I had a Venture 25 when it was almost 30 years old and even though they are lightly built it held up very well with no problems. The boat still looked very nice and when I sold it after 10 years of ownership I got almost what I had paid for it. I did trade up. In 2005 I bought a new 26M and I love m...

Shank-ri-la a 2005 26 M with a Mercury 25 bigfoot sails at Big Creek near Des Moines, Iowa