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2001 460 Sundancer
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Twin Cummins 6CTA8
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Yes - That is quite nice. Everything is going outboards, makes sense. Frees up tons of space. Maybe I will ask Santa for one this year . . lol
 
I can understand the interest in outboard especially in salt water With bigger boat how do the handle during docking
 
Yes - That is quite nice. Everything is going outboards, makes sense. Frees up tons of space. Maybe I will ask Santa for one this year . . lol

I am not completely sold on outboards for a couple of reasons: 1) As mentioned before docking - we are moving the props back as far as possible. I know this can be overcome with electronics and thrusters but it only adds more complexity, maintenance and potential points of failure and lot more cost. 2) It makes boarding and unboarding at the dock less convenient, 3) where exact am I supposed to put the dinghy? and 4) I love hanging on my swim platform especially when rafted up - this config negates all of the above. I think Sea Ray had some good ideas with the Venture to mitigate some of these issues. For the time being I will save them for the day boats and center consoles.

-Kevin
 
Nice layout for a boat that size, and nice not having to work on motors in the bilge, but those 3 motors look thirsty.
 
I miss the Westmarine catalog.
I kinda like it online: All those hard copy cataogs would drive my wife crazy sitting on the side of the couch!
 
Nice layout for a boat that size, and nice not having to work on motors in the bilge, but those 3 motors look thirsty.
I’m betting they are really thirsty. I would like it in a twin Yamaha 425 option, I would assume that is slightly less thirsty with a lower top end speed. I don’t need to do 50mph in a
Cruiser.
Betting docking is a breeze if you get the joystick, it’s easy for sure with a bow thruster, and only slightly harder than v-drives.
I too would miss the platform, but I would mitigate that with one of those floats you roll up.
 
Nice layout for a boat that size, and nice not having to work on motors in the bilge, but those 3 motors look thirsty.
At least you can generally retrieve a screw or wrench when you drop it in the bilge. There is no net working on an outboard.

I agree with KevinC's observations. Save the outboards for day boats. They are not really functional on a cruiser.
 
I am not completely sold on outboards for a couple of reasons: 1) As mentioned before docking - we are moving the props back as far as possible. I know this can be overcome with electronics and thrusters but it only adds more complexity, maintenance and potential points of failure and lot more cost. 2) It makes boarding and unboarding at the dock less convenient, 3) where exact am I supposed to put the dinghy? and 4) I love hanging on my swim platform especially when rafted up - this config negates all of the above. I think Sea Ray had some good ideas with the Venture to mitigate some of these issues. For the time being I will save them for the day boats and center consoles.

-Kevin
Boarding is going to be harder, no doubt, but even with the engines trimmed all the way up, you still have a path to enter. They show it in the video. Huge being able to get the engines out of the water. Makes it possible to flush the engines after each days use, even if you are on a long trip.

True, hard to store a dinghy on this boat, but, you can drive it right up to the beach with the outboards, so do you really need a dinghy??
I like the venture too. Love the way they hid the engines, preserved the platform, and only had two, but I don’t like the fact they had to put a custom cowl (sp?) on them to feed air to the engines.
 
At least you can generally retrieve a screw or wrench when you drop it in the bilge. There is no net working on an outboard.

I agree with KevinC's observations. Save the outboards for day boats. They are not really functional on a cruiser.
That’s the point, you don’t need to work on them! (I’m exaggerating of course). Way less maintenance. I owned a Yamaha 200, 1 planned visit per year, 14 years, never had an issue where I couldn’t go boating or had to work on them while on the water. i know someone who owns a Regal XO 32 and he couldn’t wait to get out of his Regal with inboards. It’s just the nature of inboards. For the gas versions, they are designed for cars, then retrofitted for marine use. These outboards are
Designed from the ground up to be used in salt water.
 
I just moved across town last week. The house we moved out of...we're putting on the market, is <1 mile down the road past Defender. I drove by it at least twice every day for the past 10+ years.

Now I'm down in Mago Point...under the Niantic River Bridge.
 
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At least you can generally retrieve a screw or wrench when you drop it in the bilge. There is no net working on an outboard.

I agree with KevinC's observations. Save the outboards for day boats. They are not really functional on a cruiser.

I’m betting that with the Yamahas you probably won’t be needing to get near them too much with tools while the boat is in the water.....
 
Still love my 2000 340DA after all these years--picture below was taken in Melanie Cove, Desolation Sound, BC. A mile to the gallon but oh what fun
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