Most Popular Boats of the Week
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Every week BoatTEST publishes news items on about 25 boats. Readers have asked which ones are the more popular each day, so below you can find the answer – by day. |
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Monday #1
Boston Whaler 350 Realm:
Multi-Purpose Seats for Entertainment
The Boston Whaler 350 Realm is dedicated to cruising and entertainment on the water. Among the central features is a helm seat that rotates to face a second forward-facing seat just behind. Add the table into the receptacle and this becomes the spot for an al fresco breakfast or a sundown cocktail. A sink and grill are just a step away. This area is protected from the sun by the large standard hardtop and it can be enclosed with the addition of optional curtains. The aft seatback can be flipped forward so that it can face the cockpit – useful when the boat is used for tow sports or trolling.
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Tuesday #1
Back Cove 32:
Downeast Classic for Cruising Couples
The Back Cove 32 combines classic Downeast style in a reasonably-priced design that offers good value, in our opinion. All of the important things are done right. She is NMMA certified to ABYC standards, but money is not spent on lots of expensive costly interior joinery and amenities are not really needed. With a single 425-hp Cummins QSB 6.7 diesel, she’s not about speed, of course, but about range, with a reach of better than 700 NM at 6.7 knots. She is very easy to dock short-handed, thanks to a large rudder and a standard bow thruster (plus an optional stern thruster). When there’s a need to pick up the pace to escape a storm, she can plane off and head for the harbor at 26.0 knots.
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Wednesday #1
EdgeWater 230CC:
Premium Quality w/a Key Family Feature
The EdgeWater 230CC is ready for serious meat fishermen with a 28-gallon (106 L) aerated and lighted baitwell in the port quarter, and another “ready well” of 12 gallons (45 L) beneath the port quarter seat. This is a boat with rod holders everywhere from bow to stern, 17 in all. For weekending with the kids, the two-tone upholstery throughout provides plenty of comfortable seating and a ski tow pylon pops right out of the transom to elevate the tow rope well above the outboard. Most important of all, and something that truly makes this boat “family-friendly,” is the fact that the boat floats level if swamped because the hull is foam filled. Not many boats will do that, and that fact alone moves her ahead of many brands on the market in our book.
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Thursday #1
Outer Reef 700:
Oceanic-Range Customizable Cruiser
The Outer Reef 700 is a well-equipped and beautifully-finished long range cruiser. She’s set up so that operation by an experienced yachting couple will be easy – with bow and stern thrusters to ensure easy docking. Her 2,400-gallon (9,085 L) fuel capacity and twin 750-hp John Deere diesels make her a true long-ranger. At 10.5 knots, her range exceeds 1130 NM. If there’s ever the need to squeeze maximum range out of her, dropping to 7.7 knots gives a range over 2,800 NM. The folks at Outer Reef will work with any client to make sure the model selected will be built to suit.
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Friday #1
Robalo 246 Cayman SD:
Bay/Flats Boat with Tower
The Robalo 246 Cayman SD equipped with an Evinrude E-TEC G2 300-hp outboard makes a solid package for anglers who fish open bays as well as the flats for bone fish and other species. The high-tech, fuel-efficient 2-stroke produced the best cruise at 3500 rpm, at which she ran 28.3 mph and got 3.6 mpg. With her standard 75-gallon (284 L) tank, she gave a safe range of 246 miles, enough to fish several days on most trips. Top speed with a four-blade 15 1/8" (38.42 cm) prop was 46.5 mph. The 81-degree tilt range of the integrated digital tilt and trim system allows raising the lower unit completely clear of the surface, a big plus for boats stored at a dock in saltwater.
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