325 CONQUEST and 325 CONQUEST PILOTHOUSE

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325 CONQUEST and 325 CONQUEST PILOTHOUSE

Postby jimh » Thu Nov 07, 2019 10:13 am

Boston Whaler revealed two more new models at the 2019 Ft. Lauderdale International Boat Show: the 2020 325 CONQUEST and 325 CONQUEST PILOTHOUSE. These are 32-feet 3-inch long cabin boats with a 10-foot 8-inch beam and weigh about 14,290-lbs with engines, fuel, and water. If powered with the optional twin 350-HP VERADO engines, they are 48 to 50-MPH boats. They have 300-gallon fuel tanks, which the twin 350-HP engines will consume at a rate of about 62-GPH at full throttle. 325 CONQUEST base boat configuration MSRP is $340,965.

The 325 CONQUEST PILOTHOUSE model has an enclosed helm area for better weather protection. The price is higher than the open model; MRSP is $359,503 for the base boat.

There are many engine options available. The base engines are the non-supercharged V8 300-HP engine (which been given the VERADO branding) with black cowlings. Optional engines are twin VERADO in-line-6 supercharged engines at 350-HP (add $10,300) or 400-HP VERADO (add $21,900). Joystick steering is an $24,600 option. White cowlings are a $4,200 option. This creates 12 engine options. The most expensive option, dual 400-HP with joystick and white cowlings adds $51,140 to the base price compared to twin black-cowling no-joystick 300-HP non-supercharged engines.

Performance data is only available for the open boat with twin 350-HP engines. Optimum fast cruising speed is a very high 40.2-MPH when the fuel economy peaks to 1.14-MPG. Surprisingly, low speed fuel economy is best at 9-MPH at hits 1.23-MPG. Over the typical boat speeds likely to be used, the boat will probably average 1-MPG.

A highly-produced presentation using only computer-generated images is available at

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNRQtwC3CQU

A "notable" option is a Seakeeper stablizer at $63,500. In order to utilize this electrical-power-hungry device, you must also have an on-board 7-kW gasoline-powered generator, which is another $22,700 option.

One of my favorite features on these newer Boston Whaler cabin boats is the cockpit sunshade that deploys and retracts by electrical motors. That is just a $10,000 option.

The lines of the 325 CONQUEST seem very similar to the 405 CONQUEST, the other new cabin boat introduced at the same time.