- Oct 3, 2006
- 4,404
- Boat Info
- 280 Sundancer, Westerbeke MPV generator
- Engines
- twin 5.0's w/BIII drives
I need to talk to the admiral (wife) about how important a port lounge is to her. In our present boat that is her preferred seating location.
The 240DA we have is nice, we simply would like more room, A/C and I’d love a windlass.
Her #1, MUST HAVE or will not even consider the boat is the swim platform must completely cover the outdrives with the drives all the way up + hit the trailer button. We have small kids, guests have small kids. We often anchor in shallow sand bottomed areas. We get in as far as we can under power, kill the engine, hit the trailer button then walk the boat in as far as we can and hand drop anchor. The kids love to climb up the ladder and jump back in.
With our present boat one of us stands at the stern at all times making sure the kids do not accidentally fall onto the outdirve.
Do you know if the swim platform covers the outdirve when all the way up? This is the reason we were looking at the 280DA with the 4.3/Alpha’s. If you go with the 5.0L BIII’s the outdrive on the 280DA the drive is much longer and sticks out past the swim platform when you trim up all the way.
The 240DA we have is nice, we simply would like more room, A/C and I’d love a windlass.
Her #1, MUST HAVE or will not even consider the boat is the swim platform must completely cover the outdrives with the drives all the way up + hit the trailer button. We have small kids, guests have small kids. We often anchor in shallow sand bottomed areas. We get in as far as we can under power, kill the engine, hit the trailer button then walk the boat in as far as we can and hand drop anchor. The kids love to climb up the ladder and jump back in.
With our present boat one of us stands at the stern at all times making sure the kids do not accidentally fall onto the outdirve.
Do you know if the swim platform covers the outdirve when all the way up? This is the reason we were looking at the 280DA with the 4.3/Alpha’s. If you go with the 5.0L BIII’s the outdrive on the 280DA the drive is much longer and sticks out past the swim platform when you trim up all the way.