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Performance is one of the highlights of swapping out those stern drives or inboards for a pair of Mercury 300 horsepower Verado outboards. [links]
See full version: Sea Ray 370 Venture: An Express Cruiser with Outboards Inside
Performance is one of the highlights of swapping out those stern drives or inboards for a pair of Mercury 300 horsepower Verado outboards. [links]
Swing up one of the aft sunpads on the 370, and you’ll find a 300-hp Verado humming quietly beneath a custom-designed cowl, created just for the Venture. This not only provides all of the aforementioned outboard advantages, but it also frees up one heck of a lot of engine room. And, just what did Sea Ray do with all of this new-found wiggle room? Walk down into the cabin, turn around, and behold the largest mid-cabin ever seen on a cruiser of this size. In fact, it’s a mistake to even use the term “mid-cabin” because it’s more like a master stateroom, with a queen berth and a full-sized settee. more
One big question in the minds of many cruisers is bound to be performance—just how well do 600 super-charged four-stroke outboard horses work on a boat of this size and displacement? We hit a top-end of 38.2 MPH, but we were running a prototype which wasn’t propped quite right (max RPM barely touched 5000, and this motor is rated to spin at between 5800 and 6400 at wide-open throttle). Sea Ray says they’re sure the 370 will top out between 42 and 43 MPH, and that sounds correct to us. here
Is this an inboard, a stern drive, or an outboard powered boat? From this view, the answer would surprise you. more
Using Verados also means you get Mercury’s SmartCraft instrumentation and DTS controls, which are, in a word, sweet. One beef at the helm: the electronics flat is secured with eight screws and can’t be easily accessed from the rear, so do-it-yourselfers who work on their own electronics will need a screwdriver and some time and patience to get to the wiring. [links]
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The quality on this one, as we complained in our intro, ranges from good to poor, depending on where you're looking. In the later models it got quite a bit better than the 80's models, but there are still a lot of weaknesses. Start with the windshields and cabin windows that leak excessively. On the earlier models, the water leaks in and goes into the sunken area of the instrument panel and thence down into the cabin below, often causing a lot of damage, even to the refrigerator. These leaks are extremely frustrating and apparently impossible to stop, for just about every one we see
The interior layout is great, and we like the fact that it is easy to move around in this boat without always bumping into things. The traffic lane from the cockpit through the cabin is very good for active people who move around a lot, which is one of the great features of the express design. You don't feel worn out after a day of a lot of climbing around. The "great cabin" layout is good for the very sociable types who don't want a lot of privacy. On a rainy day, you can actually spend some time inside without feeling claustrophobic with cabin fever. In the south, this is nice for just getting out of the heat and spending some time in air conditioning.
When we find floor frames breaking apart like this, its usually an indication that all is not well. Namely that there is excessive flexing in the hull structure. more
On some earlier models we've found stringer movement that has disturbed the fuel tank mountings. We've found fractured tank beds and broken hold down straps, although no fractured aluminum tanks yet. This is something that you want to look at closely. These large wing tanks force the location of the exhaust piping into the central spaces where you don't want them and they get in the way of servicing just about everything. And the large, cannister style mufflers don't help. This is a boat that should have fiberglass centerline tanks which would turn the engine room into a do-it-yourselfer's dream. Instead, the inability to reach things means that things don't get serviced, and is one of the reasons we find so many of these boats with very poor maintenance. more