Wing 25 Buyer's Guide
Shopping the used Wing 25 means weighing a 1963-origin, multi-yard fibreglass cruiser against the realities of a boat drawn by Colin Mudie and Ericus Gerhardus van de Stadt as a steady, load-tolerant small sailboat. The long-keel hull and masthead rig define the ownership experience, and the brokerage examples found in the United Kingdom and Denmark tend to reflect that conservative brief rather than modern race-derived expectations.
Layouts on the Used Market
The available documentation records no interior plan, berth count, or cabin configuration for the Wing 25, so used buyers should treat layout as a per-boat variable rather than a class standard. What is established is the external and structural envelope: a 25-foot solid-fibreglass monohull with an 8-foot beam, a long keel, and a masthead rig. The ultra-heavy cruiser categorization and the 516 lbs-per-inch immersion rate mean that any layout sits within a hull budget skewed to structure and stability. Expect individual variation in how previous owners arranged the finite volume.
Equipment and Common Upgrades
On the used market, a chartplotter is commonly fitted to Wing 25 examples, while radar and autopilot are often seen. Heating, a furling main, a freezer, a bimini, and a short-handed setup appear as less common owner upgrades rather than standard equipment. The boat's documented rig — jib and genoa sheets of 7.6 m at 10 mm, mainsheet of 19.1 m at 10 mm, spinnaker sheet of 16.8 m at 10 mm — describes the original lead geometry that later owners may have modified through short-handed or furling conversions.
What to Inspect
The authoritative material for the Wing 25 documents no recurring structural defects, osmotic conditions, rigging failure modes, or flooding paths, and no documented known issues appear in the source record. Inspection should therefore follow normal fibreglass and long-keel practice for a boat of this age and construction rather than a class-specific defect list. The wetted surface of about 15 m2 (161 ft2) is a useful figure when assessing antifouling and keel-hull junction condition, and the immersion rate of about 92 kg/cm (516 lbs/inch) should be borne in mind when evaluating added tankage, ballast integrity, and any owner-fitted heating or freezer weight.
Availability and Buyer's Takeaway
Wing 25 boats on the used market are typically found in the United Kingdom and Denmark. For a shopper, the takeaway is a short checklist: confirm the hull is solid fibreglass with intact long-keel joint; verify masthead rig sheet lengths and diameters against the documented 10 mm standard; check load-dependent draft tolerance given the 3.58–3.88 ft range; and assess any owner upgrades — heating, furling main, bimini, short-handed setup — as individual variations rather than factory options. The boat rewards the buyer who values comfort ratio and capsize screening over speed.
Price & volume trends
Monthly asking-price and listing-volume trends for the Wing 25. The line shows the median ask each month; the bars show how many listings appeared.
Monthly breakdown · 6 rows
| Month | Listings | Median ask | Δ vs. last mo. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25 | 1 | $ 540 | — |
| Nov 25 | 1 | $ 6,474 | +1098.9% |
| Jan 26 | 2 | $ 5,467 | -15.6% |
| Apr 26 | 4 | $ 6,474 | +18.4% |
| May 26 | 1 | $ 5,395 | -16.7% |
| Jul 26 | 1 | $ 6,070 | +12.5% |
Where they're listed
Wing 25 listings appear across 2 countries. United Kingdom has the most listings with 8 (80.0%), followed by Denmark.
Country view
10 listings · 2 countries| Country | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | $ 5,732 | 8 | 2 | 80.0% |
| Denmark | $ 6,888 | 2 | 0 | 20.0% |