240 Sundeck Thread - Questions and Answers

Chuck, your boat is sweet! I don't think I ever mentioned that on the SRO forum, but.... I had downloaded that first pic above, sent it to my wife and told her to check that out. That boat is our future goal.

Have the 175 we just purchased this year as our first boat. Stayed on the small and inexpensive side to see if we'd use it as much as we thought we wanted to. If we didn't we could sell and not be out much. As it turns out, the boat is now near mint condition and I think I could make a profit out of it (gasp!). It is undersized for where we use it to be comfortable. Thinking of going to a 210 or so maybe end of next year or '08. I got this 175 all cleaned up, I hate to sell her so quickly! But i can't get enough of it...

Anyway, that 240 would be great. The brochure doesn't make the boat look as huge as your pictures do. Looks like a serious speedboat! Did I read somewhere on the SRO forum where you said it'll do 50+?!

Later,

Tom

PS> Nice forum here; very similiar organization to SRO; hopefully more familiar faces will show up! I'm over at the boatus.com forums, hooking up with a lot of people there too...

 

Gunn,

Brent Jones will probably chime in. As I remember, his will break 50 mph. I think he has the 6.2 liter engine.

 

If I start talking about the top speed I was able to get on my 5.0 240SD, everyone will shoot me down again. :lol: But I can back it up with GPS now for all the doubters. :wink:

In all seriousness though 240SDs are one of Sea Rays nicest boats. Even though I have owned my 260 Sundancer for only three weeks now I really do miss the Sundeck. If I don't sell it in the next month, I am going to spend a day on the water with her again. I really can't afford both boats as much as I would like to have both but it will be a sad day when I sell her.

 

So Dave, Did you remove the speedometer from your SD and install it in your DA in order to preserve your top speed readings from your SD :lol: .

 

That's funny I just posted the same thing in another topic...ok you came up with it first...

 

Well Wesley he will probably combine both speedometers and have the world's only 85 mph 260 DA :lol: :lol: !

 

No guys.............I now belong to the Cruiser club where top speed isn't as important anymore. But I am asking a premium for my 240SD speedometer in case any of you are interested in buying it. :lol:

 

No Dave the 185 could not handle going that fast :lol:

 

Hi Everyone,

I have a 06 240 as well. I just bought it Labor Day weekend. It's my 1st boat and I love it. A friend of mine works at MarineMax and he suggested it. We are a family of 5 (6 if you count the dog) and we have plenty of room. Mine looks just like yours Chuck (except for all the extras). I've only gotten mine up to 40 MPH, but like I said I'm new to this and I'm not comfortable opening it up yet.

Other than that, all I can say is that this is my new addiction. I can't wait to get out on the boat. It's all we think about.

Harry

 

Hi Chuck,

We are planning on going out Saturday and taking some pictures, though the weather looks bad. As soon as I take some I will post them. We're still figuring out the name, I said we would give it until next season since we will be having it winterized in a few weeks. I'm thinking about getting a canopy cover so we can extend the season. What do you think?

 

Chuck, nice website! Love those pictures of the boat. I'd sure like to see more...like some of the cockpit area and helm. I kind of can get a sneak peak from the lower-left photo on the second page and it looks really nice.

Tom

 

Dave, I'd like to hear more about this. If I were to go to a cruiser, the 260 would be it. We're torn though; the bow-rider boats have a lot of room for a lot of people. We think the 260 would be a better Chesapeake boat and enable us to overnight if we wanted. But the 240 sundeck is just so nice looking.... So I'd like to here what you'll miss from the 240 and why you went to the 260.

Tom

 

We went to the 260 mainly because we wanted a Cruiser and wanted to be able to boat year round. Here in Charlotte if you have a sport boat like our 240SD you wind up not being able to use it (on a practical basis anyway) for 3-4 months out of the year. With the 260, we have camper canvas and are wet slipped so we can be out on the water anytime we choose in the winter.

The thing we will miss with the 240 is the nimbleness of the boat and people carrying capacity (12) we had when we took out the family (kids, grandkids, and their friends). We already had a few moans from the grandkids about the cruiser. I know they will be able to tube off the 260 but it won't be as much fun for them. And we won't be able to take along as many people as before either because there isn't as much cockpit seating on the 260DA as we had on the 240SD. Then there is the fuel bill......consumption looks to be about double that of the 240SD. You mention that you boat on the Chesapeake as well and I will assure you the 240SD will give you a much better ride than your current boat. We would always be out with the family on the weekend with ours and this boat really handled the chop that's created by so many weekend boaters on an inland lake. You can also get camper canvas for the SD so you can turn it into a mini-cruiser of sorts too. I think chuck1 is our expert on that!

If you are into water sports I would stick with a Sport Boat or a Sundeck. If you think that overnighting is what you want to do then a Cruiser may be an acceptable compromise. So far we really like our 260DA. But being slipped between a 300 and a 320, we can see why people always want to go "larger". I don't have "ITIS" yet and even if I show signs of it, we will not move up because my wallet isn't big enough. :grin: But if you do consider a cruiser take the advice that many folks have given and get the biggest one you can afford.