If you've been into boats for whatever length of fourth dimension, you might know virtually two-foot fever. Perhaps not. Or, even if y'all have been into boats for a while, yous might have succumbed to this disease and not even known it.

Two-pes fever is an disquiet every boat owner gets when he wants a new gunkhole. Normally a bigger boat. Usually past about 2 feet.

The Sea Ray 210 Select

The Sea Ray 210 Select

It can stem from whatsoever number of things. Your buddy gets a new boat. Bigger, of course. You have a larger circle of friends you would similar to bring with you on solar day trips. Most often, however, it comes from something no more complex than non buying enough boat to begin with.

The bench seat on the Sea Ray 210 Select provides a great area to relax.

The bench seat on the Ocean Ray 210 Select provides a great area to relax.

Lots of kickoff- and second-fourth dimension boat buyers hover in the 16- to 19-foot range, looking at models longer than 20 feet, merely not going any further than dipping a toe in to exam the h2o. Body of water Ray's 210 Select is a not bad excuse for looking at something just over the 20 human foot marker. It's also a boat that likely will stave off 2-foot fever for longer than almost small runabouts.

For starters, the boat has classic runabout design cues such every bit broad downwards swept lines from bow to stern, solid hullside colors and tasteful accenting graphics. The boat looks fresh from the artist's sketch pad, notwithstanding has that timeless look that volition still look good a few years down the road.

Forward, the Sea Ray 210 Select has bow seating and an anchor locker.

Forward, the Ocean Ray 210 Select has bow seating and an anchor locker.

"Our designers have done a fantastic job of listening to our customers needs," said Robin Brendle, Sea Ray's vice president of sport boat sales. "The boat is packed with one new innovation afterwards another."

Once such innovation is the rear seating area. The standard configuration offers ii individual spring seats set up a flake farther aft, flanking the engine "canis familiaris house." That makes for a little more interior floor space. The optional bench seat setup also has a nifty flip-up backrest, which converts the flat sun pad to a two-person lounger. Very cool.

Aft jump seats provide extra leg room.

Aft spring seats provide extra leg room.

Up forepart, the bow area features ii forward-facing lounge seats with gently angled backrests, cupholders and stainless grab rails. At that place'southward a bona fide anchor locker upward front and a pull-up cleat to either side. Interior color combinations are wood and cream or chrome and silver.

At the helm, Sea Ray kept things make clean and simple, with a iv-in-one gauge at the centre, a speedo to the left and a tachometer to the correct. Stainless aircraft-look toggle switches command the accessories, and a tilt helm and a flip upwardly thigh bolster make finding a comfortable driving position that much easier.

The Sea Ray 210 Select helm station

The Bounding main Ray 210 Select captain station

The 210 Select measures 21 feet long with its standard extended swim platform, 8 feet half-dozen inches abeam and draws just 37 inches of h2o with the drive down. It weighs 4,080 pounds, holds twoscore gallons of fuel and tin behave up to eight people. Here's the best office: the standard engine is MerCruiser'southward five.0-liter V-viii. No puny four-bangers or inadequate 5-6's here. That ways not but is the Sea Ray 210 Select a boat you lot want right now, just something you'll still exist happy with five or 10 years down the road.

Base retail price is $45,077, which includes a trailer. For more information, visit www.searay.com.

Written by: Brett Becker

Brett Becker is a freelance writer and lensman who has covered the marine industry for 15 years. In addition to covering the ski boat and runabout markets for Boats.com, he regularly writes and shoots for BoatTrader.com. Based in Ventura, Calif., Becker holds a available'due south caste in journalism and a primary'south in mass communication from the University of Fundamental Florida in Orlando.