![]() With triple white 350hp Mercury Verado engines and Joystick ($72k upgrade), platinum coloured hull, underwater lights, teak tables, bow sunshade, shorepower, rear Sureshade electric awning, auto engine flush system and more, the landed price is around $860. Never one to do things by half measures, QMC has ordered an Aussie-spec 350 Realm as loaded boat. ![]() The demo boat in the US we drove was absolutely loaded to the hilt with everything from gyro to engine upgrade with triple 350s. The base price for a Boston Whaler 350 Realm is about $710,00 with triple 300hp Mercury Verado outboards. It also has all the performance benefits of the Outrage," Bennett told in our earlier 350 Realm Spotlight on this boat. The full-width hardtop and shade all the way to the back, with the Sureshade top, and the one full side walkaround, make this a great entertainer. "I have clients that have triple and twin rigs now who would love something like this, with a small sleeper for the skipper. This is a bit bigger and the boat is a bit more of an all-rounder… a perfect tender to a big mothership, and a great dive, fish and barbecue boat. We get a lot of people who want a smaller sleeper cabin on our centre consoles. "We think it will suit our market perfectly. The boat is due to arrive here in late-April 2018 in time for a special release at the 2018 Sanctuary Cover International Boat Show. ![]() Ward explained the heritage of Boston Whaler, we saw emotive videos, classic boats like the Montauks (range just updated and expanded), cool centre consoles in the Outrages now to 42ft with quads, the Vantage line-up which are the all-round day cruisers, and the Conquests with cabins for weekending.Īndrew Bennett from Queensland Marine Centre (QMC), the local Boston Whaler importer, ordered a 350 Realm as quickly as he could get one. The pre-sea-trial presentation was held by Scott Ward, the President and GM of Boston Whaler, as we chowed down on breakfast American style and heard the good news about Whaler. Sporting triple 350hp Mercury Verado outboards and a heap of upgrades, this was a Whaler like we've not seen before.Īfter travelling great distances from Oz, and through the media-presentation ether, something rang out in my ears about the 350 Realm. We were one of the first media crew in the world to give this exciting new boat a big run during its Florida launch at Captiva. But time is money and with these no go-fast sportfishers and offshore boats you can do more in less time.Įnter the first of a whole new genre of Boston Whaler - the 350 Realm. Mind you, this is a very American approach to boating and the fuel usage doesn't seem to factor into the equation there. Where the sportscruisers and 35-40ft open flybridge or convertible cruisers used to dominate, nowadays it's all open-boat boats with multiple outboard engines doing to in half the time. ![]() As I've written elsewhere, softcore is the new hardcore and social boats with bluewater performance hulls built with pedigree and big outboard power really are changing the face of weekend boating. It's this softer sided of Whaler - and the global powerboat market in general - that forced its hand to look at new ways to expand the appeal of its boats. From small skiffs and centre consoles, which date back to the good old Flipper TV show, to today's 42-foot flagship 420 Outrage centre console sporting quad 350hp outboards, the brand has grown into a powerhouse of bluewater powerboats built for serious fishing, tournaments, as well as family outings and flings.
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