Boating — December 2018

High Points

XLivewell keeps bait fresh and frisky

for great fi shing action.

XSolid hull gives a stable, sporty

ride with our test power.

XFeatures like premium vinyl and

stainless-steel rub rails ensure

long-lasting good looks.

Specs

· LOA: 23'8" · BEAM: 8'5"

· DRY WEIGHT: 3,648 lb. · SEATING/

WEIGHT CAPACITY: 12/3,250 lb.

· FUEL CAPACITY: 68 gal.

How We Tested

ENGINE: Yamaha V-6 3.3L 200 hp

PROP: Reliance 17" 3-blade

stainless steel

GEAR RATIO: 2.00:1

FUEL LOAD: 30 gal.

CREW WEIGHT: 375 lb.

Price

$76,493 (as tested)

STINGRAY

236 CC

in or stow away, assisting your dilemma of

what to do, what to do: fi sh, play, cruise or

raft up? To add more stress to the choices,

there are two foldaway bolsters forward

that convert the wraparound seating to

forward-facing lounges.

You can add a portable head beneath

the center console or just use the area as a

changing room to go from beach to water-

front dining.

The 236 CC is an extremely fi shable

deck boat with family-cruising amenities.

It has the easy maintenance advantages of

outboard power and plenty of options for

fun on the water.

If there was ever a boat built for the coastal

waterways, sloughs and rivers of the

Carolinas to Jacksonville, Florida, or along

the Gulf Coast, it would be the 236 CC. It’s

draft is a moderate 16 inches with the mo-

tor up, ideal for the Intracoastal Waterway

and Gulf Coast sandbars, and its stability at

rest is exemplary, beautifully supporting

its maximum passenger capacity of 12.

Powered as our test boat was with a

200  hp Yamaha outboard, we could pic-

ture a mixed day of snorkeling, fi shing and

tube riding using the centerline-mounted

tow pylon and reboarding at the swim

platform. A boarding ladder at the stern

makes it easy to reboard whether you

are snorkeling or beach combing, and the

stern ladder is also easily deployed from in

the water, adding a safety factor too.

You’ll be cool all day thanks to the spa-

cious hardtop that shades the cockpit and

a built-in ice chest for refreshments. You

can add more refreshments by stowing

your cooler beneath the leaning post.

Or you could use that one for a fi sh box.

You’ll catch many with the lively bait kept

frisky in the standard aerated livewell.

Stow your rods under the gunwales —

Stingray custom molds its rod brackets

instead of buying cheap, vacuum-molded

inserts — or in the rocket launchers on the

hardtop and leaning post. When you’re

trolling or just taking a lazy approach

to bait-fi shing, gunwale rod holders will

keep the sticks in place while you wait for

the bite. And when you want them out of

the way, rocket launchers in the optional

hardtop keep them secure.

Your crew will be comfortable reclin-

ing in a choice of seats, from aft jump seats

for up to four to dual leaning-post seats at

the helm. Then there is that beautiful bow

seating area with thick cushions that snap

PHOTOS: COURTESY STINGRAY BOATS

STINGRAY BOATS

Hartsville, South Carolina; 843-383-4507; stingrayboats.com

SPEED EFFICIENCY OPERATIONnaut. stat. n. mi. s. mi. sound

rpm knots mph gph mpg mpg range range angle level

1000 4.3 5.0 0.8 5.4 6.3 332.4 382.5 1 67

1500 5.4 6.2 1.0 5.4 6.2 329.7 379.4 2 73

2000 6.7 7.7 2.0 3.3 3.9 204.7 235.6 4 75

2500 7.2 8.3 2.9 2.5 2.9 152.2 175.2 5 75

3000 12.3 14.1 4.2 2.9 3.4 178.5 205.5 8 82

3500 20.9 24.0 5.1 4.1 4.7 250.3 288.0 4 85

4000 25.8 29.7 6.7 3.9 4.4 235.7 271.3 2 86

4500 29.6 34.1 8.4 3.5 4.1 215.9 248.4 2 85

5000 33.5 38.5 11.8 2.8 3.3 173.5 199.7 2 88

5500 36.9 42.5 15.1 2.4 2.8 149.7 172.3 2 91

6000 40.1 46.1 18.4 2.2 2.5 133.2 153.3 2 93

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