The Walton 25 is a recreational keelboat first built in 1961. It was sold under a number of names, including Continental Folkboat, Whitby 25 Folkboat, Great Lakes Folkboat as well as Walton 25.Henkel, Steve: The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats, page 374. International Marine/McGraw-Hill, 2010. It was built by Whitby Boat Works in Canada, starting in 1961. It is now out of production.
The boat is a development of Tord Sundén's International Folkboat design. The fiberglass hull has a spooned raked stem, a sharply angled transom, a transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed long keel. The boat has a draft of with the standard keel. The design has a hull speed of .
The boat is fitted with a small inboard engine of for docking and maneuvering.
The design has sleeping accommodation for four people, with a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin and two straight settee berths in the main cabin. The galley is located on both sides of the companionway ladder, with a single-burner stove to starboard and sink to port. The head is located just aft of the bow cabin on the starboard side. Cabin headroom is . In a 2010 review Steve Henkel wrote, "Her doghouse cabin gives good headroom for a 25-footer. [...] Low coach roof and narrow beam give the cabin a closed-in feeling."
It has a masthead sloop rig.
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