I don't know how I've not realised this before Nick but you're a massive part of my weekly routine now. I eat lunch on a Tuesday and Friday at 12 just to catch your videos and I look forward to a bit of peace and a boat tour on a Sunday evening, almost without fail. For several years now you've punctuated my week and given me a brief half hour here and 15 mins there of cathartic dreaming while you open every cupboard and give us a wave in the mirror. I just wanted to say thanks for the time you take to upload this stuff.... Without really realising you've become a very small but very important part of my week and I'm all the better for it!
I love this comment because I too love the peace & tranquility it gives me & allows me to dream of a lovely life like Nick has by the sea especially when’s his taking his boat out
Nick is very much the Geoff Hamilton of the boating world every video strips the boat back to a basic level and as each video progresses layers are added until the complete package is delivered!
Great boats with nice versatility. I much prefer this interior design over the forward space being dedicated cabin. Searay's are popular on the Lake of the Ozarks in central Missouri, USA. Love the swim step, genius.
It's no Gulf Craft Majesty 175 but what a cracking little package,as Nick said a pocket cruiser,very compact but with everything you need, simply a nice little boat, all the best from Cornwall 🤗👌🖖
Thanks for doing a Sea ray which i love and for doing a few more smaller more achievable boats that we can actually afford. Great work Nick much appreciated
This boat is comparatively, quite reasonably priced. Nice performance and suitable accommodations for weekend outings. Twin Simrad screens are a sporty technical edge for The captain Thank you for the tour Nick
Nice little pocket-cruiser, and reasonably priced. Petrol engine would not be my choice, but overall it's a neat package and looks well finished and equipped.
I would bet that they wanted to make it an all in-house Brunswick USA boat - Sea-Ray, Mercury, Simrad. Don't think Merc has a diesel that would have worked very well.
Gas is cheaper than diesel here in the USA, by a good $1.30 a gallon. I don't know about marine diesel engines, but on the road diesel engines in the USA have SUCKED ASS since about 2008 or so when they introduced DEF. Way more expensive to run/service vs gas, less reliable, prone to break downs. Now an inline six diesel without all the emissions stuff on it in a boat, I'd take one over that Chevrolet V8 in this boat.
Love SeaRay just great day boats to enjoy with friends, love the way they started squaring off the bow for more space in their bow riders 👍 great review Nick 👍
A neat little boat. Very much an eat ashore though, or pre packed cheese ham & Marmite rolls. Perfect for getting out on the water and not worry about getting back as sleeping over is fine.
Hi Nick, and thank you for this nice show of this pocket cruiser from Sea Ray the 265 Sundancer a pleasant cruiser not to big and with a favorable pirce and stll a good space outside and inside still sleeps four guest with one head looks great yesterday I see a show from you back in memory lane a seatrail of you on a Broom 430 on MBY and still great to see 🙃 Thanks again Nick a great start of this new week⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
This boat reminds me on the inside a bit like you're own boat. Id love to see you drive her. To maybe compare the two boats. Comprehensive review as every. Thank you.
Hi Nick, I have not left comments for a while....rest assured, I have not missed one Vlog...boat tour, not one !!! Brilliant how you view smaller to super yachts.... so grateful for your tours Nick !!😎 P.S. somebody actually stopped me in a very popular super market the other day... I had the Aquaholic bag with me !!! getting a few bits in the supermarket ! LOL as we do !
When I saw the price of the boat in the description, I was ready for a cheap plastic looking yacht. Pleasantly surprised at how the makers even bothered with patterns on the seat backs, a really lovely looking craft, only place I thought looked cheap was the bathroom. Makes you wonder why all the other manufacturers charge much much more for the same size/type of boat... Nick, thanks for featuring the small vessels and not just the behemoths.
Nice boat with some clever design to make the most of the space not sure about the petrol engine, like the last comment you are now part of my weekly routine only just realised have lunch and watch your latest video, see you out on the river/bay this weekend its going to be warm🌞🌞
I love this channel! One thougt though regarding the boarding ladder - this boat has a very nice feature with the swim steps, but the boarding ladder is a saftey feature - if you fall into the water you need to be able to enter the boat on your own again.
Can you deploy that swim step from the water if you fall overboard? A ladder is easier, that looked a bit tricky to do from the water but very neat for everyday use.
I see what you did then, you saw the microwave and opened the sink very funny. Love this little boat tis would be a great first boat. cheers for sharing.
Nick, a compact no frills pottering about weekender that you dont need a engineering or electronics degree to maintain and does what it says on the tin. Cheers DougT
I think somebody needs to check that the bilge pumps are working on that boat, you could see it trickling into the engine bay as you brought the weight to the back of the boat. I know there is usually a little water in the boats bilges but that looked like quite a lot, for a new boat. Great tour as always, thank you
Depends really, to me it looks like no more than 2 inches or so, and since the hull is probably almost flat at the bottom its not more than a few liters. That being said I would of course also prefer it being totally dry just from a neatness perspective, but its pretty common from my experience, sadly. (I got a very similar boat), The automatic float won lift until the level goes up a bit more and the intake from the pump is also most often one or two inches aboive the bottom, so there isnt much to be done. From the video it looks like both are mounted to a bit of a step as well. In my boat I am thinking of making a custom hose adapter for the pump all the way to the bottom so I can run the pump manually and get everything out.
A pocket Boat? What a refreshing idea... It looks fantastic Indeed. You have everything for a weekend or week holiday.. I think a lot people like this boat.. Thanks for the Tour Nick..
A nice boat, looks a really good finish. The under floor cabin is slightly cramped for my liking but it is a 26 ft boat. I’d personally have gas cooking also.. at first I thought the petrol engine wouldn’t be for me but then I thought, it’s a day boat, weekender, play boat, short blasts, possibly on a lake…what difference does it make really.
Currently in Cala dor and the marina is packed with amazing boats. I think the mrs is bored of me commenting on things I’ve learned from your channel lol
That would be a fantastic little boat if it came with a diesel motor. Gasless was a good feature safety wise but a petrol engine made it , as far as I’m concerned, a hazardous power unit unnecessarily installed. Shame everything else was spot on.
Never quite sure why people think petrol engines are hazardous. There are literally tens, probably hundreds of thousands of the things around the world all operating quite happily. What's interesting is that in the USA they won't allow pressurised gas, but petrol, no problem.
Never heard of a petrol powered boat blowing up or catching fire. Not even once. So I am not sure why the concern, seems statistically on par with being hit by lightning, so is it really an issue? People buy diesels for the lower running costs, thats it, as far as I ever heard.
@@GoldenCrocthere are certainly plenty of fires or explosion on board this type of boat. That is inboard petrol engined. Especially just after refuelling . Fumes can build up in the engine compartment and if not vented, boom. I have to agree with the original post and would never consider a petrol inboard boat. There might be tens of thousands that obviously have not had an issue but on the other hand there are many that have and diesel is far safer and can give similar performance
Some parts of this boat appear well detailed. However, the ceiling and partition lining is clearly wrinkled/creased/sagging. If its like this when new, how's it going to look in a few years...?
What a absolutely cracking boat that is,as you say a pocket cruiser and I'm guessing it's a little pocket rocket as well I'm so tempted by getting my first boat and it's all down to you mariann and your reviews of some stunning craft but my question is do I need a license etc to be able to have my own boat cracking video as usual keep up the good work from joff the trucker
A good channel that is informative. Appreciate that you have to be positive to gain access to boats, but constructive analysis including the minus points would be more helpful. For this price there are a lot of better options on the market. Very few boats are totally brilliant.
I disagree, all boats by their very nature are brilliant! 😃 And I've never pretended that these are serious consumer reviews, they're just tours of nice boats, simple as that.
Nice little cruiser Nick. Out of all these pocket cruisers that you show us, which would you like as a replacement to Smugglers Blue 11? If you could afford it.
Is this a new model, Nick? The Sea Ray web site (probably the US version) doesn't show a Sundancer smaller than the 320, although they've built 26-foot Sundancers in the past.
Couldn't believe this tour popped up today Nick, this wkend been browsing brokers with 2003-2008 Searay 315's, 1 at your friends in Essex and 3 in the Med, all but Essex 4.3 petrols though🙁. Any caveats for buying from Spain or Balearics? Love the occasional more 'affordable' craft you bring us.
Nice little boat and although you didn't say "I'm quite taken with this one" I got vibes that you was. Possible SB3? 🤔 Or if given the choice of a straight swap, would you?
@AQUAHOLIC . I'd never heared of them either before,but they are hydraulic legs with wheels that lower into the water so you can drive the boat onto the beach or ramp
@@josh_bfc_2769 Ah, you're actually talking about a make of amphibious boat specifically designed to work in that way. It's not possible to fit that system to other boats I'm afraid.
The swim step is patented by Cobalt boats and there was a long lawsuit between them and Brunswick (which makes Sea Ray). I think Brunswick had to pay some money and then did a redesign, which Cobalt challenged, but ultimately Brunswick won. The Cobalt version, apart from not being quite as beefy as the one you demonstrated, also has a locking pin on it. Brunswick did away with that and claimed their design was different, and they prevailed. I have the swim step on my Cobalt R7, it's great for getting on and off the boat, the trick being to push yourself up on it when waves push it down in the water!
@@AQUAHOLICI know you can on a narrow boat. Either in a marina or as a continuous cruiser. I wouldn’t have thought you could continuously cruise on the sea only marina to marina?
It can be, if it wasnt (like this) a brand new boat. Check all fittings for leakage. *However* , a lot of the time on an open boat, its its just rain water collecting. In this case it looks like no more than 2 inches or so, and since the hull is probably almost flat at the bottom its not more than a few liters. That being said I would of course also prefer it being totally dry just from a neatness perspective, but its pretty common from my experience, sadly. (I got a very similar boat), The automatic float wont lift until the level goes up a bit more and the intake from the pump is also most often one or two inches above the bottom, so there isnt much to be done. From the video it looks like both are mounted to a bit of a step as well. In my boat I am thinking of making a custom hose adapter for the pump all the way to the bottom so I can run the pump manually and get everything out, just for neatness, not for function as it doesnt really matter.
Any size is possible to transport, but if you are talking about normal, unregistered/no-special permit trailering, you need to make sure the boat isnt too wide for your local laws. This boat is about the maximum size most places allow. Of course you also want to check your laws for tow limit weight if you have a normal vehicle to tow with.
It's an 8'6" beam and, in the US, that is pretty much the maximum for towing without getting permits for a wide load. It is quite heavy though, so you'd need a hefty pickup truck to pull it! I have a Cobalt R7, which is a touch longer and a little lighter. That can be towed, but I keep mine on a lift. It is deceptively small in the water and very big on land!
While I like more than 98% of this ship I Absolutely think it;s Stupid to have the power distribution breakers/switches over the sink and the stove where steam Will get into them.The rest seemed nice.
