SeaVee 32 Cuddy Inboard

[dor]

Just started looking at the SeaVee 32 cuddy inboard. Has anyone had any experiance with this boat? Also, how does Seavee compare quality wise with the likes of Regulator, Intrepid, Southport or other high quality builder? In the Northeast we dont see many SeaVee's. Any opinions on the single diesel (prop pocket) vs twin outboard setup?

[other line]

Quality-wise SeaVee's are hard to beat. If you take a tour of the factory you'll see why.

[solarfry]

dor - 9/27/2006 3:13 PM

Just started looking at the SeaVee 32 cuddy inboard. Has anyone had any experiance with this boat? Also, how does Seavee compare quality wise with the likes of Regulator, Intrepid, Southport or other high quality builder? In the Northeast we dont see many SeaVee's. Any opinions on the single diesel (prop pocket) vs twin outboard setup?

I cruise in an open CC w TTop regularly with twin 275 verados. The workmanship is top quality, verging on awesome. Boat handles exiting inlet on an outgoing tide, into 6' to 8', very well @ 34mph. It tends to scare the s... out of non boaters. 3 x 5 is no problem at all. So far 54 is best we've done since boat is only 2 mos. old. For the $$$,$$$.00 I would not consider any other boat.

I believe one of mag/rags has an article on diesel model. Might be 29'.

Rum Bum

[Med Sun]

My Good Friend Jimmy the Greek has one with a diesel inboard. Awesome boat! The boat handles anything mother nature can throw at it. When I am not in my boat I am out on his. We boat in Mass as well. Cant go wrong with this rig.

[iguana]

I am considering this boat also. Does your friends boat have the Yanmar or Cummins power? Prop tunnel?

Any real world perf #s would be apprecaited (esp cruise and mpg)

thanks

[BigBone]

I bet it would run nice as a jack drive, but that's a lot of hardware.

Wasn't it a diesel CV that sunk on a return trip from the Bahamas last summer?

[spearfish3]

Bigbone,

I believe it was a 34 CV with twin or trip Suzukis. From what I remember he was going to fast in a big following sea and broached. Also the jackshaft wouldn't be the best idea unless you had twins, and I do not thinik they put twins in the 31/32. You can get twin jackshafts with a 34 if I am not mistaken.

We have a 34 with cummins and prop pocket. Fully loaded with tower and fuel we cruise at 35-36mph (in calm seas) and get around 1.6 mpg. You can pull back to 30 mph and I have seen 2 mpg, but day in and day out you will see around 1.6 mpg. While trolling we burn 0.7 to 3 gph depending on the speed and species targeted. I think the boat rides great, and handles seas better than our old 35 contender. The best thing is being able to pull the throttles way back when the seas pick up and not hurt fuel economy. I saw 0.6 mpg in our conteder trying to cross one winter, but in similar seas the CV was still over 1.4 mpg. The single engine does make handling perform a little different, but the bow thruster is a life saver in tight spaces. Even with a bow thruster the boat will never handle like a twin screw. The prop pocket is a trade off. You get better draft, but I think it makes you slow down a little bit in a straight head sea because the prop is a foot higher. The prop pocket is great for us because we can take trips to the bahamas and not worry about draft issues, but if the boat was only going to see deep water I think the traditional prop location is better for head sea performance. I think the boat is great, but all boats are a trade off. Good luck.