The sun is barely up when you fire the twin 430s. The coffee is going below, and you are already thinking about the cove forty miles north. The Sundancer 370 settles into its cruise, and you realise this is precisely what a 37-footer should do: get you there in comfort, then let you stay.
Sea Ray's own history page credits this boat with establishing the design language the entire current range now follows. That is not marketing — it is the builder telling you where the shape came from.
Who It's For
The Sundancer 370 is aimed at experienced boaters who have outgrown trailerable runabouts but are nowhere near the crew, slip fees and maintenance budgets of a 50-footer. You want to run your own boat, host a crowd on Saturday, and disappear with your partner on Sunday.
At 37'8" with a 12-foot beam it fits most marina slips while delivering the deck space of a bigger boat. Draft is 42 inches with the drives down and 31 with them up — shallow enough for real exploring. With berths for four, a full galley and a separate shower in the head, it is built for couples who cruise together and families whose teenagers still want to come along.
Design & Layout
The exterior carries the Sundancer profile — the long sheer, the crease below the gunwale — with sharper angles than the boat it replaced. Two hull windows in place of a single portlight put real daylight into the cabin. A diamond pattern runs through the boat, carved into the cockpit sole, stitched into the upholstery and silhouetted in the hardtop skylight.
The bow cockpit is the standout. A glass door to port folds open on gas-assisted struts and turns the foredeck into a genuine social area. Seating for up to five adults, an optional teak table for alfresco dining, or a filler cushion to make it an expansive sun lounge.
Aft, the U-shaped cockpit seats five around a teak table to port, with a wet bar and options including an electric Kenyon grill and a refrigerator. The three-position transom seat flips from a hard-back surface to an aft-facing lounge, so you can watch swimmers rather than turn your back on them. The swim platform takes an optional automated undermount submersible step.
Below, the cabin uses the full 12-foot beam. Sea Ray rates it at sleeps four. The forward V-berth lounge has a plush L-shaped couch and a smart TV; the galley carries a microwave, refrigerator, sink and solid-surface countertop. And the head has a separate shower stall with spa-like finishes — not the wet-bath arrangement most boats this size settle for. That single detail changes how long you are willing to stay aboard.
The hardtop comes in standard open or optional enclosed coupe form, with an opening panoramic skylight, an automated extended SureShade aft and a manual bow sunshade available.
Performance
Power is twin Mercury MerCruiser 8.2L MAG HO ECT engines at 430 hp each on Bravo Three X SeaCore drives with Joystick Piloting — 860 horsepower moving 20,800 pounds. It is the only engine package Sea Ray offers on this boat.
Sea Ray publishes the full performance set:
| Figure | Sea Ray's number |
|---|---|
| Cruising Speed | 36–38 mph |
| Wide Open Throttle | 42–44 mph |
| Range at cruising speed | 135 mi |
| Range at WOT | 132 mi |
| Deadrise | 20° |
| Fuel Capacity | 250 gal |
A note on the range: 135 miles at cruise is a shorter number than this boat is often credited with, and it is the builder's own. Plan around it rather than around the larger figures in circulation.
The 20-degree deadrise is worth flagging — it is the only one of the five Sea Rays we cover that is not 21 degrees. Paired with the 12-foot beam it gives the boat a stable, flat-riding character that suits the mission.
The helm is a Digital Dash with dual 16-inch Simrad NSO evo3 touchscreens, Mercury VesselView Mobile, CZone digital switching and a Fusion Apollo RA770 audio system. CZone is fitted to only a handful of Sea Ray models, and it is the system that puts lights, the swim platform and the sunshade under one interface. A Simrad remote in the helm seat armrest lets you change displays without reaching for the dash — a small thing that stops being small on a long run.
Joystick docking removes the last barrier to confident handling: spin the boat in its own length, walk it sideways into a slip, or hold position against wind while your crew makes lines fast.
Ownership
This is an owner-operator boat. No crew, no captain's licence, no commercial slip. What it does need is discipline about maintenance and a willingness to learn the systems.
The sterndrive choice carries its own service rhythm — bellows, drive service, gimbal bearings — and the SeaCore drives fitted as standard here address the corrosion side, which is the right call on a boat this size.
Coverage is three-year SENTIN3L bow-to-stern plus a 10-year Limited Structural Hull/Deck warranty to the original owner. That is Sea Ray's sport-cruiser scheme; the SLX sport boats get five years bow-to-stern instead.
On options, the ones that change the boat are the cabin upgrades, the inverter for 120V at anchor, and the automated swim step. The Simrad HALO24 radar and the 1st Mate safety system are the electronics that matter when the weather turns or you are coming in after dark.
Where to Start
Sea-trial it with the bow cockpit door open and someone sitting up there while you run. That space is the boat's best idea and it either works for how you use a boat or it does not.
Then go below and look at the shower. It is the reason this boat holds a weekend rather than an afternoon.
Talk it through with us: TS@MintedYachts.com, +1 (404) 805-9819, or the form on this page.