Trade-A-Boat

door with ladder form a design and

construction masterpiece. Kill tanks

are concealed under each side of the

deck, while in the middle another large

compartment houses the batteries

(six in total) and switch gear, and gives

access to bilge pumps, fuel filters,

seacock and through-hull transducers.

And there’s the concealed storage rack

for the pull-out table as well as plenty

more storage for ropes, oils and other

bric-a-brac.

This beautifully laid-out cockpit and

work area is neatly finished off with

thickly padded coamings to make long

fights with large thrashing pelagics more

comfortable.

GET UP & GO!

There’s no shortage of power and

performance in this Outrage – it feels

simply sensational on the water. Triple

Mercury Verado 350hp FourStroke

stormtroopers look like they were

moulded to the sleek lines of the hull. In

icy white cladding, these knights punch

out a gutsy performance from the full-

width engine well.

This big Yankee Doodle will surprise

you both with the soft and quiet

seamanship of the capable seagoing

hull, and the expertly fitted and tuned

performance of the big Verados. It’s

little short of a magic carpet ride on still

water, with exceptionally low noise as

the hull glides along, turning beautifully

without a hint of cavitation. When I

looked down to the Raymarine electrics

and VesselView7 I simply couldn’t

believe the speed we were doing.

She rises well out of the hole with

very little bow lift and running a

slightly bow-high attitude without even

touching the trim tabs. She’s planing

by about 3000rpm and 15.5kt, possibly

a bit less. Throttle up to 4000rpm and

she’s comfortably travelling at 29kt,

and relatively economically too – 118

litres per hour isn’t bad considering the

weight, size and horsepower, let alone

the four passengers and 600 litres of fuel

we were carrying.

The engine/hull combination felt

better and better with every extra rev

until we reached a thrilling – if not

sensibly sustainable – wide-open

throttle speed of 48kt and 6000rpm.

THE VERDICT

This is living! Driving the Boston Whaler

350 Outrage with the power of triple

Verado 350s was one of the greatest

experiences of my long boating life.

To do it in the beautiful waters of the

Whitsundays between Hamilton Island

and the world-class Whitehaven Beach

was a thrill I’ll always treasure. Don’t

think about it – do it!

Boston Whaler 350 Outrage

facts & figures

OPTIONS FITTED

Summer kitchen; dive door; radial

outriggers; refrigerators; fold-out bench

seat; Euro shore power (220v); stainless

steel anchor; graphics; enclosure

curtains; SCUBA tank rack; self-levelling

tab system; spotlight; aft cockpit table;

anchor windlass chain; Australian

certification; Raymarine nav pack;

Quantum radar; Evolution autopilot;

bow tow eye

PRICE AS TESTED

A$669,961

GENERAL

MATERIAL GRP

TYPE Centre Console

LENGTH 10.82m

BEAM 3.30m

WEIGHT 4990kg (dry, hull only)

ENGINE Triple Mercury 350 Verado’s

CAPACITIES

PEOPLE (DAY) 14

FUEL 1514L

WATER 170L

SUPPLIED BY

QUEENSLAND MARINE CENTRE

Unit 10, 71 Shipper Drive, Coomera, Qld

4209

PHONE +61 (7) 5591 7032

WEB [email protected]

Boston Whaler 350 Outrage

“She rises well out of

the hole with very little

bow lift and running

a slightly bow-high

attitude without even

touching the trim

tabs”

24 trade aboat.com.au