Sea Ray 400 Sedan Bridge Boats For Sale

The Sea Ray 400 Sedan Bridge is a roughly 40-foot diesel cruiser with a length overall near 42 feet, built across model years that include 1996, 1998, 2000 and 2003. It carries two staterooms and two heads forward, with the raised bridge giving the model its name and its defining feature. Examples of the Sea Ray sedan bridge for sale come up regularly on the used market, and many of the cleanest ones are freshwater boats from the Great Lakes that wintered in heated storage, which keeps the stainless and gelcoat in stronger shape than salt-and-sun Florida hulls of the same age. Buyers searching for a Sea Ray 400 for sale, or a Sea Ray sedan bridge for sale by owner, are typically looking at this two-cabin layout that still leaves room for entertaining.

Power on these boats comes from twin Caterpillar 3116 diesels rated at 340 horsepower each, and the hull is cored to keep weight down because this is a tall, large-superstructure boat. Performance and fuel consumption track that weight: at about 6 knots the engines burn roughly 3 gallons per hour, while pushing toward a top speed near 18 knots raises consumption to around 30 gallons per hour. A typical cruise sits in the 22 to 24.5 knot range at about 2,250 to 2,450 rpm, with wide-open turns near 2,800 to 2,850 rpm. A Westerbeke diesel generator handles house power, with hours ranging from roughly 750 to just over 1,000 on the examples documented.

The engine room is reached both through the cockpit sole and from the salon floor, and pulling the carpet gives full access to both motors. Equipment seen across these boats includes dual Racor fuel filters per engine for quick on-the-fly swaps, AGM batteries, a ProMariner ProNautic battery charger, and new cutless bearings on better-maintained hulls. At the helm on the flybridge, electronics packages have included a Simrad GPS chartplotter with radar, a FloScan-type engine data display, a Simrad VHF, and Raymarine and Raytheon gear such as a Ray Pilot 650 autopilot with SeaTalk autohelm. Some boats add a bow thruster, Starlink and LED lighting.

The flybridge is the high point in both senses, sitting tall with strong visibility and reached by molded fiberglass steps rather than a ladder. Seating combines a U-shaped or L-shaped settee with helm seating; one configuration uses triple captain's chairs with armrests and flip-up bolsters, another a captain's and navigator's chair. A full canvas and Eisenglass enclosure encloses the bridge for weather, with panels that unzip and roll up. On the main deck the swim platform runs full beam with a storage locker for shore power and city-water hookups, and a transom door leads into a cockpit with a bench seat, rod holders, and on some boats a Magma BBQ. Side decks run about 10 to 12 inches with grab rails around the superstructure, and twin sliding doors with a bug screen open into the salon.

Inside, the salon holds a love seat to starboard and a larger couch to port that converts to a berth, an entertainment center with Bose surround sound, a flat-screen TV, and Fusion or JL Audio. The raised dinette seats four and is elevated to create headroom for the second stateroom below. Down a couple of steps, the galley includes a large refrigerator-freezer, microwave or convection oven, a triple-burner stove, a deep sink and a dedicated pantry. The master stateroom forward has an island centerline berth with access on both sides, cedar-lined hanging lockers, an LCD TV and an ensuite head with vacuum-flush toilet and separate shower stall. The guest stateroom carries two twin bunks that join into a double with filler cushions, served by a day head with vanity and its own separate shower.

For anyone comparing Sea Ray sedan bridge models or searching the 400 sedan bridge specifications, the points to weigh are engine hours on the Cat 3116s, generator hours, and the condition of canvas and enclosure, since freshwater, heated-storage boats in this class tend to show far less wear than coastal examples.