At Four Winns, we do a lot of homework and spend a lot of time researching boaters' needs. Sounds tough. But, in boating, research can be fun. It means we take our products on the water; use them ourselves, a lot. That's a start, because we see what works and what doesn't in real terms.

We talk to other boaters, Four Winns owners and owners of other brands as well. We want to understand what boaters want and what they truly value in their boats' features. That's why Four Winns leads the industry with so many advanced and innovative features.

At Four Winns, we do a lot of homework and spend a lot of time researching boaters' needs. Sounds tough. But, in boating, research can be fun. It means we take our products on the water; use them ourselves, a lot. That's a start, because we see what works and what doesn't in real terms.

We talk to other boaters, Four Winns owners and owners of other brands as well. We want to understand what boaters want and what they truly value in their boats' features. That's why Four Winns leads the industry with so many advanced and innovative features.

Top speed seems a little low with twin 5.0's doesn't it? Does anyone know which company all the good Four Winns designers are at now?

I think think I said months ago that if you look up ugly in Websters it says see V305. The Venture on the other hand is a great concept.

The large windows and cockpit galley have been popular on european cruisers for at least 10 years. Just takes US builders about that long to catch up, or for US buyers' tastes to accept the idea's.