95 Sea Ray 370 Sundancer purchase

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Yachtmaster.

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Aug 19, 2009
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Boat Info
370 Sundancer
Engines
385 HP Crusaders
The wife and I were crusing out of our cove a week ago Sunday and noticed a 370 Dancer with a brokerage sign on the bow. We had always admired this boat every time we went out on the lake. We contacted the broker, negotiated back and forth all week and setteled on a price. Survey and haul out to follow shortly. She's been repowered with brand new 385 HP MPI Crusaders, new transmissions, shafts and four blade props. Did our ride and drive this weekend and was very impressed with the performance.

If all goes well we'll close on July 2nd................I can hardly wait.
I'll be getting better pics when I get her out of the slip.
 

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Good luck with your closing, looks like a nice boat. Surprised they put Crusaders in it, Mark
 
Wow......nice boat.
 
Thanks guys, I can hardly wait. I'm wondering about a chartplotter and what works well on the 370 Dash. Any suggestions?
 
That gelcoat has a great shine to it. Nice!
 
Nice boat, how many hours are on it total. Looks awesome.
 
Yachtmaster. said:
Thanks guys, I can hardly wait. I'm wondering about a chartplotter and what works well on the 370 Dash. Any suggestions?
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I previously had a 37 and I was able to have a Raymarine C120 installed into the dash. I seem to remember that the switch panel to the right needed to be slightely filed down but other than that ,it fit perfectly. Looks like a nice clean boat. Good luck....
 
The 370 is a great boat, but more than a few of us are prejudiced in our opinions. :grin:

I have seen a picture of a 370 dash with a E120 mounted in the left hand spot for electronics, but it is too wide for the spot so you do need to move the switches tht appear there to the panel above the steering wheel. I think the boat looks like a pre-1998 from the picture you posted. (Edit - Duh, you did say it was a '95.) There are less switches there than later models so it might not be so bad.

I have a Raymarine R80CL in the dash with a R70CLC on top of the dash. The two are hooked together with HSB2+ that lets the smaller chartplotter to display on the larger screen and the radar, etc on the smaller screen or any combo of the two.

Electronics have developed quite a bit in recent years with the advent of large daylight LCDs and networking that allow other devices like the iPad ot speak to your nav system. I would read a lot and go slow in selections until you know what you need and want.

Gene
 
Yachtmaster,

I have a 1995 as well with no chartplotter. Garmins 5212 touchscreen is a awsome unit that would fit nicely where the raymarine radar display would go. I think this is the route I am taking, The multi function screens today is basically plug and play and you can tie alot of the boats system into it, fuel usage rpm, video, etc,, and later tie in sonar and new radar.

Marty
 
RubberDuckeeToo2 said:
The 370 is a great boat, but more than a few of us are prejudiced in our opinions. :grin:

I have seen a picture of a 370 dash with a E120 mounted in the left hand spot for electronics, but it is too wide for the spot so you do need to move the switches tht appear there to the panel above the steering wheel. I think the boat looks like a pre-1998 from the picture you posted. (Edit - Duh, you did say it was a '95.) There are less switches there than later models so it might not be so bad.

I have a Raymarine R80CL in the dash with a R70CLC on top of the dash. The two are hooked together with HSB2+ that lets the smaller chartplotter to display on the larger screen and the radar, etc on the smaller screen or any combo of the two.

Electronics have developed quite a bit in recent years with the advent of large daylight LCDs and networking that allow other devices like the iPad ot speak to your nav system. I would read a lot and go slow in selections until you know what you need and want.

Gene
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Gene, do you have any pictures of your helm?

Thanks
 
Boat Move pictures May 2009 029.jpg

The owner sent me this picture which I thought was kinda cool.




Has anyone used a wide screen display on their 370?
 
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