SLX 280

Summary

Best Suited For

• Coastal Cruising

  From the published figures: day boat · LOA 8.74 m

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.

Dimensions

LOA

28.7 ft (8.74 m)

Hull length

—

LWL

—

Beam

9 ft (2.74 m)

Draft (min)

2.1 ft (0.64 m)

Draft (max)

3.4 ft (1.04 m)

Air draft

—

Displacement

8,378 lb (3,800 kg)

Ballast

—

Cabins

—

Heads

—

Berths

—

Performance

Maximum speed

38.3 kn

Cruising speed

21.1 kn

Range

201 nm

Guests

—

Crew

—

Engine and Tanks

Engine

350 hp (Mercury)

Engine count

1

Engine manufacturer

Mercury

Propulsion type

sterndrive

Fuel capacity

117 gal (443 L)

Fresh water capacity

20 gal (76 L)

Black water capacity

10 gal (38 L)

Construction

Hull material

—

Deck material

—

Rudder type

—

Steering wheels

—

Builder's Own Figures

Persons capacity

Yacht Certified

Fresh water

76 L (Requires Water System Bundle)

Standard propulsion

Mercury® MerCruiser® 6.2L MPI ECT Bravo Three® with DTS (350 hp / 261 kW)

Holding tank

38 L (Requires Water System Bundle)

Deadrise

21°

Engine power basis

per engine as printed

Speed basis

printed in kph/km, converted to knots/nautical miles

Displacement basis

dry weight without engine, as printed (3,800 kg)

Top speed (WOT) as printed

68–71 kph

Draft basis

drive trimmed up (min) and trimmed down (max), as printed

Range as printed

at cruising speed 373 km; at WOT 274 km

Cruising speed as printed

39–42 kph

Layouts & Drawings

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

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  sea-ray-slx-280-floorplan — Sea Ray

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.

The Sea Ray Range

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

1. SLX 280 Outboard31.4 ft
2. SDX 290 Outboard31.2 ft
3. SDX 270 Outboard29.9 ft
4. SDX 29029.2 ft
5. SLX 280· this model28.7 ft
6. SLX 260 Outboard28.6 ft
7. SDX 250 Outboard27.9 ft
8. SDX 27027.2 ft
9. SDX 270 Surf27.2 ft

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