Sea Ray has always been about raising the bar and going beyond the expected. It’s a winning formula that has allowed the company to earn a global reputation for quality and value, which has made it among the best-known and best-selling boat brands in the world.
Never one to rest on its laurels, the American boatbuilder is raising the bar again with its all-new SLX 260. This midsized day boat is designed as an upscale family runabout that’s built for watersports, entertaining guests, or just enjoying family weekends on the water. But it’s a unique design in one important sense, being the very first Sea Ray created from the keel up by an all-female design team.
Evidence of this industry-first is abundant, albeit in a multitude of subtle ways. There’s no single knockout feature that stands the SLX 260 apart, but rather, a number of ‘good grief, why didn’t I think of that?’ tweaks and refinements that make the end product so much more than just the sum of its parts. It all becomes apparent as soon as you step aboard, and I was fortunate enough to have that opportunity recently in New York City. Moreover, my host was none other than Carrie Fodor, senior manager of design at Sea Ray and leader of the team who brought the new SLX 260 to life.
So, what makes this boat different from the other models in
