Custom hard top for 1999 400DA's

Hardtops are great, but I wonder how you get up on the top of this one to walk around on it for polishing, waxing and cleaning it. Also seems a little long for the boat but that is just a styling issue and each to their own.
 
Am I the only one who is wondering what this looks like or have I not gotten my issue of Sea Ray living yet this month?
 
Neat feature, but a lot of money. Did I say a lot of money? How would you value that if you were buying that model? Is that an option on new boats or a standard feature built into the base price?

MM
 
Carver370 said:
Am I the only one who is wondering what this looks like or have I not gotten my issue of Sea Ray living yet this month?
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Got mine Saturday. On bulk mail there can be big differences in delivery based on how busy your local hub or post office is.

I liked the look of it but I love the sun. Too much coverage for me.

MM
 
Looks kind of like a Cruisers 420 or 460 hardtop.

Overall they did some very nice work, but I have one question. Is that a Diesel 400 or Gas? I know the Diesel 400s squat a little in the stern when at rest but the weight of that hardtop has really brought the transom down. I wonder what it does to the handling, I'm sure he has to use more tab when on plane.

For the money he spent on all of that he could have sold it and bought a hardtop 420 or at least very close to it.

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The portion over the aft cockpit seems too high to me. It should have tapered down to the stern. It seems there would still have been plenty of headroom left.

You can see he restriped it to match the new waterline. But now the bottom of the platform is slightly submerged.
 
If I remember reading the article correctly he had put "20,000 miles" on the boat. I don't know how they equated that.

I guess to each there own and they must really like the design - because he put a lot of effort into it. It also said he had updated the interior as well.
 
copb8tx said:
The portion over the aft cockpit seems too high to me. It should have tapered down to the stern. It seems there would still have been plenty of headroom left.

You can see he restriped it to match the new waterline. But now the bottom of the platform is slightly submerged.
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Not sure if it is a scupper or bilge pumpout but it is dangerously close to the water line too.




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Just read it. At first I did not like it but grows on you. If I remember right there was a rebuild/repower prior to these upgrades. Also they re-did the cockpit seating added teak and reworked the. Cockpit sink. Those changes I do like. That angle on the top I bet gives a very usable cockpit with the canvas up.
 
I like the fwd half of it but the stern half "takes off". Should have shortened the hangover or tapered it slightly. It does grow on me. I wouldn't like the weight but look at it this way. You would get the same effects with a factory hardtop/non-hardtop equipped boat. I would trust SR engineering before my own though. I would also be concerned with the strength of the attachment points. Thats alot of weight to rock back and forth.
Those thru hulls are the engine exhaust. The cockpit scupper drains are the holes above. I wonder what a cockpit load of people would do? I've had dirty water lines up high after a cockpit full of people and I'd hate to start with a boat thats already sitting that low.
The cockpit seats should have had the snap "tongues" done in white to match the platforms they sit on.
All in all the work looks first class but honestly why spend that? You could buy a NEWER boat that was BUILT with all that stuff.
The project hits close to home (400DA) and gets me thinking of stuff to do come spring!
 
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It is interesting. It does have a Euro look to it. I'm 6'4" and have no problem fitting under my hardtop. I wonder if the HT angle up is to accommodate the sunroof. At that kind of $$$....I wish them well.
 
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