August 21, 2026
The Pursuit S 268: The Smallest Boat in the Line With Two Engines
At 27 feet 4 inches, the Pursuit S 268 is the smallest boat in the line offered with twin engines — Yamaha F200s, the only power available, …
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Expert Review, Technical Specifications & Market Analysis
The Essentials
| Feature | Specifications |
|---|---|
| Overall Length | 27' 4" |
| Beam | 8' 9" |
| Draft | 1' 10" (motors up) / 2' 10" (motors down) |
| Displacement | 6,770 lbs (with twin Yamaha F200 engines) |
| Engines | Twin Yamaha F200 (the only power offered; 400 HP maximum rating) |
| Fuel Capacity | 139 US gallons |
| Water Capacity | 20 US gallons |
| Cabins / Heads | Console head compartment with electric freshwater marine head, 6-gallon holding tank and vanity with stainless steel sink; no sleeping accommodations |
| Max Speed | 52.0 mph @ 5,975 RPM (twin Yamaha F200) |
| Cruise Speed | 26.9 mph @ 3,500 RPM (twin Yamaha F200) |
Source: Spec & Photos courtesy of Pursuit. Specs verified by Tony Smith, USCG 100 Ton Master, on August 20, 2026.
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Quick Verdict
- Twin Yamaha F200s are the only power offered — 400 hp total, 52.0 mph flat out, and 0 to 30 mph in 8.5 seconds.
- Best cruise is 26.9 mph at 3,500 rpm on 11.1 gph: 2.42 mpg and 300 miles of range from 139 gallons.
- A 28-gallon lighted livewell and 28-gallon in-floor fishboxes port and starboard come standard on a 27-foot 4-inch hull.
Our Take
The S 268 exists for one kind of buyer, and it does not pretend otherwise. You decided on two engines before you decided on anything else, and you do not want to buy 32 feet of boat to get them. At 27 feet 4 inches this is the smallest hull Pursuit will hand you with twins, and the twins are not an option — F200s or nothing, 400 horsepower rated at the transom. I have come around on that kind of single-package discipline. A builder that engineers a hull for exactly one power choice gets the propeller, the running attitude and the weight all pulling the same direction.
The performance sheet is where this brand earns its reputation, because Pursuit still publishes one, rpm by rpm. Fifty-two mph at the top is the brochure number. The one I care about is 3,500 rpm: 26.9 mph on 11.1 gallons an hour, 2.42 miles to the gallon, 300 miles of range out of 139 gallons. Look at that against the single-engine boat one step down the line and the picture gets interesting — nearly identical fuel economy, 66 more miles of range, and a spare engine, for three inches of beam and about seven hundred pounds. The other twins dividend is thrust: zero to 30 in 8.5 seconds on a boat this size is genuinely quick, and it is the reason the S 268 feels bigger underway than it measures at the dock.
The honest limit is the same one every center console this size has, and I would rather say it than let a spec sheet imply otherwise. There is no berth and no galley. The console head is a real one — electric, freshwater, macerator, stainless sink in the vanity — and it is the single feature that keeps people aboard past lunch, but it does not make this an overnighter. Your efficient cruise is 27 mph, not 35, so if your ambition is covering long distances fast you are looking at the wrong end of the range. And at 8 feet 9 inches this is three inches past the standard trailering width, so check your state before you plan on keeping it at home. Buy the S 268 because redundancy was your first requirement and you refused to let it cost you ten feet of boat.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Pursuit S 268 or D 266 — which should I buy?
Same hull length, same twin F200s, same 139 gallons of fuel — so the difference is the deck and who is standing on it.
The S 268 is the centre console: open all the way around, in-floor fishboxes, and a console head with an electric freshwater unit on a 6-gallon tank. The D 266 is the dual console: a fiberglass-framed windshield you walk through, seating either side of a centre walkway, a full hardtop, and a larger 13-gallon holding tank behind that head.
Performance splits by a whisker — 52.0 mph against 51.3, and 2.42 mpg at cruise against 2.46. Buy the S 268 if you fish more than you carry passengers, and the D 266 if it is the other way round.
What cruise speed and range does Pursuit publish for the S 268?
26.9 mph at 3,500 RPM, burning 11.1 gallons an hour for 2.42 miles per gallon and 300 miles of range, calculated on 90 percent of fuel capacity rather than the full 139 gallons. That is the best-cruise row on the test sheet.
Step up to 4,000 RPM and the boat does 32.7 mph on 14.4 gallons an hour for 283 miles — nearly six more miles an hour for 17 miles of range, which is one of the better trades anywhere in the Pursuit line. Top speed is 52.0 mph.
Can you sleep on the Pursuit S 268?
No. The S 268 has no berth and no cabin. The console holds a head compartment with an electric freshwater marine head, a 6-gallon holding tank and a vanity with a stainless steel sink, and that is the extent of the accommodation.
It is a day boat, and an unusually well-equipped one for 27 feet 4 inches — an electric head at this size is not a given. Fresh water is 20 gallons.
The first Sport model with somewhere to lie down is the S 328, whose console cabin carries a convertible V-berth and a Vacu-Flush head. The S 388 and S 428 go considerably further again.
How fast is the Pursuit S 268?
52.0 mph at 5,975 RPM on twin Yamaha F200s, from Pursuit's own sheet. The test was run on 3/13/2020 at 8,391 pounds with three people aboard, a full 139-gallon fuel load and full water, on Reliance 14-1/4" x 18" propellers.
Nought to thirty takes 8.5 seconds, against 14.2 seconds for the single-engine S 248 — which is what a second engine buys you on a hull this light. Twin F200s meet the 400-horsepower maximum rating exactly and are the only package offered.