2006

Laguna 210

  • 2006
    • If you look at the number of center consoles boats built each year, it's astounding. Between 1995 and 2006, more than 300,000 center console models were built between 17 and 34 feet. That's a lot of boats! But when you think about how versatile a center console design is, either for a primary or secondary boat, it's not surprising.

Hydra-Sport Vector 2200 CC

  • 2006
  • New Boats
    • Hydra-Sports new Vector 2200 Center Console comes with a lot of the features that have made larger Hydra-Sports models so popular. Items like an extensive standard equipment list, plush fit-and-finish, and a thorough attention to detail. The 2200 may be the smallest of the Vectors, but she can still run with the big dogs.

BRIDGING THE GAP - SEA RAY’S 36 SEDAN BRIDGE

  • 2006
  • Boats
  • OCTOBER 2006
    • It wasn’t difficult to find the new Sea Ray 36 Sedan Bridge rising above her express styled siblings at New York’s Chelsea Piers for a MarineMax/Surfside 3 demonstration day. An under 40-foot bridge model is not new territory for Sea Ray, although today the company’s bread and butter is with their Sundancer or express cruiser line. Therefore a new Sedan Bridge offering received more than marginal interest from the marketplace.

Headline News: Sea Ray 38 Sundancer

  • 2006
    • Sea Ray���s 38 Sundancer

      Size has its privileges. Like a major automobile manufacturer, Sea Ray builds enough boats (approximately 15,000 per year) to justify frequently updating its entire model line, incorporating the latest trends in technology and design. That way, its customers always feel like they are getting something fresh and new, which keeps them coming back for more.

BIGGER BY DESIGN: The Carver 33

  • 2006
  • Boats
  • Boats
  • JULY/AUGUST 2005
    • It wasn't until about five years ago or so that I really started to pay attention to Carver Yachts. I had looked at a few used models to purchase for my own enjoyment, but that is where the familiarity ended. However, as a senior editor, of a national boating magazine, I was assigned Carver as part of my beat list. Hey some journalists are assigned the police beat, I was assigned one of the leading boatbuilders in the country.Yes, it's a tough gig I know.

Take a Ride on The Wild Side: Zodiac CZ7

  • 2006
  • JUNE 2006
    • Zodiac

      The three-day course was culminating with a competition. Three-man boat crews would have to run to the boat, fire it up, race out to and negotiate a slalom course, find and recover a person in the water, race back through the slalom to the dock and run a short distance to the finish line.

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