Calling all 360 DA owners

Hello 360 owners.
I have a friend looking at a one owner 03. Fresh water on a trailer with 8.1 370 hp 240 hr ,bow thruster, cherry cabin. Loaded

What are the pros and cons of the 360 that you have found.

Only con I can speak to, is with my full camper canvas, I need to add power when docking with anything more than 10 knots of wind. The 8.1's at idle can't seem to give it enough torque counter a beam wind. BUT add a little juice then no worries.

There's a guy on Facebook in the Sea Ray Owners Club group is putting 5.9 Cummins motors in a 340. Talk about torque!
 
B2F8D1CC-7FF9-4537-AB2E-C11CF13315F3.jpeg
281B5036-F909-4451-B962-54B2C5FD5209.jpeg
More than a little pissed at myself. The current caught me and I clipped a cement piling. I tried to straighten the anchor roller with a come-a-long but worried about ripping it out of the hull. Does anyone know the make of the anchor roller trough or where I can get one?
 
Our Clarion AMP that powers the cockpit speakers and subwoofer bit the dust this week. We had previously updated the speakers and sub to JL Audio and are thinking rather than just replace the AMP we would also upgrade the head unit. Anyone else done this upgrade? We are thinking of going all JL Audio, but Fusion is an option also. We want to add a little more power to the amp, but am worried I would need to pull new power wires to the AMP. I have no idea where the DC distribution panel is to tie in. This will also require replace the remote at the helm and I am going to tie it all into NMEA 2000 so we can run the audio from the MFDs. Any tips or advice from others that might have done this is appreciated.
 
Only con I can speak to, is with my full camper canvas, I need to add power when docking with anything more than 10 knots of wind. The 8.1's at idle can't seem to give it enough torque counter a beam wind. BUT add a little juice then no worries.

There's a guy on Facebook in the Sea Ray Owners Club group is putting 5.9 Cummins motors in a 340. Talk about torque!


There is a reason the engineers at Sea Ray never put the B Series Cummins in 340DA's or 360DA's. Too much torque/vibration for too light an engine bed and the result isn't pretty.
 
Hello from Long Island, NY. I'm new to CSR and in the process of purchasing 2006 360 Sundancer, Blue Hull with full camper canvas and bow thruster. Went through all 66 pages of this thread which helped convince me we are making the right decision.
Survey and sea trial scheduled for Tues and hope to take possession by next weekend. PO changed the manifolds but was told by his mechanic that the risers are SS and don't need to be changed. My surveyor's view is that even the SS risers should be changed and said they have seen corrosion at the welds. I am going to have a full engine survey but was wondering what you guys think. Thanks for any input you can provide.
 
Does anyone else have stained carpet in front for their cabin refrigerator? Ours does and I have seen one other 360 for sale online that appears to have similar stains. The previous owner of our boat gave us different stories on the source of the stain depending if I talked to the husband or wife. One said it was water stains from when the cabin door got left open and the other said it was from a juice bottle that leaked in the refrigerator. I had a coworker that details cars and he tried to remove the stain with every product he had and an $800 steamer with no luck. We are considering replacing the flooring in our cabin, but want to make sure the source of this stain is not an ongoing issue in 360s that we need to address first.
 
I believe the source of the water stain is from condensation that forms on the outside of the fridge/freezer, ending up on the carpet. One solution is to leave the freezer “off” when not in use.
It think it was a common occurrence with the 360.
Go to pg 31, post 602.....more comments there.
 
Last edited:
I believe the source of the water stain is from condensation that forms on the outside of the fridge/freezer, ending up on the carpet. One solution is to leave the freezer “off” when not in use.
It think it was a common occurrence with the 360.
Go to pg 31, post 602.....more comments there.

Ahh, yes I remember that now, thanks. I knew there was a reason I kept the freezer at the warmest setting (still well below freezing). Thanks!
 
Does anyone else have stained carpet in front for their cabin refrigerator? Ours does and I have seen one other 360 for sale online that appears to have similar stains. The previous owner of our boat gave us different stories on the source of the stain depending if I talked to the husband or wife. One said it was water stains from when the cabin door got left open and the other said it was from a juice bottle that leaked in the refrigerator. I had a coworker that details cars and he tried to remove the stain with every product he had and an $800 steamer with no luck. We are considering replacing the flooring in our cabin, but want to make sure the source of this stain is not an ongoing issue in 360s that we need to address first.

Not sure if you tried this cleaner, it is truly amazing, I use it full strength

https://www.amazon.com/Whip-Multi-Purpose-Stain-Remover-Concentrate/dp/B00DKEWA92
 
Thanks, I will take a look. The coworker that tried to get it out has had amazing results on some car carpet stains with whatever he tried, so I am worried it is set in. Unfortunately I think the previous owner tried things like Resolve and I think it just set the stain.
 
Hello from Long Island, NY. I'm new to CSR and in the process of purchasing 2006 360 Sundancer, Blue Hull with full camper canvas and bow thruster. Went through all 66 pages of this thread which helped convince me we are making the right decision.
Survey and sea trial scheduled for Tues and hope to take possession by next weekend. PO changed the manifolds but was told by his mechanic that the risers are SS and don't need to be changed. My surveyor's view is that even the SS risers should be changed and said they have seen corrosion at the welds. I am going to have a full engine survey but was wondering what you guys think. Thanks for any input you can provide.

Yes the stainless risers do not last forever in the extreme environment in which the live (Hot saltwater). A mechanic once told me they tend to get pitting in the inside sleeve near the weld, the saltwater can then leak down into the exhaust manifold and onto the exhaust valves. I swapped mine out this spring and can probably expect about 15 years out of them.

If I recall correctly, there may be a date of manufacture stamped on the tube just above the flange. (For sure there was a date stamped on the replacements.)

Plus I painted a stencil on them, so that I (and any future owner) know when it was changed last.

47370381951_a2cf2bffe0_c.jpg
 
Yes the stainless risers do not last forever in the extreme environment in which the live (Hot saltwater). A mechanic once told me they tend to get pitting in the inside sleeve near the weld, the saltwater can then leak down into the exhaust manifold and onto the exhaust valves. I swapped mine out this spring and can probably expect about 15 years out of them.

If I recall correctly, there may be a date of manufacture stamped on the tube just above the flange. (For sure there was a date stamped on the replacements.)

Plus I painted a stencil on them, so that I (and any future owner) know when it was changed last.

47370381951_a2cf2bffe0_c.jpg

Thanks Dave. My surveyor also mentioned they had seen the SS risers fail from corrosion at the welds. The PO changed the manifolds this year , did new wires and plugs two years ago along with water pumps and hoses. I have my survey tomorrow and also doing an engine survey. Hopefully everything goes well and we'll take possession by the weekend. I'll post the results.

Thanks again
Rob
 
Hi All - Our survey this week went pretty much as expected. The major items were original risers and coolers that will need changing and new batteries. Some other minor issues but negotiated and closed the deal Wednesday and should be able to pick her up middle of next week. Excited and nervous since this will be my first boat with separate throttles and shifters. Already working on a winter project list.

Rob
 
Hi All - Our survey this week went pretty much as expected. The major items were original risers and coolers that will need changing and new batteries. Some other minor issues but negotiated and closed the deal Wednesday and should be able to pick her up middle of next week. Excited and nervous since this will be my first boat with separate throttles and shifters. Already working on a winter project list.

Rob

You will love it, the separate shifters/throttles are great, so much easier
 
@Tripsdad this was also our first boat with separate shifters/throttles. We came from a 30' twin screw boat and find the 360DA MUCH easier to dock. As someone earlier said, only go as fast as you are willing to bump into something. And early on, make sure your line handlers always have a tight hand on the line because at sometime you will hit the throttle when you meant to shift from reverse to forward. Ask me how I know (or ask my wife who was tending the stern line on the swim platform).
 
Hi All - Our survey this week went pretty much as expected. The major items were original risers and coolers that will need changing and new batteries. Some other minor issues but negotiated and closed the deal Wednesday and should be able to pick her up middle of next week. Excited and nervous since this will be my first boat with separate throttles and shifters. Already working on a winter project list.

Rob
I replaced engine oil coolers and transmission oil coolers this spring. Drop in replacements I bought from https://www.mrcool.us/ . The most difficult one was the starboard engine oil cooler due to its location (under the outboard exhaust manifold).

When an engine oil cooler starts going bad, oil will begin to seep into the cooling water and start to show as a light sheen in the exhaust. Luckily the oil pressure is about twice as high (or more) than the raw water and the engine is not in a lot of danger from catastrophic failure to to water ingress.

Transmission coolers on the other hand, the opposite is true, the cooling water is higher pressure than the ATF and water will easily enter the transmission and if emergency and very thorough remediation does not quickly happen, the transmission is destroyed.
 
I replaced engine oil coolers and transmission oil coolers this spring. Drop in replacements I bought from https://www.mrcool.us/ . The most difficult one was the starboard engine oil cooler due to its location (under the outboard exhaust manifold).

When an engine oil cooler starts going bad, oil will begin to seep into the cooling water and start to show as a light sheen in the exhaust. Luckily the oil pressure is about twice as high (or more) than the raw water and the engine is not in a lot of danger from catastrophic failure to to water ingress.

Transmission coolers on the other hand, the opposite is true, the cooling water is higher pressure than the ATF and water will easily enter the transmission and if emergency and very thorough remediation does not quickly happen, the transmission is destroyed.
Hi Dave - I appreciate the info. No issues showed up in the engine survey but since they are original I am going to change all just to be safe. I'll check out the mrcool website.

Thanks,
Rob
 

Forum statistics

Threads
112,950
Messages
1,422,863
Members
60,932
Latest member
juliediane
Back
Top