Bayliner 212 Cuddy Boats For Sale

The Bayliner Capri 212 Cuddy is a 21-foot 3-inch cuddy cabin runabout built to work as a weekend overnighter while still handling fishing and water sports. Bayliner extended the cabin to lengthen and widen the V-berth, and the layout suits a family that wants to sleep aboard two people, ski behind the boat, or run out to the cabins and stay for the fireworks. With a 19-degree deadrise hull and an engineered bottom, it carries a beam of 8 feet 2 inches, a dry weight of 3,218 pounds, a 55-gallon fuel tank, and a nine-person capacity. Draft is 35 inches with the drive down and as little as 17 inches with it trimmed up, and the boat trailers easily, often on a single galvanized surge-brake trailer.

Three engine packages were offered, the most common being the MerCruiser 5.0-liter V8 (a 5L MPI rated at 260 horsepower) on an Alpha One sterndrive, frequently propped with a 21-pitch four-blade. On an inland waterway in Florida the 212 jumped on plane in 3.5 seconds and reached 30 mph in 7.5 seconds. Best cruise came at 35.9 mph around 3,500 rpm, burning 11 gallons per hour for a range of roughly 162 miles, and top speed reached 43.8 mph at 4,500 rpm while burning about 18.3 gallons per hour. On the water the V8 plants the hull on plane quickly even at a third throttle, holds plane down to about 14 knots, and runs an economical 20-to-25-knot cruise with around 42 to 43 knots flat out.

The helm carries a speedometer, trim, tachometer, oil pressure, fuel, air temperature, and battery voltage gauges, with a molded space reserved for an optional depth finder. Switches sit to the left and right of the tilt wheel, and a 12-volt DC outlet handles phone charging underway. The walkthrough windshield is wide and supported on a plastic post when open, with two molded steps in the center of the dash and a speaker and cup holders beneath. Many boats add insta-trim trim tabs, upgraded stereos, and a depth sounder.

Both the helm and companion seats are convertible into sun loungers with storage underneath and four positions including fully reclined, and the rear bench raises into a sunpad or drops to seat up to six. Long items like skis fit into pockets along the port and starboard sides, and a large wide compartment between the seats swallows wakeboards or kneeboards. Aft passengers get cup holders and grab safety bars, and the molded swim platform has a toe eye and a three-step telescoping ladder with a grab handle, plus an available pull-out shower and washdown. The bow gets a stainless steel anchor roller, top-bolted cleats, a high bow rail, and an anchor well engineered so the anchor lies flat to save space. A center hatch brings light and air into the cabin, which has a V-berth, back-to-back sleepers, a stereo and carbon monoxide monitor at the companionway, and room for an optional portable head between the benches.

Among Bayliner cuddy cabin boats, the 212 holds strong demand as a clean, do-everything family boat. While these are no longer sold as new Bayliner cuddy cabin boats, used examples turn up regularly, and a well-kept 2005 with full canvas, an EZ-troller plate, and a swing-away trailer tongue has sold in the mid-$15,000s against a U.S. average over $20,000. When weighing Bayliner cuddy boats for sale, check engine hours, service history, and whether the boat lived in fresh water.