|
28-32' cruiser with flybridge?
Hello,
We're shopping for a 28-32' cruiser and are really attracted to a flybridge style. To our dismay, neither Sea Ray nor Chaparral make cruiser of this type/size. We've seen only one boat with the right design so far - Bayliner 288 (formerly 2858), but average quality of its construction makes us wish to have more than one boat to choose from. Can anyone suggest other flybridge cruisers of this size? Any tips will be greatly appreciated! WC |
28-32' cruiser with flybridge?
|
28-32' cruiser with flybridge?
Coff wrote:
(Wannacat) wrote in message . com... Hello, We're shopping for a 28-32' cruiser and are really attracted to a flybridge style. To our dismay, neither Sea Ray nor Chaparral make cruiser of this type/size. We've seen only one boat with the right design so far - Bayliner 288 (formerly 2858), but average quality of its construction makes us wish to have more than one boat to choose from. Can anyone suggest other flybridge cruisers of this size? Any tips will be greatly appreciated! WC If you are looking for a solid flybridge cruiser in that size range, check out: http://www.seasportboats.com SeaSport makes some *very* capable ocean-going cruisers. Much better than "average" quality of construction. I'm not a fan of the I/O power offerings, but there are alternatives. -- Email sent to is never read. |
28-32' cruiser with flybridge?
Willing to look at an older boat?
Consider Bertram. Built both 28 and 32 flybridge models. Blackfin builds a new 32' flybridge boat- and it is probably priced around $200k or so with twin diesels. There's a new boat built by Halvorsen that looks promising. Built in Europe to Lloyds standards. 32-feet, single diesel, probably in the 2 to low-2's price bracket for a new 32-footer. Looking for a builder where the 28-32 foot range is the "top of the line" may also pay some dividends. Some builders consider 28-feet an "entry level" boat, and they build the products just well enough to get you by until you can step up to a "real" boat for a few hundred thousand more.... |
28-32' cruiser with flybridge?
Gould 0738 wrote:
Willing to look at an older boat? Consider Bertram. Built both 28 and 32 flybridge models. Blackfin builds a new 32' flybridge boat- and it is probably priced around $200k or so with twin diesels. There's a new boat built by Halvorsen that looks promising. Built in Europe to Lloyds standards. 32-feet, single diesel, probably in the 2 to low-2's price bracket for a new 32-footer. Looking for a builder where the 28-32 foot range is the "top of the line" may also pay some dividends. Some builders consider 28-feet an "entry level" boat, and they build the products just well enough to get you by until you can step up to a "real" boat for a few hundred thousand more.... There's a lovely Bertie 33' sportfish with a flying bridge available for under $100,000 down the road from me apiece. I believe it is a mid or late 1980's model. I've only looked at the exterior, and the hull looks very sound. The downside is that it apparently has a pair of 454 gashogs. If I were looking for a project boat (in terms of a diesel repower), this would be the one. -- Email sent to is never read. |
28-32' cruiser with flybridge?
The Pursuit 3100 Offshore looks like it might go it. They are popular here and
the quality is supposed to be excellent. http://www.pursuitboats.com/ And then there's Luhrs... http://www.luhrs.com Dan Wannacat wrote: Hello, We're shopping for a 28-32' cruiser and are really attracted to a flybridge style. To our dismay, neither Sea Ray nor Chaparral make cruiser of this type/size. We've seen only one boat with the right design so far - Bayliner 288 (formerly 2858), but average quality of its construction makes us wish to have more than one boat to choose from. Can anyone suggest other flybridge cruisers of this size? Any tips will be greatly appreciated! WC |
28-32' cruiser with flybridge?
Gould 0738 wrote:
Willing to look at an older boat? Consider Bertram. Built both 28 and 32 flybridge models. Blackfin builds a new 32' flybridge boat- and it is probably priced around $200k or so with twin diesels. There's a new boat built by Halvorsen that looks promising. Built in Europe to Lloyds standards. 32-feet, single diesel, probably in the 2 to low-2's price bracket for a new 32-footer. Looking for a builder where the 28-32 foot range is the "top of the line" may also pay some dividends. Some builders consider 28-feet an "entry level" boat, and they build the products just well enough to get you by until you can step up to a "real" boat for a few hundred thousand more.... Halvorsen; lovely boats, including mine :-) K |
28-32' cruiser with flybridge?
Hello,
We're shopping for a 28-32' cruiser and are really attracted to a flybridge style. To our dismay, neither Sea Ray nor Chaparral make cruiser of this type/size. We've seen only one boat with the right design so far - Bayliner 288 (formerly 2858), but average quality of its construction makes us wish to have more than one boat to choose from. Can anyone suggest other flybridge cruisers of this size? Any tips will be greatly appreciated! WC I'm not sure who out there other than Bayliner currently makes a 28' to 30' flybridge model cruiser but someone mentioned Carver and in the late 80's thru the early 90's they built some Santego models that were very roomy although IMO styling left something to be desired. They are quite roomy with very adequate storage and seem to be pretty solid. Some close boating friends of mine had an 87 27' Santego and it was a great boat for them. They moved up to a 2000 352 Silverton sedan model that they like very much. I have also seen some 30' Santego's here on the Great Lakes they are built in Wisconsin and are very popular in this area. Good luck. 138 days to go.. |
28-32' cruiser with flybridge?
On Fri, 28 Nov 2003 00:34:00 +0000, Wannacat wrote:
Hello, We're shopping for a 28-32' cruiser and are really attracted to a flybridge style. To our dismay, neither Sea Ray nor Chaparral make cruiser of this type/size. We've seen only one boat with the right design so far - Bayliner 288 (formerly 2858), but average quality of its construction makes us wish to have more than one boat to choose from. Can anyone suggest other flybridge cruisers of this size? Any tips will be greatly appreciated! WC Donno where you are, but here on the Wet Coast there's billions of "flybridge" (we call them Command Bridge) boats. I think it may be because we have a lot of flotsam in the water, and getting up high makes it easier to spot. Bayliner does seem to be the most popular, but others a Bertram, Uniflite, Monaro, Double Eagle, Reinell (wouldn't buy one), Tollycraft (VERY nice!), and the Campion Zeta. Some of these are pretty old and may no longer be in business, but you might pick up a nice used one. Here are some ads: http://www.buysell.com/showad.asp?id=24975914 http://www.buysell.com/showad.asp?id=24975816 http://www.buysell.com/showad.asp?id=25070143 One thing: the smaller CB's (under 28 ft) had some stability issues, which may be why you're having problems finding that style. Good luck! Lloyd Sumpter "Far Cove" Catalina 36 |
| All times are GMT +1. The time now is 11:41 PM. |
Powered by vBulletin® Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright ©2004 - 2014 BoatBanter.com