i stoped at the local marine max today. never thought i would have any interest in a sea ray. but today i spotted a sea ray pachanga limited edition with a 496.the saleman told me that it was a rebadged baja,any info on this boat would be great..haveing quite a sale..as most new boat dealers are.looks to be a pretty nice boat..wanting to know any good or bad...
coming out of a 20 baja.....looking for a better ride in the gulf.hoping this will do it

Red one, it looked like a nice boat.

There's a couple good youtube vids and I read one article that sounded good. Go go the sea ray section on here if you haven't already. My understanding is they were pretty high priced for the features you get. Awsome looking boats!

they have 4 in stock..2-2009 and 2 -2010 both with some factory money on them.they have 2 engine packages.doesnt matter which version..they are coming in around 42000 to 44000.sticker was over 77000.but i guess they really want to move them before the 2011 show up

They are a good boat, but definately NOT a re-badged Baja of any sort.

I just read they're an H2X hull? The review I read wasn't the best though, they guy saw some fit and finish issues but nothing sounded really serious. He also said they stickered at $100k though.

From what I understand they share the same hull as the Hammer X that was reintroduced just before Baja was taken over by Fountain. The top deck is all Sea Ray.

As far as going to the Pachanga for a better ride over your 20 Outlaw, you may see a slight improvement from gaining a little bit of length and weight but it is still only a 21 degree deadrise boat.

For that kind of money, I would be looking for a used 25 Outlaw.

One thing to consider is whether it's the duo-prop outdrive, if your looking for speed I doubt you'll get more than 60 to 65ish with that setup.

My bad--when I first read the post I didn't catch the 496 part and assumed it was one of the 86-91 Pachangas, thus nothing to do with Baja.

The boat is well worth 42,000 to 44,000. If that is really the price.

A few details. . .

The hull is the Baja HammerX hull, Sea Ray kept a couple molds and Fountain got one.

I'd suggest the 377 package, I think the best power/weight/price ratio. The 496 is OK, but dissapointing to have to connect it to the huge Mercury XTS drive. Brunswick was a little worried about top speed and wanted to keep that limited. What are you looking to do with the boat, top end or some water sports?

The boat will ride like its on rails, and this is definitly the case when compared to a Fountain or SeaRay.

Any other more specific questions?