South Coast 25 Buyer's Guide
The South Coast 25 makes a compact, kit-or-finished coastal cruiser-racer for the shopper who values a small active class over a high-volume production boat. With 100 built from 1969 and the design now out of production, the boat is scarce but backed by the South Coast Seacraft Owners' Association, which runs racing for the fleet.
Layouts on the Used Market
Used South Coast 25s divide into two origin paths: factory-complete boats and amateur kit completions estimated at 50 to 60 hours of work anchor. Both share the same footprint — 25 feet overall, 20.5-foot waterline, 7.5-foot beam, fin keel and tiller-steered spade rudder. Below, the standard layout gives five berths: a bow double V-berth, a port-side dinette that drops to a double, and a starboard quarter berth, with an enclosed head aft of the bow cabin to port and a starboard galley with icebox and sink just aft of the bow. A small ice box in the lazarette adds storage. A kit-built example may show nonstandard joinery or systems, so layout integrity is a key check.
Equipment and Common Upgrades
Solar power is commonly fitted on used South Coast 25s, a sensible match for a boat with an icebox-and-sink galley and modest house loads. Beyond that, no other upgrade tiers are noted as worth naming; buyers should evaluate each boat on its own canvas, navigation, and sail-handling state rather than expect a standard refit profile.
What to Inspect
The central used-market question is completion quality. Because the boat was sold as a kit for amateur finishing in an estimated 50 to 60 hours, hulls vary in structural and systems execution anchor. Inspect the solid fiberglass hull and wooden trim for kit-stage gaps, and confirm the self-bailing cockpit drains correctly. Verify the galley icebox and sink, the lazarette ice box, and the enclosed head are intact.
Availability and Buyer's Takeaway
The typical market for the South Coast 25 is Australia. For a shopper there, the boat is a low-production class with club racing support.
- Confirm factory-finished vs kit-completed status
- Check cockpit self-bailing and hull-to-deck joint
- Verify berth, galley, head, and ice-box configuration
- Join the South Coast Seacraft Owners' Association for fleet access
Price & volume trends
Monthly asking-price and listing-volume trends for the South Coast 25. The line shows the median ask each month; the bars show how many listings appeared.
Monthly breakdown · 1 row
| Month | Listings | Median ask | Δ vs. last mo. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 26 | 1 | $12,671 | — |
Where they're listed
South Coast 25 listings appear across 1 country. Australia has the most listings with 1.
Country view
1 listings · 1 country| Country | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | $12,671 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
Comparable models
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Similar boats to compare
2 similar designs| Model | LOA | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cape Dory 25 | 24.83' | $ 9,500 | 30 | 8 |
| South Coast 25You are here | — | $ 12,671 | 1 | 0 |