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I really cant answer this for you, as is often the case a compromise is going to need to be made, but what you willing to compromise can only be decided by you.
The Disco 2 V8 will pull 2.5t but you are going to know you are doing it, stick with an auto, its going to move off the mark easier than a manual will.
Horse power is a funny thing really, i've owned big cars with big motors with 5 litre, 5.2 litre, 5.9 litre, 6.2 litre V8's over the years and i used to think that anything less than 10kg/1kw was a joke. My Disco with all the options comes in at a weighty 16kg/1kw but we travel more kms, more often than we did in any of these other vehicles.
To give you an example we left from Robe one day with no destination planned and headed west, we stopped along the way, went for walks etc but we still managed to drive to Adelaide before turning around and heading back to Robe for a 700km round trip. The Disco for me easy easy to drive for long stretches even with my bad back, i don't know why because on paper it shouldn't be, but it is.
Maybe i got old somewhere along the way but I like my Disco, maybe the handling and big bonnet remind of my old American cars i used to own, without the performance or the fact they are constantly trying to kill you with there drum brakes etc.
The disco is really quite small (shorter than a Commodore or Falcon) but we all fit in fine and can throw the dog in the back, my 2 young girls have called our Disco "Sally" and often make jokes that they sit in Sally's stomach whilst the dog has to sit in Sally's bottom where smelly things go
All i can say is i haven't had any issues towing 2.5t and i would expect the aerodynamics of a boat to better than a caravan.
But at the end of the day, buy what ever your heart says to buy and you will be happy.
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