Franklin 925
The Yachtman's Launch!
The Franklin 925 is the culmination of Bruce Askew’s design skills and our many years of experience as quality boat builders for our international clients.
The 925 is a good looking boat that will appeal to a wide range of people that want a sound, practical launch that offers high levels of comfort, excellent sea handling and great performance.
The Sedan has ample room for 4 people in unashamed comfort and plenty of space for all their gear inside, while the cockpit is an ideal size for entertaining, or for fishing or diving from. Whether you are commuting, fishing or simply relaxing, the 925 offers outstanding sea-going properties in a stylish, practical and well-equipped package.
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Construction and finish
The 925 has been designed and built to withstand rugged sea conditions.High Modulus of Auckland New Zealand specified the construction, calling upon their years of experience to develop a lightweight yet strong structure, precisely engineered to make light of heavy weather.
The interior structure is a composite of E glass laminated to marine ply producing a light stiff boat that achieves high strength and performance for its weight. Extensive use of carbon fibre in the under-hull running gear and boarding platform combines strength with weight saving, while the full-length keel is produced in a separate moulding and fastened in a traditional manner to the hull.
The exterior finish of the 925 is polyester gelcoat, with a standard hull and deck colour of white. The boot top, antifouling and nonskid deck surface colours can be chosen by you from a standard range.
The interior
With generous windows, the interior is light and airy with outstanding visibility from the helm station. Both forward side windows are sliding; the central windscreen also opens - ideal for communication to the foredeck.The interior finish of satin polyurethane is complemented with gloss finished; American Fleck Maple trimmed with Teak features throughout... and you can choose your upholstery and carpet colours from a range of stylish and durable fabrics and marine floor coverings.
The galley features a gimbaled two-burner stove with oven and grill together with an 85-litre capacity refrigerator, cavernous galley storage and a hot and cold water pressured system.
There is an enclosed head, incorporating a shower, vanity basin, mirror-fronted cabinet and a solar powered vent... and the quickly-heated water cylinder ensures plenty of hot water is always on tap.
Access to the head is from the cockpit, ideal for keeping salt and sand from the interior.
Cabin deck and cockpit features
The Franklin 925 is a true walk around, and the optional full-size stainless steel bow rail offers you total security from cockpit to foredeck.Extensive use of marine-grade stainless steel for the trim capping, toerails, and handrails create a winning combination of good looks and trouble-free maintenance, while the cockpit floor, finished in Marine Deck (a compressed cork product) offers a tough, durable, surface with excellent grip and texture.
The cockpit layout features plenty of storage for fenders, lines, rods and boat hooks.
A boat apart from all others
The Franklin 925 has extremely good specifications, featuring quality equipment and fittings throughout.This dedication to quality, combined with the years of experience that Franklin's has in building offshore racing and cruising yachts, means you can be assured your 925 will be superior in every way to any production counterpart.
Performance
The boat is to be powered by a single 240-hp Yanmar 4 LHA STP inboard diesel coupled through a Twindisc box in V-drive configuration giving the following performance.| RPM | KNOTS | MPH | DBA |
| Idle | 4.8 | 5.5 | 60 |
| 1500 | 8.6 | 9.9 | 70 |
| 2100 | 13.9 | 15.9 | 75 |
| 2300 | 15.4 | 17.7 | 77 |
| 2500 | 17.2 | 19.7 | 80 |
| 2700 | 19.4 | 22.3 | 82 |
| 2900 | 21.2 | 24.3 | 85 |
| 3100 | 23.2 | 26.6 | 86 |
| 3300 | 25.3 | 29.0 | 88.5 |
The above speeds were measured by GPS in Queen Charlotte Sound, Marlborough Sounds New Zealand.
Fuel consumption. Run over an hour, with an average of 2,500 RPM, the Franklin 925 returned 18 litres per hour.
Speed and fuel consumption tests were conducted with half fuel, half water and three people on board, in smooth water and a 15 knot Southerly.
The Franklin 925 standard equipment specifications
