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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The center consoles — seven open offshore boats from 25'8" to 43'9", rated 350 to 1,800 horsepower
You want to clear the inlet in the dark, run offshore into whatever the forecast turned into, fish a full day, and still have the boat be somewhere your family will happily spend a Sunday. The Sport line is Pursuit's answer: open center consoles with the helm amidships, a working deck you can walk a fish around, and — unusually for the type — a console you can actually get inside.
That console is what separates Sport from most of what it is cross-shopped against. Every boat in the line puts the head inside the console rather than behind a curtain in the cockpit — a SaniPottie compartment with a removable holding tank on the S248, a plumbed electric marine head with a vanity from the S268 up — and from the S328 up there is a berth to go with it. Pursuit says the S358 is the only center console in the 34- to 35-foot market with an enclosed head, and having spent time in the class, that claim holds up.
We review all seven: the S248 at 25'8", the S268 at 27'4", the S288 at 30'0", the S328 at 34'6", the S358 at 37'4", the S388 at 41'1" and the S428 at 43'9" with its platform. The middle three are where most owner-operators land. The two at the top change the category rather than extend it — 1,350 and 1,800 horsepower ceilings, a below-deck galley on the S388, and on the S428 a nought-to-thirty time quicker than the 25-foot S248 manages.
The Sport Lineup, Smallest to Largest
Every Pursuit Sport model we review in depth, in the order owners step up through the series.
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Pursuit's entry point: 25' 8", a single Yamaha F350, 50.2 mph and 2.41 mpg at a 35.9 mph cruise.
The smallest twin-engine Pursuit: 27' 4", twin Yamaha F200s, 52 mph, and 300 miles at a 26.9 mph cruise.
The Pursuit S288 is a 30-foot center console built for serious offshore fishing — 600 horsepower from twin Yamaha F300s or twin Mercury 300s, 217 gallons of fuel, and a private head compartment with a 9-gallon holding tank.
The Pursuit S328 is a 34-foot center console with genuine offshore range — twin Yamaha F350s, 300 gallons of fuel for 348 miles at cruise, a two-person berth, and a vacuum-flush head below.
The Pursuit S358 is a 37-foot center console flagship — twin Yamaha 450 XTOs to 51.2 mph, 343 gallons of fuel, a convertible berth, and the only enclosed head in the 34- to 35-foot center console class.
41' 1" on triple 450 XTOs: 59 mph, 352 miles at cruise, and a below-deck galley with two fridge drawers.
Pursuit's Sport flagship: 43' 9", quad 450 XTOs, 1,800 hp, 60.7 mph and a standard Seakeeper 6.
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Moving Up the Sport Series
The S248 is the way into the whole brand. Twenty-five feet eight inches on an 8'6" beam, 21 degrees of deadrise, 6,050 lbs dry, 120 gallons of fuel and a single Yamaha F350 — the only power offered, right at the 350-horsepower ceiling. Pursuit's sheet has it at 50.2 mph at 6,000 RPM with best cruise at 35.9 mph at 4,500 RPM: 14.9 gallons an hour, 2.41 miles per gallon and 234 miles of range. Nought to thirty takes 14.2 seconds, the slowest in the line, which is what a single engine on a light hull buys you in economy instead. The console holds a SaniPottie compartment with a removable 5-gallon holding tank and a storage cabinet, and there are in-floor fishboxes and an oversized hardtop over the helm. At 8'6" of beam it is a legal tow rather than a permit job.
The S268 is the same idea with a second engine and real plumbing. Twenty-seven feet four inches on an 8'9" beam, 21 degrees of deadrise, 6,770 lbs dry, 139 gallons and twin Yamaha F200s at a 400-horsepower ceiling — again the only power offered. Top speed is 52.0 mph at 5,975 RPM and best cruise is 26.9 mph at 3,500 RPM, burning 11.1 gallons an hour for 2.42 miles per gallon and 300 miles of range. That 2.42 is the best cruise economy Pursuit publishes for any Sport model. Nought to thirty takes 8.5 seconds — nearly six seconds quicker than the S248 — and the console head is a proper one: electric freshwater marine head, 6-gallon holding tank, vanity with a stainless sink. There is still no berth. This is a day boat with a head, and an unusually efficient one.
The S288 is the entry point to the cabin boats and the one that surprises people. Thirty feet on a 9'8" beam, 24 degrees of deadrise — the sharpest hull in the line — 217 gallons of fuel, 10,049 lbs dry with twin Yamaha F300s, and a 600-horsepower ceiling you can fill with either twin Yamaha F300s or twin Mercury 300 Verados. There is a full head compartment in the console with an electric marine head and a 9-gallon holding tank, 60 gallons of insulated fish box and a 24-gallon recirculating livewell.
The S328 is the step where the boat gains a cabin. It runs 34'6" on a 10'10" beam with 20 degrees of deadrise, carries 300 gallons and weighs 12,975 lbs dry on twin Yamaha F350s. The 700-horsepower ceiling buys 51.2 mph flat out, and Pursuit marks best cruise at 27.1 mph at 3,500 RPM — 20.4 gallons an hour, 1.33 miles per gallon, 348 miles of range. Below the console there is a convertible V-berth, a Vacu-Flush head with a 10-gallon holding tank and an opening portlight forward. Pursuit rates it to sleep two.
The S358 changes category rather than just size. It is 37'4" with the pulpit on an 11'4" beam, 22 degrees of deadrise, 343 gallons, 16,618 lbs dry, and a 900-horsepower ceiling filled by twin Yamaha 450 XTOs. Top speed is 51.2 mph and best cruise is 29.1 mph at 4,000 RPM, burning 33.1 gallons an hour for 271 miles. The cabin gains a settee that converts to a berth, a proper shower and a 28-inch television; the cockpit gains split mezzanine seating and a full entertainment centre.
The S388 is where the Sport line stops being a big center console and starts being a small yacht. Forty-one feet one inch on a 12'0" beam, 22 degrees of deadrise, 21,700 lbs dry, 500 gallons and a 1,350-horsepower ceiling filled by triple Yamaha 450 XTOs. Its performance sheet is the newest Pursuit publishes — tested in September 2025 — and it records 59.0 mph at 6,000 RPM with best cruise at 29.7 mph at 3,500 RPM: 36.9 gallons an hour, 0.80 miles per gallon and 352 miles of range, which is the longest cruising leg of any Sport model. Nought to thirty takes 11.1 seconds. Below deck there is a galley with a Corian countertop, a 120V microwave and two drawer-style refrigerator/freezers, opposing settees that convert to a berth with filler cushions, and a private head with a Vacu-Flush porcelain marine head, a shower and a 22-gallon holding tank.
The S428 is the top of the range and, in Pursuit's own words, the most powerful boat the yard has ever built. Forty-three feet nine inches with the platform and 42'0" without, on a 13'0" beam, 22 degrees of deadrise, 26,519 lbs dry, 518 gallons, and four Yamaha 450 XTOs against an 1,800-horsepower ceiling. It carries the fastest figure Pursuit publishes anywhere in the current line-up — 60.7 mph at 6,000 RPM — and it reaches thirty in 8.6 seconds on 26,519 lbs, which is quicker than the 25-foot S248 manages. Best cruise is 32.0 mph at 3,500 RPM, 48.2 gallons an hour, 0.66 miles per gallon and 315 miles. The console cabin has a forward berth on 5-inch foam cushions with a filler, and a private head to starboard with a vacuum-flush elongated marine head, a shower and a 22-gallon holding tank. Under the full-beam hardtop there is a second row of powered convertible seats, which Pursuit calls an industry first.
Read the range as three tiers. The S248 and S268 are trailerable day boats with a console head and economy nothing above them approaches — 2.41 and 2.42 miles per gallon at cruise. The S288, S328 and S358 are the owner-operator middle, where the boat gains a cabin, a berth and a shower and the economy roughly halves. The S388 and S428 are a different purchase entirely: three and four engines, 500 and 518 gallons, and 0.80 and 0.66 miles per gallon at cruise. The number worth noticing is that fuel capacity climbs faster than thirst at the top of the line — the S388's 352 miles at cruise is the longest leg in the series, a shade further than the S328 manages on half the horsepower. If you genuinely run long, the big boats are not the compromise you would expect them to be.
Our Take
The S328 is the one I put most people on, and it is not the safe middle-of-the-range recommendation it looks like. Pursuit rebuilt it from the keel up for 2025 rather than facelifting it — the motor well is gone, the cabin is genuinely usable, and the cockpit converts from fishing deck to social space without the theatre most builders make of it. At 348 miles of range at best cruise it also has the longest legs of the middle boats, which is not what anyone expects from the one in the middle.
Here is the argument against me. If you fish four or five people well offshore, the S358's extra beam stops being a number and becomes the difference between working a fish around the boat and everyone shuffling. And its enclosed head with a real shower is the thing that turns a two-day trip from an endurance test into a holiday. If you are honest that you will do that more than twice a season, buy the bigger boat.
The S288 I like more than its position suggests. Twenty-four degrees of deadrise on a 30-footer is a lot of hull, and it rides like it. Sea-trial it with the propellers you intend to order and get the observed numbers in writing.
The two big ones deserve a straight answer, because they get written off as boat-show boats and they should not be. The S428 is the most powerful thing Pursuit has ever built and the sheet backs the headline: 60.7 mph, and nought to thirty in 8.6 seconds on 26,519 lbs, which is quicker than the 25-foot S248 does it. But the one I would actually own is the S388. It gives up 1.7 mph on top, and in exchange it returns 0.80 miles per gallon at cruise against 0.66 and 352 miles of range against 315 — the longest leg in the series. It also has the below-deck galley with two drawer refrigerator/freezers, which changes how a whole day on the boat feels far more than a fourth engine does. Three instead of four is the right trade for almost everybody.
And do not skip past the small end of this line. The S268's 2.42 miles per gallon at cruise is the best number Pursuit publishes for any Sport boat, and 300 miles of range out of 139 gallons on a 27-footer is a serious capability, not a consolation prize. The S248 gives up a little of that and hands you an 8'6" beam in return — a legal tow rather than a permit job. That single fact puts more days on the water than anything else on the spec sheet.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Which Pursuit Sport model has the longest range?
The S388, at 352 miles. Pursuit's test sheet gives the triple Yamaha 450 XTO package 352 miles at best cruise, just ahead of the S328's 348 — and the S328 remains the efficiency story, covering nearly the same distance on 300 gallons where the S388 needs 500. Behind them sit the S428 at 315 miles and the S358 at 271, which is the clearest illustration of what horsepower costs: the S358's twin 450 XTOs burn 33.1 gallons an hour against the S328's 20.4, so it carries more fuel and still travels less far.
What is the difference between the Pursuit Sport and Denali series?
Sport boats are center consoles and Denali boats are dual consoles. On a Sport model the helm sits amidships with the deck open all the way around it, which is the layout that fishes best. On a Denali the accommodation sits either side of a centre walkway under a full-width hardtop and a tall wraparound glass windscreen, which protects everybody aboard rather than only the person driving. Both lines are built on the same hand-laminated hulls with five-ply resin-infused composite transoms, and both fish. Pursuit runs a third line, Offshore, above them both.
Which Sport Fits Your Life?
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 Sport series you belong, new or brokerage.
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