23 Foot Sea Hunt Boats For Sale

The Sea Hunt Ultra 234 and the side-entry Ultra 235 SE are the brand's 23-foot center consoles, measuring 23 feet 7 inches with an 8-foot-6-inch beam and a shallow 13-inch draft. Sea Hunt has built boats in Columbia, South Carolina since 1995 and is the top-selling builder in the 21-to-30-foot range. This 23 Sea Hunt boat suits an owner who wants to do everything: fish offshore on a calm day, run inshore and back into shallow nooks with a trolling motor, or load up the family for island hopping, sandbar trips and pulling a tube.

The hull uses a variable-degree deadrise: a sharp 55-degree entry at the bow with heavy Carolina flare that throws spray wide for a dry ride, transitioning to 22 degrees at midship and 18 degrees at the transom for a stable fishing platform. The flare carries well aft of the console in what Sea Hunt calls a broken sheer design, and the wide chine-to-chine bottom keeps the boat from rocking at rest. Max horsepower is 250, with a Yamaha 200 inline-four as the standard engine and a 250 V6 as the upgrade. Fuel capacity is 96 gallons. With the 200, the Ultra cruises around 40 mph at 5,300 rpm while burning about 15.4 gallons per hour, with top speed near 42 mph. The 200 carries integrated hydraulic steering; stepping up to the 250 adds Yamaha electric steering and fly-by-wire shift and throttle for roughly $12,500 more.

At the helm, the boat comes standard with a Garmin 943xsv 9-inch display on the 234, with a 12-inch 1243xsv standard on the 235 and optional on the 234. Both run a Garmin VHF radio integrated to the GPS for DSC distress, a JL Audio Media Master stereo with four speakers, a wireless phone charger, Yamaha CommandLink digital gauges, tilt steering and a compass. The 235's glass-enclosed hard top uses tempered glass rather than acrylic, with an electric vent, blue courtesy lights, spreader lights and a misting system.

The bow seats two adults up to about 6-foot-5 with legs stretched out, with wraparound bolsters, a recessed grab rail and removable backrests that open the casting deck. Storage includes a 140-quart insulated fish box to starboard, a 90-to-92-quart box to port (both draining overboard), a 48-quart insulated cooler under the forward console seat, a 15-gallon live well, a dual-battery setup and a stern anchor locker. The transom bench has dual VIP seats and a walk-through to a four-step boarding ladder, plus a freshwater shower and flush-mount floor drains.

The 234 starts under $80,000 and is the value pick for buyers who don't need a hard top. Once a 234 is optioned to match the 235 SE with a hard top, powder-coat package, underwater lights and the 12-inch Garmin, the price gap narrows to about $3,500, at which point the 235 SE adds the recessed hard top and the side-entry door that eases boarding from the dock.