2008 Seavee 390IPS Center Console
Hull ID: SXJ01217I708
Twin Volvo IPS 600 Diesel Inboards D6-435D-A
Horsepower (435-HP Each)
Transmission: IPS-B Ratio 1.82 P-3194005287
Port Serial 2006021029
Starboard Serial 2006021030
Starboard Motor Hours: 1,764
Port Motor Hours: 1,775
Fuel Capacity: 380-Gallons (diesel)
Fuel Tanks Replaced (2020)
Fresh Water Capacity: 60-Gallons
Holding Capacity: 20-Gallons
Custom Urethane Hull Color
Key West Style Hard Top
Multi-Color LED Lights on Hard-Top
LED Spreader Lights
Lee Sidewinfer Outriggers with Marsh Tacky 18’ Carbon Fiber Poles
3-Panel Polycarbonate Enclosure
Fiberglass Tackle Station/Cooler
Coaming Bolsters
Fresh Water Wash Downs
2-Salt Water Wash Downs
Electric Head
2-Diaphram Pumps
Custom Side Door w/ Foldout Dive Ladder
Integrated Forward Seats
18-Console Rod Holders
44-Gunnel Rod Holders
5-Eletric Reel Outlets
2-Underwater Lights
Under Gunnel LED Lights
5-Odessy AGM Batteries
Battery Charger
2-Electric Primer PumpOil Change System
Forward / Rear LiveWell’s
Stainless Steel Deck Plate
Rocket Launcher (Mini Manta)
Raymarine E120 Multifunction Display
4-KW Super HD Digital Radar
DSM 300 Network Sounder B260
1KW Transducer
Raymarine SR100 Sirus Weather Service Receiver
Simrad AP28 Autopilot
Underwater Camera
Clarion CMD5 Media Station
4-Paris of JL Audio 7” Marine Speakers
2-Pairs of JL Audio 10” Subwoofers
2-JL Audio 450-Watt Amps
1-JL Audio Marine 400-Watt Amp
2-Icom VHF Radios
Hauling Port: Miami, Florida USA
***Sea Trials Available w/ 10% Deposit***
***Engines Fully Serviced (2025) w/ New Bottom Paint September***
Price: $235,000 OBO - Located in Coral, Gables Florida (Miami)
This Seavee can do an amazing number of things with IPS – for instance, using the joystick control, we pulled away from the dock sideways, crabbing briskly from our side-to moor, and then I spun the boat 360 degrees on its own axis in less than 14 seconds. The IPS system provided agility and speed that I’ve rarely seen before – but this boat was better. The forward-facing propellers on IPS drives run parallel to the surface, so when you’re backing down, the props don’t pull down the transom like conventional inboards do. Using the computerized Sportfish Mode with the standard electric controls, the boat backed down straight at speeds approaching 10 knots and maneuvered from side to side instantly and effortlessly with incredible quickness. This is undoubtedly the best light-tackle billfishing boat ever made. It’s also incredibly efficient: Imagine a center console that gets nearly two miles per gallon while cruising over 36 mph at 2,750 rpm and burning only 22 gallons per hour. The boat carries 380 gallons of fuel, giving it a cruising range of nearly 600 miles – that’s almost 16 hours at cruise speed!
The 390i with IPS is basically identical to the outboard 390 from the console forward, but it has been reconfigured aft to handle the IPS drives and the engines themselves. The drives are under the boat, positioned on the hull bottom just forward of the transom, utilizing a short jackshaft forward to the engines to power them. To get the engines to fit, Seavee built a good-looking and functional engine box that has an integral leaning-post-style seat on the forward end and heaps of storage.
The engine box is hinged on its forward edge and fitted with a large ram to open the box for complete service to the engines, but there is also a day-access hatch on the aft side to check engine oil and do a visual inspection without lifting the box. The box can also be easily removed for more extensive engine compartment cleaning and service. All these engine box features add up to fewer hours for service because of the ease of access.
You might think that the inboard engines take up a lot of room, but the engine box and several nice in-deck lockers house Racor fuel filters, an oil change system and more, and everything is right where you need it for traveling and fishing because there is such good utilization of space. Without engines hanging on the back, the 390 can fit a 70-gallon LiveWell in the transom and another 90-gallon well in-deck, forward of the transom, for more live bait capacity than most fishermen could ever possibly use. I really liked the large, channeled drain system from the in-deck hatches. These gutters are large enough to actually get rid of water that gets on deck, unlike so many other boats with undersized gutters and even smaller drain plumbing that can’t possibly get rid of water, instead letting it overrun into the bilge. The cockpit drain system on the 390 goes out the side of the boat, so even when backing around as hard as I could, we got very little water on deck.
The 390i looks good, is very functional and performs like an acrobatic airplane, but its efficiency and running performance numbers are its finest attributes. In a world full of triple and quad-engine outboard boats, the 390i IPS stands alone, offering performance that almost rivals those multi-engine outboards, combined with efficiency and maneuverability they can’t touch.
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