Folkboat Whitby 25 Sailboats for Sale

Hull Type

Monohull · long

Rig

Masthead Sloop

LOA

25.25' · 7.7 m

Disp.

5,500 lbs · 2,495 kg

First year

1961

The Whitby 25, introduced in 1961, occupies a significant place in North American maritime history as the first fiberglass vessel produced by Kurt and Doris Hansen’s Whitby Boat Works in Ontario, Canada. Before the legendary Alberg 30 and Alberg 37 solidified the yard's reputation as a premier builder of bluewater cruisers, the Whitby 25 served as the proving ground for the builder's transition from wooden dinghies to robust, handlaid fiberglass keelboats. While some historical registries associate its design with the Dutchbuilt Contest 25, the vessel is most widely recognized and marketed as a direct fiberglass derivative of Tord Sundén's iconic Nordic Folkboat design. Known variously over its production run as the Continental Folkboat, the Great Lakes Folkboat, and the Walton 25—the latter distributed in the United States by George Walton Yachts of Annapolis—this 25foot sloop brought the legendary seaworthiness of the Scandinavian Folkboat to North American sailors with the added lowmaintenance benefits of early fiberglass construction.