1984 Aft cabin........a beauty at an affordable price

Rivertender

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Nov 7, 2006
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Tampa Bay
Boat Info
370 aft cabin S Ray 1997
Engines
Twin 454
Inboard
29,500.00

Selling the boat because we are moving to Florida and I have virtually the same boat 12 years newer in Fl. The ’97 370 aft cabin in Florida, however, doesn’t even begin to handle as well as this boat. I run both boats at 1800 rpm, usually on 1 engine, most of time, and this 1984 360 never says, “No” when I ask it to do something……very unlike my bow thruster dependent SR 370 aft cabin in FL.

The boat for the last 12 years has been a Jersey's Barnegat Bay boat and she spent her boating days at the legendary and popular Tice’s shoal. We would stay out 2 or 3 days at a time up until 6 years ago (When we got the dog). The inverter coupled with the 7 group 29 batteries I carry made using the Onan genny almost unnecessary.

The boat has never experienced any storm without me onboard.

This was a pretty boat when I got her in 2005 and she is even prettier now. It looks the best ever this year and has gotten a number of compliments resulting from a new mix of waxes I am using for the first time.

Boat was used in the Hudson’s fresh water by the owners before me and then in the Barnegat, but the Barnegat marina I use is in brackish water thereby accomplishing a moderate fresh water flush at the end of each use.

As stated, boat is ..always….run at 1,800 rpm (7 knots), usually on one engine for the last 9 or so years to suppress engine hours, minimize wear, and use less gas. I take it up to a planning speed, 3,000 rpm, for 15 mins or so 2 or 3 times each season. She will cruise at 14 to 17 depending on conditions and when I firewalled it the first season I had it, she would do 24 mph.


Because this boat is part of the family, I am looking for a good home that will give her care. The lines on this boat are stunningly beautiful (definitively better than subsequent generation models); no other aft cabins have this rakish look; and this boat will make you feel good every time you look at her. Subsequent years for this model (including my ’97) have fattened her up with more beam and the look is just not the same. This might be the Sea Ray 360 you want to buy because I have coddled this boat’s appearance and mechanics excessively (see engine maintenance).

Available August/September, but closing date is negotiable

Configuration:
Upper helm,
Lower helm,
Aft deck hard top…..optional,
Radar arch,
Swim platform (vented),
Two bridge padded seats plus elevated cushioned bench on bridge (OEM is 3 seats, side to side in a row, which made walking around the bridge area almost impossible).

Bottom:
Sand blasted and then bottom coated in 2015 with the last (in this country) 4 gallons of Italy’s premium Borel. Borel is almost bullet proof.

Anti fouling: Blue Water anti fouling paint applications-1 coat of green next to bottom coated hull, 2 coats of black.

Props: Installed props – excellent condition, Spare props – fully reconditioned – never used-stored in satchels.

Hull: Shrink wrapped every year for the last 12 years that I’ve had it. Heavy coat of wax applied, not buffed off and left on for the winter, before shrink wrap put on. Spring prep – remove winter wax, apply 2 coats of fresh wax. Summer- touch up waxing as needed to keep it looking perfect.


Equipment:
2015 Good windlass upgrade,

Good colored rhode for depth identity,

custom stainless plate to protect teak when anchor is retrieved,

6 white fenders (aged, but clean), Teak toe rail covers to prevent sun damage included,

2016 Rockna anchor,

VHF radio,

6 ft FM antennae, arch mounted,

6 ft VHF antennae, arch mounted,

Fender baskets,

Replacement Norcold refrigerator,

1500 watt Magnum inverter,

6.5 Onan generator,

Panel mount bilge pump counter

TEAK:
All teak fully maintained from 2005 when I got the boat;

Toe rail;

Swim platform vents;

Step trim;

….all literally hand rubbed with Sikens golden light and top coated with 2 to 4 coats of Sikens clear with .. N O .. “orangey” look


Interior:

No shoes allowed in the cabin,

all interior teak oiled twice each season and in marvelous shape

Galley floor in good condition

Navigation-Instruments:

Garmin 541S with tri read : depth, temp, speed.

Systems management-

Panel mount bilge pump counter,

Panel mount gauge in quarter gradations for holding tank.

Panel mount monitor gauge for the inverter.


Comfort:

Optional hard top over aft deck area,

full canvas around aft deck,

full canvas around bridge (new 2012) with roll up fabric to protect Eisenglass.

Dri-Deck type tiles on aft deck is the only way to solve the rain wet aft deck challenge that Sea Ray engineered into this boat. A solution that works perfectly.

2 rocking chairs.

Upgrade interior window covering blinds, 2016.

Clarion stereo.

Elevated bridge rear bench seat/storage box so that passengers are same height as individual seating. Not found on any 360s unless the modification was made by the owner




Notes on this boat to help you know better if this is the boat for you.

Engines-

1675 hours.

Lots of care to not push them hard

For the last 8 or so years the engines have had what my boating friends call “Psycho” oil changes-

At 75 hours-ish the oil is changed in the following way:

Old oil drained;

Old filters removed;

Fresh oil installed;

Fresh filters installed;

Boat is run anywhere from 20 mins to 2 weeks (depending on my schedule);

Oil is drained;

Filter removed;

Fresh oil installed;

Fresh filters installed.

This flush is trying to maximize the efficacy of each oil change. I have had the gamut of comments on my oil changes ( from “Great idea” to “Doesn’t make any difference”), but my feeling was to give the engine the cleanest oil possible to run on for its 70 hours before the next change and, you can’t make a case against clean oil. Oil is the blood of the engine and I try to make it as healthy as possible. I generally put about 60 hours on each season.

Handling of this boat is great. As mentioned, it does anything I ask of it (within reasonable limits) even on one engine. When I enter our river, if the traffic is minimal, I’ll continue on with the one engine (because she answers the helm nicely) until I get to the marina and then I’ll use the two engines to get into the slip. Every ½ hour or so of running time, I switch engines and keep the hours on both engines almost identical. There are few lagoons I won’t go into with this boat because she can, with both engines, spin a nice tight circle effortlessly. It genuinely does feel like you are steering a smaller boat despite the 36 feet.

Draft is very good because of the prop recessed area instead of prop pockets. Sea Ray recessed a small card table area above the props, elevated the props slightly, which gives them plenty of water to bite as opposed to often used tunnels. The review below describes prop "pockets" but that is mildly incorrect as there are no tunnels or restrictive pockets around the prop.

The Borel bottom coat was applied by All Safety Marine (Whiting, NJ) in 2015. All Safety Marine had used Borel in the past and was very, very impressed by its brute strength. When they went to buy it for my boat, it was unavailable. I went to Borel’s site and saw that the legendary Burger boats used it….so I called Burger. The production manager I spoke to was gracious and gave me a supplier’s name in FL. 2 or 3 more connections/conversations later led me finally to a supplier in Ft. Lauderdale who explained that he had so many users raving about Borel that when he heard Borel was discontinuing its U.S. distribution in 2012, he bought all he could find. I ordered the last Borel bottom coat he had, the last 4 gallons which just did my job perfectly. I covered the Borel with an "Alarm" green bottom coat of Blue Water and then 2 black coats of same. As you can see from the pictures, it looks great and has almost no wear or need for touch up apart from the travel lift strap minor marks.

Aft deck floor covering. In their infinite wisdom, Sea Ray gave rain water access to the back deck surface……..which will soak your rugs or at least make a mess on all the 360s you see like mine. I hate wet/damp rugs because we spend lots of time on the back deck. Struggled with this for years, but finally sprung for covering the aft deck with Dri-deck type tiles which promptly eliminated the problem and now provides a nice surface either by itself or with rugs over it.

Storage space expanded slightly by using the space inside the bridge structure itself.

I'll be adding more pictures of bridge, interior, etc....................as soon as I take them.

Length . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36'3" ;
Beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12'6";
Draft. . . . . . . . .2'11" ;
Weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,100 lbs;
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270 gals. ;
Water . . . . . . . 120 gals.
Hull Type: Modified-V Deadrise Aft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9° ;
Sea Ray Production . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1983–87

REVIEW:
A popular boat during her production run with an attractive price tag, the 360 Aft Cabin was built on a “dual mode” modified-V hull capable of trawlerstyle economy at 7–8 knot displacement speeds while still able to achieve planing-speed performance. The low-deadrise hull is solid glass and features propeller modified pockets, moderate beam, and a shallow full-length keel. She was a fairly popular model for Sea Ray thanks to her roomy twin-cabin interior and reasonable price. The layout is somewhat unusual in that a walkaround double bed is located in the forward cabin, while twin berths are fitted into the aft stateroom (a double berth aft was optional). With the galley down and no dinette, the salon is quite open and roomy. Outside, the afterdeck has enough room for deck chairs. (Some 360s were sold with the optional hardtop.) Additional features include, a well arranged flybridge, swim platform, and reasonably wide sidedecks. Standard 260/270-hp MerCruiser gas engines cruise the Sea Ray 360 Aft Cabin at a modest 15 knots and reach a top speed of 23–24 knots. Optional 200-hp Perkins diesels provide an efficient cruising speed of 15–16 knots (about 20 knots top).

Again, I am looking for someone who will give this boat good care.
 

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Looks beautiful. Good luck with the sale!
 
Do you have any interior pics? Thanks.
 
Very kind of you to say.

Thanks.

Keeping her crisply attractive is a given because I couldn't take her out of the slip otherwise. Kind of like wearing dirty clothes if didn't keep her nice.
 
Hoping to add them soon.
Putting her up for sale is kind of sudden, so I am still catching up with the details.
 

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