With full respect to your 185 I personally feel the VR boats feel like they are from Sea Ray not Bayliner.
Bayliner vr5 vs sea ray spx. The interior layout seem similar just opposite sides for entry dead rise are 1 degree different and the sea ray is rated to hold one more person than the Bayliner. Max People Capacity 10. Seen good bad of both keep an open mind look at both try get to a boat supermarket like Essex boatyards then compare real boats that have been used any weaknesses with build will show up at these kinds of places.
In addition to the five-year bow-to-stern coverage all Sport Boats also have a Limited Lifetime Structural Hull Deck Warranty to the Original Owner. No doubt the VR series have lots of room and look good but the build quality and fit and finish didnt match up to even the H2O series and certainly not to the higher line Chaps and Sea Rays. The VR5 builds on Bayliners proven V-bottom bowrider heritage while adding form AND function.
Max Horsepower 250 HP. It combines Bayliners category-leading BeamForward design and new AftAdvantage conceptwhich increases the self-draining cockpits seating area by adding the swim platform at the end of the running surface. These boats were built with a fiberglass deep-vee.
Wind in your face. Youre covered on all lakes rivers and oceans within 75 miles of the coast. February 11 2021 Sea Rays award-winning SLX 400 Outboard is beginning a new chapter in luxury boating with a brand-new engine option featuring the latest in legendary propulsion from Mercury.
The SLX 400 Outboard will soon be available with the newly released twin 76L V12 600hp Verado outboard engines. The 5 is the largest 18 foot hull Ive ever seen and it rides and drives as if it were a 20 foot bowrider. I am looking to purchase a VR 5 or VR6 after initially zeroing in on a Sea Ray 19 SPX or 21 SPX but noticed the hulls seem very similar between the SPX and VR.
A larger version of our new VR5 the VR6 is also all about space and unparalleled roominess. Insure your 2016 Bayliner Marine Corp VR5 BR for just 100year. For Sea Ray on the lower end they have their SPX series which are between 19 to 23 sport boats and range from 30000 to 100000.