2014 SEA RAY 260 SUNDECK, 5.0 MPI BRAVO III, 375 HOURS, TARPON SPRINGS FL

This 2014 Sea Ray 260 Sundeck is a 26 foot deck boat with bow rider seating, powered by a single MerCruiser 5.0L MPI sterndrive on a Bravo III duoprop drive, showing 375 hours. The boat is lift kept in saltwater in Tarpon Springs, Pinellas County, with no bottom paint, and the exhaust manifolds and risers were replaced two years ago. Freshly detailed and waxed. Sold without a trailer.

LAYOUT AND SEATING

The 2014 Sea Ray 260 Sundeck carries its beam forward, so the open bow seats several adults with stainless cupholders, grab rails and storage under the bow floor hatch. A walk through windshield connects the bow to the cockpit. The cockpit has a companion lounge to port, bucket helm and companion seats on pedestals, a starboard wet bar with stainless sink and faucet, and a full aft bench with sunpad. The transom walkthrough opens to an extended swim platform.

FLOORING AND FINISH

The cockpit, bow, walkways and swim platform of this 2014 Sea Ray 260 Sundeck are covered in gray and black faux teak traction flooring in place of the factory carpet, so the deck rinses clean after a day on the water. White vinyl with charcoal accents throughout. Hull graphics and finish are freshly detailed and waxed.

HELM AND ELECTRONICS

Garmin chartplotter and fishfinder on a swivel mount at the helm. Marine stereo at the dash with Rockford Fosgate cockpit speakers and additional speakers in the bow. Compass, windshield wiper, nav and anchor lights, cockpit lights, horn, bilge pump and blower, and pressure water switch on the helm panel. MerCruiser single lever binnacle control with trim.

ENGINE AND DRIVE

MerCruiser 5.0L MPI V8, 375 hours. Bravo III sterndrive with counter rotating stainless duoprops. Exhaust manifolds and risers replaced two years ago. Automatic fire suppression system in the engine compartment. Trim tabs.

AMENITIES

Enclosed head compartment in the port console with portable toilet and opening port. Telescoping stainless bow boarding ladder stored in the anchor locker, handy for beaching at Anclote Key or Honeymoon Island. In floor ski and gear locker in the cockpit, plus storage under the bow and cockpit seating and through the transom walkthrough.

KNOWN ISSUES

The dash gauges on this 2014 Sea Ray 260 Sundeck are not reading correctly. No other mechanical issues are known. Buyers are welcome to a survey and sea trial.

LOCATION AND WATER

The boat is shown in Tarpon Springs, Florida, in Pinellas County on the north end of the Tampa Bay area, a short run to the Anclote River, the Gulf of Mexico and the sandbars off Anclote Key. Easy reach for buyers in Palm Harbor, Dunedin and New Port Richey, and in Clearwater, Florida. Published draft for the 260 Sundeck is about 21 inches with the drive up, so the boat suits the Gulf coast flats and sandbars, and the published beam is 8 feet 6 inches for lift and slip planning.

BUYER QUESTIONS

HOW SHALLOW CAN A 2014 SEA RAY 260 SUNDECK GO

Published draft for the 2014 Sea Ray 260 Sundeck is about 21 inches with the drive tilted up and about 38 inches with the drive down. That is enough to idle onto a sandbar and use the bow boarding ladder, but the drive needs to be trimmed up in skinny water.

IS 375 HOURS A LOT FOR A MERCRUISER 5.0 MPI

No. 375 hours on a 2014 boat averages roughly 30 hours a year, which is light use for a MerCruiser 5.0L MPI. The exhaust manifolds and risers, the main saltwater wear items on a sterndrive, were replaced two years ago.

WHAT COMES WITH THIS 2014 SEA RAY 260 SUNDECK

Garmin chartplotter and fishfinder, upgraded stereo speakers including Rockford Fosgate, faux teak traction flooring throughout, trim tabs, automatic fire suppression, enclosed head with portable toilet, wet bar with sink, bow boarding ladder and walk through windshield. No trailer is included.

WHAT NEEDS ATTENTION

The dash gauges are not reading correctly. That is the only known mechanical issue on this 2014 Sea Ray 260 Sundeck.