Seven Marine Done

And a diesel engine of similar horsepower is easily double that.... Or more?
Hey Jeff,
There was a 40’ + white center console with three 650hp in Charleviox this summer, both boat and engines loaded with LED lights. Sweet Ride!
 
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Hey Jeff,
There was a 40’ + white center console with three 650hp in Charleviox this summer, both boat and engines loaded with LED lights. Sweet Ride!

Is this the boat you are talking about?
 
Here is one I saw in Nantucket this year. It has Five 627hp Seven Marine motors with Volvo duo prop lower Units. That’s 10 props on that boat. Just touching a sandbar will cost you a fortune in prop repairs.
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Yeah. That’s an intrepid with triple 7’s. He was around all summer and practically moved into the sea wall area between B and C dock. There was also an HCB around with quad 7’s similar to the one posted here from Nantucket.
 
Companies buy other companies for a variety of reasons. Sometimes they are buying the product line and the corresponding profit. Sometimes they are buying technology. Sometimes they are buying people. Sometimes they are buying market share or want to squeeze other players our of a market, or discourage competitors. Unless you are in the board room you dont always know the strategy, and even then the strategies change.

The idea that a company makes decisions based on what the customer wants is optimistic.

I figured there was some kind of patent or other intellectual property that Volvo was trying to keep from competitors. Volvo Penta buying 7 Marine never made any sense to begin with.
 
No, should be less than $90k.

For a hardware only comparison the numbers don’t show an advantage. But throw in installing costs and the advantage swings to outboards. I recall talking with a Sea Ray employee at the Boston Boat show the year the 370 venture was introduced, one of the points he made was that overseas outboards were far more available than gas V8s. Even to the point that it was cheaper to swap out an ob than do a major warranty repair in the field.
 
For a hardware only comparison the numbers don’t show an advantage. But throw in installing costs and the advantage swings to outboards. I recall talking with a Sea Ray employee at the Boston Boat show the year the 370 venture was introduced, one of the points he made was that overseas outboards were far more available than gas V8s. Even to the point that it was cheaper to swap out an ob than do a major warranty repair in the field.
That's certainly possible. I based it on some fairly recent discussions of installing a new QSC 8.3. Those put the entire cost of hardware, installation services, sea trial, etc, at about $78,000.
 
For a hardware only comparison the numbers don’t show an advantage. But throw in installing costs and the advantage swings to outboards. I recall talking with a Sea Ray employee at the Boston Boat show the year the 370 venture was introduced, one of the points he made was that overseas outboards were far more available than gas V8s. Even to the point that it was cheaper to swap out an ob than do a major warranty repair in the field.

In my opinion, the 370 Venture was an innovative boat for Sea Ray. It is a real shame it did not do better in the market. It was super quiet, quick and the way SR engineered the outboards into the look/structure gave it a clean lines. I like that you could tilt the outboards out of the water as well as walk through the windshield to get to the bow.
 
In my opinion, the 370 Venture was an innovative boat for Sea Ray. It is a real shame it did not do better in the market. It was super quiet, quick and the way SR engineered the outboards into the look/structure gave it a clean lines. I like that you could tilt the outboards out of the water as well as walk through the windshield to get to the bow.
I think it was a design before it’s time. People were not nearly as interested in larger outboard powered boats as they are today.
 
I think it was a design before it’s time. People were not nearly as interested in larger outboard powered boats as they are today.

I agree. The hidden outboards could have been a signature thing for Sea Ray which they could have used on a number of models. You want to go faster.....drop in a couple of 500 horse outboards and the the Venture would chase down go boats. Just a shame.

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With the 300 hp outboards the Venture had to cruise at 5000 rpm (79% of WOT). Not good for longevity. If 350 hp outboards would have been available at the time it would have been a great boat. Conversely, if they had used the same design with 300 hp outboards for a 32 foot boat it would have been a great boat. It was just a little too much boat for the available outboard power at the time.
 
I agree. The hidden outboards could have been a signature thing for Sea Ray which they could have used on a number of models. You want to go faster.....drop in a couple of 500 horse outboards and the the Venture would chase down go boats. Just a shame.

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With the 300 hp outboards the Venture had to cruise at 5000 rpm (79% of WOT). Not good for longevity. If 350 hp outboards would have been available at the time it would have been a great boat. Conversely, if they had used the same design with 300 hp outboards for a 32 foot boat it would have been a great boat. It was just a little too much boat for the available outboard power at the time.

http://www.clubsearay.com/index.php?threads/official-370-venture-thread.70082/page-16#post-1179912
Check out post #309 and beyond. The entire thread is an excellent read. More than a few owners seem to think they are under powered/need to run too high of an rpm range to achieve acceptable comfort/performance/longevity.
 
If 350 hp outboards would have been available at the time it would have been a great boat.

Here's your answer.

If it could have 350 or even the 400hp outboards that didn't have to work so hard for a nice cruise speed, it'd be an amazing design.

Or better yet, the CXO300 diesel outboards.
 

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