If luxury and performance are on the agenda, the Formula 400
SSC has what it takes to deliver the goods. The spacious layout of
this open-bow sport boat allows for a range of activities offering
flexibility to boaters who wish to invite large groups of friends for
a day—or a week—on the water. As Boating magazine commented,
this is a bowrider on steroids and Formula created the first-ever
combination of sliding windshield and folding Lucite door to make
access from the cockpit to the bow easy. The cockpit features a
full hardtop with a retractable section that opens to allow sunlight
to flood the helm area. The main entertaining space includes a
U-shaped seating area and an outdoor galley along the port side.
Below, an Ultraleather U-shaped lounge with table is forward in a
roomy cabin that also features a mini-galley to starboard and an
enclosed stand-up head to port. With the motors aft, there’s plenty
of usable deck space abaft the transom and in front of the engines
to launch watertoys. Optional quad 350hp Verados with joystick
controls top out in the low to mid 50-knot range.
220hp MerCruiser I/Os cruise at 25 knots (38–40 knots top).