Review of Sea Ray 280 Sundancer
Basic specs.
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Both the hull and the deck is made of hand laid fibreglass. Generally, a hull made of hand laid fibreglass requires only a minimum of maintenance during the sailing season. And outside the sailing season, just bottom cleaning and perhaps anti-fouling painting once a year - a few hours of work, that's all.
The deck is a double deck which improves the indoor climate.
The interior is like most other boats made of teak. Teak has the advantage of being naturally very oily and therefore water-repellent, which is suitable on boats.
The boat is equipped with 3 cabins, 6-7 berths, a galley, 132.0 liter fresh water capacity and toilet facility.
Unknown keel type
The boat can enter even shallow marinas as the draft is just about 0.81 - 0.91 meter (2.66 - 2.96 ft) dependent on the load. See immersion rate below.
The Sea Ray 280 Sundancer has been equipped with different engine alternatives.
Alternative 1:
Sea Ray 280 Sundancer may be equipped with an inboard Yanmar diesel engine at 315 hp (234 kW).
The transmission is a Z-drive aka sterndrive.
Alternative 2:
The boat may be equipped with dual inboard MerCruiser engines at 350 hp (260 kW). Max speed is 42.0 knots.
The transmission is a Z-drive aka sterndrive.
Alternative 3:
The boat may be equipped with an inboard MerCruiser gasoline engine at 350 hp (260 kW).
The transmission is a Z-drive aka sterndrive.
Alternative 4:
Sea Ray 280 Sundancer may be equipped with an inboard MerCruiser gasoline engine at 380 hp (283 kW).
The transmission is a Z-drive aka sterndrive.
The fuel tank, which is made of stainless steel, has a capacity of 454.0 liters (119 US gallons, 99 imperial gallons).
Sailing characteristics
This section covers widely used rules of thumb to describe the sailing characteristics. Please note that even though the calculations are correct, the interpretation of the results might not be valid for extreme boats.
The immersion rate is defined as the weight required to sink the boat a certain level.
The immersion rate for Sea Ray 280 Sundancer is about 182 kg/cm, alternatively 1024 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 182 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm.
Alternatively, if you load 1024 lbs cargo on the boat it will sink 1 inch.
Sailing statistics
This section is statistical comparison with similar boats of the same category. The basis of the following statistical computations is our unique database with more than 26,000 different boat types and 350,000 data points.
What is L/B (Length Beam Ratio)?
The l/b ratio for Sea Ray 280 Sundancer is 2.67.
Curiosities
In Denmark, you are required to have achieved a 'powerboat driving license' in order to sail a powerboat.
In this context a boat is considered a powerboat if:
Danish definition of a powerboat
Maintenance
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