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• Cruisers 4270 Esprit

by David Pascoe

Of course, the times and companies can change, and this one certainly seems to have done so. At least if we can draw any conclusions from this particular boat. We regret that we haven't any photos to show, owing to an accident with our camera.

Stylistically, there's little to distinguish this boat from many other large express models. She's your typical open express a la Sea Ray and a host of others. What did catch our attention, however, is that this is not the usual Cruisers quality level of years past. The one impression it does not give is that of a floating motel room.

Stylistically, it's every bit as racy as all the other offerings but with a twist. This boat seems to incorporate some pretty good design, along with a decent level of quality. The beauty is a bit more than merely skin deep. Most notable was a lack of design stupidities so commonly found in other boats that seem like a mere party platform than serious cruiser.

First Up: Ergonomically, I found little to complain about. Ease of movement around this boat is really very good. Mercifully, they did not fill up the cockpit area with so much lounge seating that there's no room left to move around. They've left enough space to permit a free-moving traffic pattern without any serious bottle necks. You can almost run forward from the swim platform to the forward cabin without falling over anything. A very nice traffic

The cockpit seating is L-shaped off to starboard, with the helm set to starboard as well. The helm bench seat will seat only two, and thus does not take up too much space. We find this to be a major fault with many large expresses where too much seating manages to make even a  large boat cramped.

The cockpit affords two means of entry, first via the platform and second via the port side where there is a step molded into the liner. If you want to board by the starboard side, well, you just have to walk on the upholstery. One way you can tell for sure the difference between fresh and salt water builders is that they seem to assume that you can always board via the stern platform. You see, they don't have tides on inland lakes and usually floating docks. For those of us in coastal areas, this is often a big problem.

Cabin Layout has an unusual aft cabin with twin berths, set back under the cockpit. Naturally, you do not have full head room here, but I found this layout to be much more attractive than the overly large lounge area found in the Sea Ray 450 where a very large lounge area resides where the aft stateroom is placed in this 4270. This  aft cabin area is very private, particularly with an adjoining head and shower. This is the kind of layout I'd want for cruising with two couples or children. If you're strictly a party hound, then something like the Sea Ray may be more suitable.

Yet another aspect that I found very attractive is the galley. Set to starboard and immediately forward of the helm area, it is semi-enclosed, being somewhat U-shaped. The inboard end is anchored by a full size upright frig, and yet still has plenty of counter space, as well as storage. This is a galley in which serious meals can be prepared but for one thing. The 125V Kenyon 3 burner stove top just doesn't cut it. In fact, we're finding most of these new boats have 125V stove tops that take about an hour to boil water. And that's no joke. A serious stove needs to be 250V.

Opposite this is a stretched oval table and lounge seating. And it's here that there is some sacrifice of space for general socializing. This cabin layout is much more suited for cruising than partying. While the lounge is plenty big, there is no room for any other furniture and no other seating. That means all the people sitting there are all more or less facing the same direction - to starboard. Again, this makes for more of a cruising than party boat.

The forward cabin is the usual largish double berth on centerline. The good news is that there is a bit of an isle up each side so you don't have to crawl in bed head first on hands and knees. The master head is plenty big with a stall shower. Heads are VacuFlush.

The interior is served by three Cruisair air conditioners, but there is only one deck hatch so if the A/C isn't working, ventilation becomes a problem.

Machinery Well, here we go again with the Caterpillar 3126 engines and their cylinder head problems. These engines were supposedly fixed but we found carbon in the cooling system of one engine, which usually means that there is a compression leak somewhere.

This is a great boat if you never have to go into the engine compartment. The engines are set very close together, and for a boat this size, the engine compartment is amazingly small and cramped, with both the engines and fuel tanks crammed in back there. This is no dream boat engine room for the do it yourselfer.

This one came equipped with a 9kw Kohler generator that is barely adequate for the total power demand. It also has a sound box cover that we were unable to open up. The layout of systems is rather poor. In order to reach components we had to crawl over batteries, switches, mufflers, wires and cables. There is a large deck area behind the engines, but the systems components are set down like salt falling out of a shaker. In order to reach one thing, you crawl over another. On your knees. Ouch!

In attempting to check the transmission oil, we were unable to get the dipsticks out because of components installed above. The engine intake sea cocks are installed in a deep hole and can't be reached, as are the sea strainers so that you can't see whether they're fouled or not.

Servicing the mechanicals in this boat is a serious drawback. Granted, you can remove the large deck section above, but only after removing all the seating, and probably requiring the use of a crane. That's reserved for major repairs.

Performance As you'd expect for a 44 foot boat weighing 19,500 lbs, it's plenty fast, 30.4 knots tops. With power assist steering and a tiny wheel, it was like driving a car. Low speed performance is not impressive. The operator has a terrible time docking on both occasions. Part of that was his fault, the other ho-hum maneuverability.

The engine room insulation seems well done as the sound levels within the cockpit were quite low, and we did not have to yell in order to be heard.

Seakeeping    As is  frequently the case, we had only a 12" chop for our sea trial, yet this translated into feeling every little wave when standing on the cabin sole. Her bottom shape is very much akin to a Sea Ray, with a very full bow and flat entry. The cabin area while underway at speed was quite noisy.

While we did not get to do an ocean trial run on rough water, you can expect that with her very light weight, her rough water performance is not going to be spectacular. And judging by her hull shape, we'd guess that she handles about like most others of her class, perhaps even less favorably.

The bow has a huge overhang. Although there's no pro forma pulpit, the bow is bottle-nosed like a dolphin. There is a large slot here for the anchor that leads into a triangular bow hatch were the windlass, electrical controls and rode are stored. The only problem is that when you stuff the bow into a wave, the water will come gushing up under that hatch cover and probably take it right off its plastic latches.

Worse yet, there is no manner of sealing this hatch, so that the windlass and electricals got wet and crapped out. Two major and uncorrectable faux pas here.

But, there's another one. Attached to the intergral swim platform is an extended platform of the bolt-on type. This creates an overhang of 3-1/2 feet. It doesn't take much imagination to determine what will happen with the vessel stopped out at sea with 3 foot waves rolling. You got it! The waves will take that platform right off the boat in a heart beat.

These points generally sum up what we mean about boats with an inland rather than an oceanic flavor.

Overall Quality   Basically pretty good. There aren't any maintenance nightmares with this boat (other than the engine room access). The use of molded plastic parts is minimal. One problem is that the primary means of going up to the foredeck is over the helm and through a door in the windshield. Hopefully, you already know that there's no way in heaven or  hell that this can be made water tight, and that water is going to pour all over the area up under the windshield. Our boat had never been out in the ocean, so this hadn't happened yet,

Construction   Hmmm, hate to say it, but we haven't a clue as to how it's built. Less than 10% of the internal hull was accessible or visible. If there's anything broken or going wrong within, there's no way of knowing.

Banging around on the bottom, however, she sounded fairly substantial. The sides and decks are surely cored, but we don't know about the bottom. We can at least tell you that the bottom and hull sides do not appear to be flimsy. Nor was there any apparent problem with the deck joint as the rub rails were undamaged, and there were no stress cracks in these areas. That's always a good sign.

Meanwhile, there were no blisters on the bottom.

All of the deck areas seemed fairly substantial. They don't give when walked or jumped on. The cockpit hatches have good gutters and there was no problem with water leaking into the engine room.

Summing Up   We were pleasantly surprised, having anticipated yet another family type or party boat cruiser that just didn't measure up to a decent level of quality. This one does. Overall, it seems a good effort to produce a boat of mid level quality that is quite consistent from the square end to the pointed end. Value-wise, this is a heck of a lot of boat for the money. In comparing new costs versus resale, it definitely stacks up a better deal than Sea Ray.

Posted April 19, 2000

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