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Venture 25

Fractional Sloop · Swing Keel · 1974–1979

A 7.6-metre swing-keel trailer-sailer with a narrow 2.41-metre beam designed for easy launching and shoal-water access

Designed by Roger Macgregor, built by Macgregor Yachts Corp.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Swing Keel

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Character

Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.

TrailerableBeam 2.41 m — inside the 2.55 m no-permit tow width across most of Europe, and the 2.59 m US and Canadian limit. About 1,043 kg of hull, so roughly 1,650 kg on a trailer: check that against your own towing rating.Ramp-launchableAbout 1,043 kg of hull, with a keel that raises or a draft shallow enough to float off a trailer — she can go back on the trailer at the ramp, not only into the water.Shoal draftDraws 0.46 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.
LivelySea-kindly

Her light displacement on a moderate beam gives 10 — a quick, lively motion that feels every wave.

Comfort ratio 10
CoastalBluewater

At 2.40 she sits above the 2.0 line — beamy for her weight, and happiest coastal.

Capsize screening 2.40
LightHeavy

84 — light for her waterline, so she is easily driven and quick to accelerate.

Displacement / length 84
EasygoingPowered-up

21.9 — plenty of sail for her weight; lively and quick to respond.

Sail area / displacement 21.9
TenderStiff

26% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.

Ballast 26%

Light and lively — happiest day-sailing and coastal-hopping in settled weather.

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
26.1%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Fractional Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
21.9
Displacement / length
84.4
Comfort ratio
9.6
Capsize screening
2.40
Hull speed
6.4 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
651
Hull
Hull type
Swing Keel
Construction
Fiberglass
Ballast type
Iron
Production
Years built
1974–1979
Designer
Roger Macgregor
Builder
Macgregor Yachts Corp

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