25'
Tempest
Aggresive Acceleration and Superb Handling - meet the Tempest.
The 25' Tempest has broken the mold with styling and originality, with its deep V bottom design and state of the art hull technology. The 25' Tempest's revolutionary keel step bottom will deliver awesome acceleration and high top end speed. You will be amazed at the smooth and responsive handling delivered by such a deep V design -- The feeling is like gliding on air. It's your choice of either closed bow or open bow, both providing you with a spacious cockpit and roomy cuddy area. Step into the future. Finally a boat made to go just about anywhere.
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Specs
- Centerline Length 25' 7"
- Centerline Length w/ trailer28' 6"
- Beam100"
- Cockpit Length115"
- Cockpit Width85"'
- Draft27"
- Freeboard33"
- Entry46°
- Deadrise24°
- Fuel Capacity95 gal.
- Weight4,400 lbs
- Weight w/ trailer5,500 lbs
Features
- CD Stereo
- Bimini Top
- Dual Batteries
- Tilt Steering
- Interior Lights
- Pop Up Cleats
- Pop Up Bow Light
- In Floor Ice Chest
- In Floor Locker
- Electronic Sundeck
- Electronic Fuel Switch
- Cup Holders
- Powdered Coated Bezels
- Contour Bow Seat
- Rear Trim Switch
- Tandem Trailer
- 3 Piece Swim Step
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Review
Essex targets the upscale family performance market with its new 25-footer
The past few years, Essex Performance Boats has done an admirable job of creating a well-defined and rather enviable niche for itself in the custom family-sport-boat-market. Essex ownership and management will never be accused of having a herd mentality. From the beginning, their model line has been characterized by distinctive and elegant styling with excellent quality and first-rate dynamite performance.
In keeping with that tradition, Essex had taken dead aim at the heart of the upscale family performance-sport-boat market with the introduction of its new 25 Tempest, a roomy, comfortable and well-proportioned deep-vee available in both closed-deck and open-bow/cuddy models in the Essex line, the 25 Tempest incorporates a unique double keel-step hull configuration, not to be confused with the full chine-to-chine step-bottoms that have become so plentiful in the high-performance marketplace.
"We opted to take a different approach with our bottom design," said Essex owner Ron Sanchez. "Although step-vee technology has improved top speeds on boats, its not without trade-offs at cruise speed and turning. What we've done is to step the aft keel portion of our boats, but leave the outer chine running surfaces like a conventional vee. What this gives us is extra lift for more speed without sacrificing cruise-speed stability or cornering control."