championship

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.

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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

GoldSilverBronze
2007
Flag of Germany.svg Neustadt
Flag of Germany.svg La Revoltosa (GER)
Joachim Hellmich
Flag of Germany.svg Flexi (GER)
Niklas Ganssauge
Flag of Spain.svg Vilagarcia (ESP)
Carlos Paz Blanco
2008
Flag of Greece.svg Crete
Flag of Greece.svg Modus Vivendi – 3 Alfa (GRE)
Panagiotis Mantis
Kostas Karageorgiou
Vasilis Portosalte
Vaggelis Kappas
Stavros Argyros
Flag of Germany.svg Flexi (GER)
Niklas Ganssauge
Sven Kruse
Bernhard Krüger
Sonja Krabbe
Thomas Kruse
Flag of Spain.svg Bribon (ESP)
Marc De Antonio
Javi Jaudenes
Matias Bonet
Sofia Bertrand
Lluis Mas
2009
Flag of Italy.svg Punta Ala
91 Boats
Flag of Spain.svg Vilagarcia (ESP)
Antón Paz
Flag of Greece.svg Modus Vivendi – 3 Alfa (GRE)
Panagiotis Mantis
Flag of Spain.svg Bribon – Movistar (ESP)
Jose Cusì
2010
Flag of Spain.svg Alicante
66 Boats
Flag of Greece.svg Modus Vivendi – 3 Alfa (GRE)
Panagiotis Mantis
Pavlos Kagialis
Vaggelis Kappas
Andreas Paleras
Kostas Karageorgiou
Flag of Spain.svg Carpantxo (ESP)
J. Pintos
F. Sanchez
R.Alvarez
J. Figueria
B. Coira
Flag of Spain.svg Iberdola (ESP)
M. Weiller
F. Pomar
M. Bonet
P. Balaguer
F. Gallastegui
2011
Flag of Austria.svg Gmunden
46 Boats
Flag of Italy.svg EUZ II Monella Vagabonda (ITA)
Sandro Montefusco
Markus Sigrist
Corrado Capece Minutolo
Francesco Lanera
Elisabetta Picca
Lukas Gerig
Flag of Spain.svg Mundo Marino (ESP)
Francisco Sánchez Ferrer
Roman Illan Garcia
Jesús De Arias Far
Marina Sánchez
Cristina Femenía
Alvaro De Haro
Flag of Germany.svg Falkone (GER)
Cornelius Heeschen
Falko Knabe
Ole Von Studnitz
Thorben Nowak
Frank Wegener
2012
Flag of Italy.svg Rosignano
50 Boat
Flag of Italy.svg EUZ II Monella Vagabonda (ITA)
Sandro Montefusco
Paolo Montefusco
Corrado Capece Minutolo
Francesco Lanera
Andrea Quartulli
Flag of Spain.svg Vilagarcia (ESP)
Carlos Paz
Antón Paz
Juan Deben
Joaquin Cores Abuin
Bernardo Paz Docampo
Flag of Italy.svg Five for Fighting 3 (ITA)
Alberto La Tegola
Tommaso De Bellis Vitti
Diego Romero
Mario Di Rienzo
Mario Rinaldi
2013
Flag of Spain.svg Portosín
22 Boat
Flag of Portugal.svg Credite EGS (POR)
Afonso Domingos
Gil Conde
Nuno Barreto
Filipe Matias
Pedro Patricio
Flag of Italy.svg EUZ II Monella Vagabonda (ITA)
Sandro Montefusco
Flag of Spain.svg E para comer Lugo (ESP)
Gonzalo Araújo
2014
Flag of France.svg Antibes
35 Boat
Flag of Italy.svg EUZ II Monella Vagabonda (ITA)
Francesco Lanera
Sandro Montefusco
Paolo Montefusco
Lorenzo de Felice
Michele Valenti
Flag of Italy.svg Five for Fighting 3 (ITA)
Tommaso De Bellis Vitti
Nikolaos Mascoli
Michele Regolo
Gabriele Gorgoni
Giulio Desiderato
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Superbüsi (SUI)
Mathias Bermejo
David Erismann
Marcus Rindlisbacher
Roland Kunz
Nicolas Duchoud
2015
Flag of Greece.svg Piraeus
Championships cancelled
2016
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Brunnen
27 Boat
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Falkone (SUI)
Eric Monnin
Andreas Widmer
Julien Falxa
Clement Salzes
Mathieu Renault
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Superbüsi (SUI)
Mathias Bermejo
Flag of Italy.svg Five for Fighting 3 (ITA)
Tommaso De Bellis Vitti
2017
Flag of Italy.svg Mondello
35 Boat
Flag of Italy.svg EUZ II Taverna Degli Amici (ITA)
Francesco Lanera
Flag of Italy.svg Five For Fighting 3 (ITA)
Tommaso De Bellis Vitti
Flag of Italy.svg Brera Hotels (ITA)
Alberto Wolleb
2018
Flag of Latvia.svg Riga
37 Boats [2]
Flag of Italy.svg EUZ II Taverna Degli Amici (ITA)
Sandro Montefusco
Francesco Lanera
Paolo Montefusco
Paolo Bucciarelli
Roberto Santomanco
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Easy Tiger (AUS)
Chris Way
Tommy Spithill
Steve McConaghy
Murray Gordon
Rachel Bower
Flag of Estonia.svg Penelope (EST)
Mati Sepp
Karl Kolk
Janno Hool
A. Kodar
R. Elnionis
2019
Flag of Portugal.svg Faro
Championships cancelled
2020
Flag of Lithuania.svg Nida
Championships postponed due to Covid-19
2021
Flag of Lithuania.svg Nida
32 boats [3]
Flag of Estonia.svg Penelope
Mati Sepp
Janno Hool
Ago Rebane
Karl Kolk
Rufus Rytovaara
Flag of Italy.svg EUZ II VILLA SCHINOSA
Francesco Lanera
Corrado Capace Minutolo
Paolo Montefusco
Roberto Santomanco
Valerio Galati
Flag of Lithuania.svg White Whale
Raimondas Šiugždinis
Klaudio Kliučinskas
Vaiva Anskaitienė
Rimantas Vilkas
Julius Maseiva

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References

  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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