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Sea Ray

SDX 250 Outboard

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Sea Ray SDX 250 Outboard — photo 1

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2025-SDX-250-Outboard-SDO25N-lifestyle-kids-camping-02240 — Sea Ray

Summary

27.9 ftLOA3.1 ftDRAFT8.5 ftBEAM
Motor MonohullOutboard
Length overall
27.9 ft
Beam
8.5 ft
Maximum speed
37.3 kn
Cruising speed
21.6 kn
Range
174 nm
Displacement
6,041 lb
Engine power
200 hp

* A standard reference image, not the actual boat — shown to help visualise this model's published dimensions.

Best Suited For

Tags are derived from certified class, length, sail area, accommodation and tankage using the criteria described on the Sources page; an editor may add or remove one.

Speed, Power & Tanks

What the builder publishes about how fast, how strong and how much the boat carries.

Speed

02040kn
  • Cruising speed21.6 kn
  • Top speed37.3 kn

Power to weight

Total engine power per tonne of published displacement — more means livelier acceleration for the hull. Drawn for motor yachts.

73 hp/t

1 × 200 hp · 2.7 t

Tanks

Fuel and water on one scale: a tank twice the height holds twice as much.

  • Fuel75 gal
    Waternot published

Dimensions

LOA
27.9 ft (8.49 m)
Hull length
—
LWL
—
Beam
8.5 ft (2.59 m)
Draft (min)
1.9 ft (0.576 m)
Draft (max)
3.1 ft (0.947 m)
Air draft
—
Displacement
6,041 lb (2,740 kg)
Ballast
—
Cabins
—
Heads
—
Berths
—

Performance

Maximum speed
37.3 kn
Cruising speed
21.6 kn
Range
174 nm
Guests
—
Crew
—

Engine and Tanks

Engine
200 hp (Mercury)
Engine count
1
Engine manufacturer
Mercury
Propulsion type
outboard
Fuel capacity
75 gal (284 L)
Fresh water capacity
—
Black water capacity
6 gal (22.7 L)

Construction

Hull material
—
Deck material
—
Rudder type
—
Steering wheels
—

Builder's Own Figures

Deadrise
21°
Standard propulsion
Mercury® 200 V6 Outboard (200 hp / 149 kW) – black
Top speed (WOT) as printed
64–69 kph
Cruising speed as printed
40–43 kph
Range as printed
at cruising speed 322 km; at WOT 257 km
Displacement basis
dry weight without engine, as printed (2740 kg)
Draft basis
drive trimmed up (min) and trimmed down (max), as printed
Engine power basis
per engine as printed
Speed basis
printed in kph/km, converted to knots/nautical miles

Figures read fromsearay.com/eu/en/boats/sdx/sdx-250-outboard· Standard Specificationsread 10/17/2026

Layouts & Drawings

1 drawing from the builder's page: general arrangement, sail plan, profile.

About Sea Ray

Volume production

American sport-boat and sport-cruiser builder founded in 1959 and part of Brunswick Corporation since 1986 — thirty sterndrive, outboard and surf models from the 6.6-metre SPX 210 to the 12.9-metre SLX 400 Outboard in four series, SPX, SDX, SLX and Sundancer, built mainly in Vonore, Tennessee.

Sea Ray was founded in 1959 by C.N. Ray after he bought the assets of Carr-Craft, a small fiberglass manufacturer in Detroit; it began with three people — Ray, Carr-Craft's fiberglass specialist and designer Jerry Michalak, and Ray's business partner Arch Mehaffey. In the 1960s production ramped up in Oxford, Michigan, the first lineup was unveiled and a dealer network was built. The 1970s brought a new headquarters with production and product development in Phoenix, the Merritt Island, Florida plant that still builds Sea Rays, and the Sundancer, which the company says defined the cabin cruiser. In the 1980s it opened the Vonore, Tennessee plant, which builds most models today, joined the Brunswick family of brands in 1986, opened its first international plant and by the end of the decade offered more than fifty models. The 1990s range ran from the 16-foot Ski Ray to the 65-foot 650 Cockpit Motor Yacht; the Sea Ray Owners Club began in 1996, and all plants operated under ISO 9002. In the 2000s Sea Ray reintroduced outboard models, adopted touchscreen helms and robotic manufacturing, and moved its headquarters to Knoxville, Tennessee. After the L-Class yachts of the 2010s it refocused on sport boats and sport cruisers under 40 feet, and the Sundancer 370 launched its current design language, with each model offered in sterndrive and outboard versions.

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The Sea Ray Range

Every model Sea Ray publishes, by length — where this one sits in the range.

  1. SDX 270 Outboard29.9 ft
  2. SDX 29029.2 ft
  3. SLX 28028.7 ft
  4. SLX 260 Outboard28.6 ft
  5. SDX 250 Outboard· this model27.9 ft
  6. SDX 27027.2 ft
  7. SDX 270 Surf27.2 ft
  8. Sundancer 26526.6 ft
  9. SLX 26025.8 ft

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