Royal Flush

[royal flush]

My wife and I own an 2007 Sea Ray 320 Sundancer and are looking at doing more long range cruising; We have our eyes on either a 2009 36 Sea Ray Sedan Bridge or a Trawler such a 2009 mainship 40; Has anybody gone through this decision making process between the two styles/brands of boats that can give us educated comments?

 

[rondds]

Hi Royal
Welcome to the Club!
That's a heck of a difference in boats. One's a certifiable guzzler, the other a rather economical cruiser. Kinda like apples and oranges. Comes down to your style preferences and how fast you like to go, I'd imagine. I know some have criticized the 36's cruising range, but that was for the gas model. If you plan on doing "serious long range cruising" I'd look long and hard at range.

 

[tmhudson2]

Where are you located, Royal Flush, and where do you intend to cruise? Do you forsee your plans changing over time? With a little more information on your intentions, needs and dreams, you'll likely get better advice.

 

[Nehalennia]

Welcome Royal Flush.

Put your boat's info in your signature. Sounds like a very nice boat you have and the 2 you're looking into.

 

[royal flush]

We currently live in the pacific northwest( Portland area) and we spend alot of time just enjoying our 320 Searay on "overnighters" without even leaving the dock-We really enjoy the 320, but we have also found that it is somewhat small and the v berth is small and uncomfortable..Alot of people have cautioned us against a "trawler"; but you get alot for your money and I don't need to go 30mph all the time..We are also concerned about resale ..It seems that Sea Ray changes it models so fast from year to year that before you put your new boat in the water a new model is out and yours is outdated..

 

[Presentation]

We also wanted a trawler. So this spring we did just that. We got a Sea Doo wave runner.



I’m surprised no one has pointed out Mainship’s blatant re-defining of the word ‘trawler.’ The word ‘trawler’ appears all over their website. For what its worth, a trawler does not go 22 MPH like the Mainship 40 can (speed per Mainship website, with the Twin Yanmar 240s power plant)

They are long range cruisers built and engineered around a cost point and target market. You get a lot of bang for the buck with a Mainship 40. They are the ‘Bayliner’ of the long range cruiser type vessels. They just are miss-using the word Trawler to such a extreme. That’s my only real beef with the marketing department at Mainship.