60 mph at 4920 rpm with a Merc 496 MAG Bravo III engine. She is part of Wellcraft's family ... engine hatch, and the through-bolted engine mounts are aluminum. All deck hardware is through ...

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 ...

and engineered by the famous firm founded by C. Raymond Hunt. The classic bloodlines alone would make a Boston ... Volvo-Penta 375-hp gas 8.1 Gi/Duoprop sterndrive system. Instead of the normal positioning of the engine all the way aft with direct linkage to the outdrive, this power train has the engine amidships ...

and purposeful. The 270 Open shares the same pedigree and stout appearance. A 300 hp V-8 TBI EFI gas engine ... 30 feet to exclusively use inboard power. An insulated engine box in the 270's cockpit lifts up ... the engine's weight in the 270's belly helps with stability, and the lack of an outboard hanging off ...

. The more I poked around, though, the more I saw attention to detail and clever engineering. The hair began ... Cummins and Yanmar about service program ideas. The program provides scheduled maintenance by an engine ... ports, engine hatch lift switches and cockpit lighting switches. Better still, the alcove is hinged ...

. 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 ...

, roll or yaw. Part of this motion is undoubtedly due to the amidships location of the engine ... -edge, electronically controlled engine, but if your need for speed obviates your need for efficiency, there are two Yanmar twin engine options that can push the Legacy 42 closer to 30-knot top speeds. During our sea ...

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 ...

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 ...

an imaginary slalom course. The side exhausts reduced noise and kept engine fumes out of the cockpit by dispersing them into the wake. We pegged the engines to maximum rpm and hit plateau at 30.6 knots with full ... with the standard base engines, which some builders include on their price list simply to offer an appealing base ...

-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 ...