In this week’s blog, we take you on a tour of a 2005 Sea Ray 55 Sedan Bridge, located at Union Marine on Lake Union. This 55′ motor yacht has a fantastic layout and is in impeccable shape. During our video, you’ll also find out why this is also one of our worst boat tours to date.
Worst Tour? Why?
Well, as you will see even in our photo, image quality was too dark. We have since corrected that issue, so be sure to scroll to the bottom to find out what we have done to correct that. One of the reasons it was so dark, is this Sea Ray 55 is stored in an inside floating showroom or boat house on Lake Union. This provides ample protection for the yacht during bad weather, but boat houses can be dark and loud.
The Interior Tour
Immediately, you move from a very large cockpit (which is great for fishing or relaxing) and into an expansive salon. The heavy duty glass sliding doors work great in the rough PNW weather while cruising.
This yacht has a 16′ beam, offering an expansive interior salon and entertaining space. There is extra storage everywhere from the ottomans to the couch settees.
Galley Up Entertaining
One great feature about the Sea Ray 55 MY is the entertaining space. Guests can relax in the salon, while you prep dinner in the galley up. Everything is so open, that you never feel cramped.
Could we live on this boat?
If Scott and I could afford this yacht, for sure! The asking price for this Sea Ray 55 is $500k, so it’s out of our price range. But it does offer all of the amenities we are looking for in a liveaboard. It has a washer/dryer in the hallway, large staterooms and heads. It also has really great storage for long passages or liveaboard needs.
There are three staterooms on this Sea Ray 55 Sedan Bridge. The double bunks, the VIP V Berth and the master stateroom.
How big is the master stateroom?
The master stateroom was very large with plenty of walk around space around the bed. That’s a must for any live aboard for me. (Oh, and I need to be able to stand up! LOL – see our Meridian tour). With plenty of storage space this is a boat we could easily live on.
Let’s check out the Fly Bridge
One thing I will say about this motor yacht, is the steps leading to the fly bridge were not as steep as we have seen on most Sea Ray yachts.
Once up on the fly bridge, there is a ton of entertaining space and the enclosure is awesome. This yacht is definitely geared for the PNW weather.
This yacht comes with twin Mercury MAN Diesel 765 horsepower V8 inboards, which is a higher fuel capacity than most yachts in its category.
Full confession
I should also confess that while I’m writing this blog, I had septoplasty surgery three days ago. While we thought it was going to be fairly minor, I ended up with some complications. Three days later, I’m starting to be on the mend, but unfortunately this probably wasn’t the best blog I’ve written either.
We were shocked when we watched the video, we were disappointed to see how poor the quality was of the videos. Scott did some research and ended up buying a LED light and a wireless microphone – see our affiliate links below.
Scott and I are looking forward to trying our new camera equipment and seeing how well they improve our videos. Our next tour is another Navigator from this past summer. It’s a beautiful yacht, so be sure to tune in!
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