The fishing line — open center consoles from 33'0" to 42'6", rated 850 to 1,800 horsepower
You want to leave the inlet before light, run offshore in a chop, fish all day and be home for dinner without your back paying for it. That is what the Outrage line is built for. Four open center consoles — 330, 360, 380 and 420 — on the foam-filled unsinkable hulls Boston Whaler has made since 1958, using the WhalerStep hull technology the brand markets today. Everything is arranged around a clear working deck: a console you drive from rather than sit in, and room to move a fish around the boat at 33 feet and at 42.
Outrage is the open boat in the range, and that is the whole point of it. Realm takes the same hulls and encloses the helm. Conquest wraps a cabin cruiser around a fishing platform. Outrage keeps the deck. You get weather on your face and the fish box under your feet, and in exchange you get the least obstructed cockpit Boston Whaler builds. Cabins do exist from the 360 up, but they are there to make a long day tolerable rather than to turn the boat into something you live on.
We review all four: the 33'0" 330 Outrage at 9,800 lbs dry on 300 gallons of fuel, up to the 42'6" 420 Outrage at 22,000 lbs dry on 700. Rated capacity runs from 14 people to 20, drafts from 23.5 inches to 31, and rated power from a 600 hp minimum on the 330 to an 1,800 hp ceiling on the 420.
Every Boston Whaler Outrage model we review in depth, in the order owners step up through the series.
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The 33-foot Outrage is the Whaler most owners can still run themselves — a 10'2" beam, 25 inches of draft, twin Verados rated to 850 HP, and 300 gallons of fuel over a hull that is foam-filled from stem to stern.
A 36'5" center console with a genuine cabin under the console — 12,000 BTU of air conditioning, an enclosed head with a shower, 415 gallons of fuel, and triples rated to 1,350 horsepower.
A 38-foot center console pushed to its limit — engine options rated to 1,700 HP, standard joystick piloting, 445 gallons of fuel, and an air-conditioned cabin that costs you none of the open Outrage cockpit.
Boston Whaler's flagship center console — 42'6" on a 13-foot beam, 700 gallons of fuel, quad Verados rated to 1,800 HP, and room for twenty without anyone standing in the cockpit.
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The 330 is where most buyers start, and it is a complete boat rather than an entry model: 33'0" on a 10'2" beam, 25" of draft, 300 gallons of fuel, 9,800 lbs dry and 12,579 lbs loaded. Rated 600 to 850 hp, it runs 53.2 mph on twin 300 V8s and 60.9 mph on twin 425 V10s, with a 25.0 mph cruise at 3,500 RPM. There is no cabin — the VacuFlush head lives inside the console. Step to the 360 and the boat changes character: 36'5" on an 11'3" beam, 415 gallons of fuel, and a cabin with a berth and 12,000 BTU air conditioning behind an enclosed head with a shower. Dry weight goes to 13,383 lbs and the power band moves up to 900–1,350 hp.
The 380 is the most interesting jump in the line. At 38'0" x 11'8" it adds 30 gallons of fuel over the 360, a 60-gallon livewell, 60 gallons of fresh water and a sixteenth seat — and it draws less than the 360 at 23.5", the shallowest draft of the four. The ceiling climbs to 1,700 hp on transoms rated for 2,800 lbs of engine, so quad 400 V10s put it at 65.0 mph while a dual 600 V12 package cruises at 34.6 mph at 4,000 RPM. One thing to know before you commit: the identical 38'0" x 11'8" hull is also sold as the 380 Realm with the helm enclosed. Choosing the Outrage here means 14,500 lbs dry instead of 17,000, and 23.5 inches of draft instead of 29 — the lighter, shallower, open version of the same boat.
The 420 is not a bigger 380; it is a different job. 42'6" on a 13'0" beam, 700 gallons of fuel, 22,000 lbs dry and 29,500 loaded, 20 people, and up to 1,800 hp on transoms rated for 3,400 lbs of engine. The 31" draft is what that costs you. Buy the 330 for a boat you can run alone off the inlet. Buy the 380 for the widest engine choice and the shallowest water. Buy the 420 when the long run offshore, and the people who come with it, are the reason you are buying a boat at all.
The 380 Outrage is my pick and it is not close. It draws 23.5 inches — less than the 360 below it, and less than the 380 Realm built on the identical hull — and it will still take 1,700 horsepower. That combination does not exist anywhere else in the line. You can cross skinny water on the way out and run 65 mph home on quad 400 V10s. Most boats make you pick one.
The trade-off I would price in early is the 420 question. If you routinely fish a long way out with a full crew, the 380's 445 gallons will have you watching the gauge on days the 420's 700 gallons would not. Fuel capacity is the one thing you cannot add later, so be honest about your worst day rather than your average one.
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For serious offshore work the 420 Outrage makes the strongest case in the line: 42'6" of hull, 700 gallons of fuel, 22,000 lbs dry weight and up to 1,800 horsepower, rated for 20 people. That combination of fuel and mass is what keeps a long run comfortable rather than merely possible.
The 380 Outrage is the better all-round answer for most buyers. It carries 445 gallons, takes up to 1,700 hp, holds 16 people and draws only 23.5 inches, so it works close to home as well as far from it. The 330 and 360 are the right call if your fishing stays nearer the inlet — 300 and 415 gallons of fuel respectively, and much easier boats to run on your own.
Three of the four do. The 330 Outrage has no cabin — it is a pure open center console, with a VacuFlush head built inside the console itself. The 360, 380 and 420 Outrage all have a cabin below deck, and all three have an enclosed head with a shower.
The 360 Outrage cabin has a berth and 12,000 BTU air conditioning. The 380 Outrage uses a convertible settee that becomes a double berth, also air conditioned, with a pull-out shower in the enclosed head. The 420 Outrage goes furthest: a convertible double berth plus a convertible pull-out settee, and a rain shower in the head. None of these are cruising cabins in the Realm or Conquest sense. They exist to make a long day offshore civilised.
A 330 Outrage runs 53.2 mph with twin 300 hp V8 outboards and 60.9 mph with twin 425 hp V10s. Cruise is 25.0 mph at 3,500 RPM. Boston Whaler does not publish speed figures on its model pages, so any number you see is engine-specific and moves with load, props and sea state.
The 330 is rated from 600 to 850 horsepower, which is why the spread between packages is so wide. At 9,800 lbs dry and 12,579 lbs fully loaded it is the lightest boat in the Outrage line, and it carries 300 gallons of fuel — so the faster package costs you range as well as purchase price. Sea trial both before you decide.
Rated capacity runs from 14 people to 20 depending on the model. The 330 Outrage and 360 Outrage are each rated for 14 persons, the 380 Outrage for 16, and the 420 Outrage for 20. Those are manufacturer capacity ratings, not a comfortable fishing number.
In practice, deck space and weight matter more than the rating. The 330 is 33'0" on a 10'2" beam at 9,800 lbs dry and 12,579 lbs loaded; the 420 is 42'6" on a 13'0" beam at 22,000 lbs dry and 29,500 lbs loaded. If you fish four rods at once, the 380's 11'8" beam and 60-gallon livewell will feel like a different class of boat from the 330, even though the rated difference between them is only two people.
Tell us how you plan to use the boat — guests, range, crew or no crew — and we'll give you the straight story on where in the Outrage series you belong, new or brokerage.
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