405 CONQUEST
Posted: Wed Nov 06, 2019 8:10 am
Boston Whaler introduced their largest-ever cabin boat at the 2019 Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show, a new design called the 405 CONQUEST. This new model has a length overall of 41-feet 4-inches, easily surpassing the 35-feet 11-inches of the previously biggest cabin boat, the 345 CONQUEST. When the 405 CONQUEST is ready for the sea with full fuel tanks and full water tanks, and with its standard four VERADO engines, it weights an astonishing 29,500-lbs. Clearly, you won't be pulling this boat on a trailer to a launch ramp.
The minimum recommended power is 1,200-HP, which would be provided by four 300-HP outboard engines. The maximum power is 1,600-HP, provided by four 400-HP VERADO engines.
The boat has 600-gallons fuel capacity. I haven't seen any performance data posted, but fuel burn can be estimated from other data on the 400-HP VERADO. On the 345 CONQUEST, triple 400-HP VERADO engines at full throttle burn 114-GPH. Scaling this up by a ratio of 4:3 suggests the 405 CONQUEST could be burning 152-GPH. If we allow a 10-percent reserve, the boat would have a usable fuel of 540-gallons. That would be gone in three and a half hours. If marine fuel is $4-per-gallon, a fill-up might be $2,400. Everything about this boat is large.
There is a recorded-live and unedited walk-through presentation on youTube given by Chris Wachowski, Director of Product Development for Boston Whaler. Watch at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_9j6ljliAw
As I watched this detailed presentation I was thinking of all the added systems on this boat that will need maintenance. There are refrigeration systems in multiple places, air conditioning, hidden electric motors moving big structures like tables, bed, and seats, multiple hot and cold water faucets and sinks--it's a very complex boat with many systems. At the end of the presentation, Mr. Wachowski says, "I've probably only touched twenty-percent of what's on this boat." There's a lot of "stuff" on this big cabin boat that's not on your MONTAUK 17.
The WHALER.COM website has details but no prices at
https://www.bostonwhaler.com/build-your-whaler/?model=405-conquest
I have a feeling that this boat is going to cost more than $1,000,000. Using the rule of thumb for boat ownership, you will need about $10-million in "wealth" to afford this boat, and plan to spend $100,000-per-year on operating costs.
The minimum recommended power is 1,200-HP, which would be provided by four 300-HP outboard engines. The maximum power is 1,600-HP, provided by four 400-HP VERADO engines.
The boat has 600-gallons fuel capacity. I haven't seen any performance data posted, but fuel burn can be estimated from other data on the 400-HP VERADO. On the 345 CONQUEST, triple 400-HP VERADO engines at full throttle burn 114-GPH. Scaling this up by a ratio of 4:3 suggests the 405 CONQUEST could be burning 152-GPH. If we allow a 10-percent reserve, the boat would have a usable fuel of 540-gallons. That would be gone in three and a half hours. If marine fuel is $4-per-gallon, a fill-up might be $2,400. Everything about this boat is large.
There is a recorded-live and unedited walk-through presentation on youTube given by Chris Wachowski, Director of Product Development for Boston Whaler. Watch at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_9j6ljliAw
As I watched this detailed presentation I was thinking of all the added systems on this boat that will need maintenance. There are refrigeration systems in multiple places, air conditioning, hidden electric motors moving big structures like tables, bed, and seats, multiple hot and cold water faucets and sinks--it's a very complex boat with many systems. At the end of the presentation, Mr. Wachowski says, "I've probably only touched twenty-percent of what's on this boat." There's a lot of "stuff" on this big cabin boat that's not on your MONTAUK 17.
The WHALER.COM website has details but no prices at
https://www.bostonwhaler.com/build-your-whaler/?model=405-conquest
I have a feeling that this boat is going to cost more than $1,000,000. Using the rule of thumb for boat ownership, you will need about $10-million in "wealth" to afford this boat, and plan to spend $100,000-per-year on operating costs.