Tritone
New Member
Overall, I think it's a good design. I for one, love dinette for two in the master. Whether working on my laptop or sharing bottle of wine, staring out of the big hull side ports would be marvelous. I worry that if this is a design cue from Sea Ray, however, that we are going to lose our American layout yachts. American layout has always been maxing out space for a given size, luxury, and also functionality over style. Euro boats always seem smaller than their size to me because of wasted spaces, huge sunpads on bridges, and lower helms that get in the way. One good thing about this boat is the bridge; although somewhat euro with it's low slung posture (just rails behind you, no fiberglass), it looks spacious and fully utilized. With the exception of the wasted space ahead of the helm, ostensibly to make the lower helm standable, it appears to work. It would be too bad if the lower helm were standard with no other option, for say, a dinette, for instance. As for cabinetry, the days of the beautiful gloss cherry are probably over. Blame it on fashion or cheaping out to survive the recession, either way you're going to have to spring for a high-end boat for that. I've seen too many half-millon dollar and up boats at the shows that look like the cabinetry is made out of that particle board-put-together furniture. That is inexcusable (at least it would be a deal breaker for me). Hopefully Sea Ray won't go that low.
If you want to see an example of what I am talking about, a boat maker that looks like it is totally losing its way as the iconic maker of American layout yachts to the Euro fad, check out the new Carver 34. It's a travesty. It's got all the Euro designs: Wasted bridge, cramped salon, silly galley layout, and poor use of space. On top of that, there is exposed fiberglass everywhere inside (cheap!) and crap cabinetry. It's sad they've totally lost their way. Oh well.
Looks like only Meridian is building traditional sedan layouts now. No wonder why they are so popular. The 391 has the best bridge and salon layouts in their class.
But I digress. The new Sea Ray looks to be a sort of hybrid between American and Euro layouts. I would say just get rid of the lower helm and use that space. And with the pretentiousness of Sea Ray pricing these days, it had better be luxurious in and out. No exposed interior fiberglass and real woodwork. I look forward to seeing it.
If you want to see an example of what I am talking about, a boat maker that looks like it is totally losing its way as the iconic maker of American layout yachts to the Euro fad, check out the new Carver 34. It's a travesty. It's got all the Euro designs: Wasted bridge, cramped salon, silly galley layout, and poor use of space. On top of that, there is exposed fiberglass everywhere inside (cheap!) and crap cabinetry. It's sad they've totally lost their way. Oh well.
Looks like only Meridian is building traditional sedan layouts now. No wonder why they are so popular. The 391 has the best bridge and salon layouts in their class.
But I digress. The new Sea Ray looks to be a sort of hybrid between American and Euro layouts. I would say just get rid of the lower helm and use that space. And with the pretentiousness of Sea Ray pricing these days, it had better be luxurious in and out. No exposed interior fiberglass and real woodwork. I look forward to seeing it.
