-free boating as buyers can expect. When evaluating any boat available with gasoline engines with an LOA ... the saloon sole is the machinery compartment, including the main engines, electrical system and generator ... labeled and easy to read. A third hatch, forward of the engine compartment, leads to the air ...

and Engineering facility in Merritt Island, Florida. This is usually how a new Sea Ray evolves. Dealers ... are built and studied, and engineers sometimes construct a full-size mockup. "We produce so many boats ... an area, we'll build a mockup of that section." More than 250 engineers and craftsmen who work out ...

. With the appropriate code entered, there's a keyless engine start. If you're the forgetful sort, an idiot light warns of low fuel. Our test boat's wizardry was embellished with Caterpillar electronic engine monitors, Twin ... . Our test boat's Cats were coupled to Twin Disc V-drives. The configuration optimizes engine placement ...

remarkable-that the engines were already running. To be precise, what I was missing was exhaust noise, engine ... in turns). To achieve these results, Tiara's designers and engineers capitalized on the lessons learned ... is that the fuel tank is a single tank just ahead of the engine compartment instead of the split tanks found ...

-steel engine vents, which on previous Sabres were FRP grills on the hull sides, are above the deck ... for lights and equipment are to starboard of the wheel, and engine and gear controls flank it. My preference ... horizontal surface for smaller electronics. Engine access is through the helm deck sole, which conceals ...

new products as Sea Ray does at its product development and engineering facility in Merritt Island ... of such design. Other builders have dabbled with sunroof designs, but I have never seen one as well engineered ... in a cockpit locker controls the engines and bow thruster for stern-to docking. The teak-decked cockpit has ...

-and-click docking experience. In a sense, it turns the twin-engine boat into a single-engine boat. The drawback ... tanks are outboard of the engines, service to the outboard side is painless because of the 12-foot, 4 ... mounted on a hard surface in the engineroom, including the engines, fuel filters and pumps. The attention ...

about 26 knots with the single-engine option, according to the builder. The 36 has a ZF transmission ... of single or twin engines. Twin helm and companion seats are included in both layouts, and if you opt for the twin-engine package, the settee will be replaced by a cockpit banquette. The galley has Corian ...

, and the Caterpillar engines' electronic instruments are in the helmsman's line of sight. Tough, 12-volt breaker ... reached a top speed of 26.1 knots and should cruise in the low 20-knot range. Engine options include twin ... -up engineroom is a nice feature if extended cruising is in your plans. A wide walkway between the two engines ...

totaling 1,260 hp, is capable of speeds approaching 57 knots. Outfitted with Mercury engines that deliver ... . Fountain has a design and engineering department, of course, but the experience gained by Reggie Fountain ... engines. "We try to get the boat as close to perfect as possible before the customer gets his hands ...