Category: 2025 Boat Buyers Guide
-
2025 Helios GT-R 23
2025 Helios GT-R 23 Visit Helios Find a Helios Dealer Helios is a newcomer to the pontoon market, but the boatbuilder has done its homework well, providing a new option in performance pontoon boating with its GT-R 23, a 23-foot pontoon. Ours was powered with a 300 hp Mercury outboard. The GT-R 23 is a…
-
2025 Bennington 25 RX Sport
2025 Bennington 25 RX Sport The RX rivals the handling of a V-hull. Bill Doster Visit Bennington Build Your Bennington Find a Bennington Dealer Bennington’s 25 RX Sport cut a dashing figure at the dock, but it’s the boat’s performance that had tongues wagging from those who took their turn at the wheel. Yes, speed…
-
2025 Bennington 25QFBA
2025 Bennington 25QFBA The Q makes a big impression on approach. Bill Doster Visit Bennington Build Your Bennington Find a Bennington Dealer The 25QFBA is a top-line Bennington model with the designer-style Bennington exterior and interior flash. With Yamaha’s 350 hp outboard, the loaded price is a shade over $227,000, making this a statement, but…
-
2025 Manitou Cruise 22 Max Switchback
2025 Manitou Cruise 22 Max Switchback The twin-tube Cruise corners flat with predictable handling. Bill Doster Visit Manitou Build Your Manitou Find a Manitou Dealer It seems that the innovative Manitou MAX Deck design, which places an expansive rear deck over a low-profile Rotax S outboard engine, is a success—Manitou says 2024 MAX Deck models…
-
2025 SunChaser Calais 25 SB DC
2025 SunChaser Calais 25 SB DC The Calais offers a nimble ride. Bill Doster Visit SunChaser Build Your SunChaser Find a SunChaser Dealer SunChaser’s Calais sports fencing made of welded, smooth-panel aluminum, lending the exterior a seamless appearance. Automotive paint and clear coat heighten the level of finish. Belowdecks, painted black tubes are standard, not…
-
2025 Intrepid 41 Panacea
2025 Intrepid 41 Panacea Visit Intrepid Powerboats Build Your Intrepid Find an Intrepid Dealer In case you skipped Greek Mythology 101, Panacea was the goddess of all solutions and cures. It is the perfect name for the new Intrepid 41, which is, indeed, ready to satisfy all your boating wishes and desires. Go fast? Our…
-
2025 Pursuit OS 405
2025 Pursuit OS 405 The OS 405 offers soft running offshore. Courtesy Pursuit Boats Visit Pursuit Build Your Pursuit Find a Pursuit Dealer The new Pursuit OS 405 raises the bar on the long-popular OS 385 it supersedes in many ways. It starts with an all-new hull with 20 degrees of transom deadrise for soft…
-
2025 NorthCoast 415HT
2025 NorthCoast 415HT The 415HT offers a stable, dry ride. Courtesy NorthCoast Boats Visit NorthCoast Build Your NorthCoast Find a NorthCoast Dealer With its spacious enclosed pilothouse, seakindly hull, impressive performance and extended range, NorthCoast’s 415HT is equally suited to trolling far offshore or cruising distant coastlines, with an impressive list of standard features that…
-
2025 Kyma K7 Supercharged
2025 Kyma K7 Supercharged Visit Kyma Build Your Kyma Purchase a Kyma The Kyma K7 Supercharged is one of the most unique watersports boats. What sets it apart is its power: a 6.2L 510 hp Indmar engine, producing 575 foot-pound of torque, connected to a jet. This, folks, is a full-on watersports machine with the…
-
2025 Scout 400 LXF
2025 Scout 400 LXF Visit Scout Build Your Scout Find a Scout Dealer Scout’s latest, the 400 LXF fills out the company’s line of center-console yachts with another luxury fishing vessel. The 400 LXF offers quick acceleration and confident handling. Courtesy Scout Boats State-of-the-art design and construction include carbon fiber and E-glass for the highest…