Spied: 400 Fly

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I realize the new 400 Fly was at FLIBS and the images have been released, but I thought it might interest some to see the shot I snapped of one, apparently on a sea trial, as I was southbound passing through Palm Coast earlier this week as the boat show was still underway. It's a bit hard to make out but that's writing on the aft port quarter of the hull.

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Good looking boat. It's definitely a Sea Ray. You can tell by the bottom paint stopping just below the water line.
 
With that hokey railing and netting around the bow, I'd guess that is a privately owned boat rather than something SR took to FLIBS.
 
Gofirstclass said:
With that hokey railing and netting around the bow, I'd guess that is a privately owned boat rather than something SR took to FLIBS.
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Not sure if you were joking but just in case... the boat wasn't at FLIBS. The railing/netting is in place as a safety measure while the boats are on the production line/being worked on at the factory.
 
It is definitely a boat still in production. The netting is an OSHA requirement and you can see the Coast Guard Kit in the cockpit as well as the absence of t he various decals and emblems yet to be applied.
 
See, I learned something new today. That the railing and net is used on production boats explains a lot. Thanks all.
 
i'm surprised with OSHA involved that the pilot doesn't have fall arresting equipment on he could easily fall from that height and he's higher then 6ft.
 
Maybe it's just me, but I think the netting (especially extra hight supporting tubes) just "killed" the boat's look. My friend had the netting on his sail boat and it looked ok. But this just doesn't look right.

What also cought my attantion, at least looking at the single pic of 400FLY, why is swim platform so close to the water?
 
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Have you looked at a late 90's, early 2000's 400DB? The swim platform has to have bottom paint on it!
 
That's exactly the point I've implied. Haven't we learn anything in the past 15-20 years? Having the swim platform act as a giant trim tab doesn't do much good to the boat or people operating it.
 
Am I the only one that thinks this hardtop makes the boat look ugly as hell?!?! and I like my lay out (cabin and cockpit) better on my 1995 330 DA then the new 400 Sundancer....its a Shadedancer, not a SUNdancer....there is no outdoor space. Just my thought...
 
SkiPharmer said:
Am I the only one that thinks this hardtop makes the boat look ugly as hell?!?!
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Agreed.

Also, is the guy on the bridge standing on something other than the bridge floor? If not, that's some low freeboard up there and I wouldn't feel safe having children up on the bridge.




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I agree about the looks of the top. It looks like some aftermarket top made by some company that makes wakeboard towers.

As to the guy standing on the fly bridge--it looks like he is standing on the floor. His knees are not THAT far above the floor. Quality Time was spot on with his comment about not wanting kids up there due to the lack of freeboard.

As to the overall appeal of the boat, I like the shape of the hull and the shear line. I don't like what looks like a vent near the stern, just above the shear line, being black. I also don't like the shape of that aft window below the shear line.

To me it looks like a boat that was put together by a group of committees that didn't talk with each other and with nobody responsible for the overall look of the boat. Too many different window shapes and sizes, too many different lines, etc.
 
quality time said:
Agreed.

Also, is the guy on the bridge standing on something other than the bridge floor? If not, that's some low freeboard up there and I wouldn't feel safe having children up on the bridge.

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You're not kidding.

Comparing 15y/o 400DB to this new 400FLY, the thought that crossed my mind was "how else can we screw up the bridge?". The hardtop is there just to make the check mark, "we have a hardtop". Forget the fact that it's totally disproportional and makes the boot look very wierd. Inregards to safety, I'd be affraid to have adults up on that bridge while in a slip, forget being in some rough seas, forget about children there at all.

Anytime I've boarded Azumit FLY bridge boats, I always commented about low profile railings on the bridge. But, at least most of them have this issue in the back section of larger bridge boats (at least those that I looked at). In 400FLY, the bridge room is limited from the get-go, so there's no room safety gaps.

I'm curious to find out what kind of audience SR designers were after when building this model.
 
Again, the shot I posted is an incomplete production boat I passed near the factory. The final safety rails and other finishes are not on the boat shown in this picture. You may still feel the same after viewing a completed version of the 400 Fly, but in fairness you should probably base your judgements on those images which can be seen here: http://galleries.searay.com/2016-Models/Sport-Yachts-and-Yachts/400-Fly/i-2McT5zR/A
 
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