Boat test for the 2007 Cruisers 360 Express including boat specifications, photo galleries, boat videos, boat layout diagrams, boat test numbers, boat test results, and boat speed graphs. Also includes pricing, engine test reviews, ratings, standard features, and gear for the 2007 Cruisers 360 Express.

Taking advantage of a lingering break in the weather, we hit the engine room as soon as I'd shut down the Mercs, raising the big cockpit hatch via an electro-hydraulic actuator. As I stood peering into the clean, elegantly engineered, precisely organized space, I noticed a series of impressive, carefully wrought details. For starters, virtually every component was labeled; whether I was looking at the Bennett trim-tab pump in the dark area abaft the steering gear or examining the considerably more accessible Inteli-Power battery charger mounted on a King Starboard panel on the forward bulkhead, there was no mistaking purposes and outcomes. And ancillaries, from the 2,200-gph Johnson bilge pump between the inboard engine bearers to the Buck-Algonquin bronze sea strainers (for our optional Kohler genset and mains), were all crisply installed on heavy-gauge aluminum brackets. What's more, blowers and all other motorized components were on rubber isolators to nix vibration. "We're talkin' a serious level of craftsmanship here," I told Trepanier.

Luckily the rains came blasting down just about the time we began a tour of the 360's interior. The layout's standard, with a pedestal-berth-equipped sleeping area forward (with privacy curtain standard and bulkhead optional), a midcabin aft (with 4'6" headroom, backrests that convert the lounge into a double berth, and standard privacy curtain or optional bulkhead), and a saloon/galley/dinette/head area in between. I liked three things about the setup: the pedestal berth's comfy memory-foam mattress, the roominess of the separate shower stall in the head, and the abundance of watery, natural light filtering through the six hull-side windows amidships, port, and starboard.

The aft table can convert the lounge seating into a giant sunpad. A wet bar is standard, with customizable options like an ice maker and an electric grill.

"Great open-water performer," I concluded while walking down the dock with Trepanier at day's end. "Great dockside performer, too, and a superb example of what engineering can accomplish."

"Yup," he agreed, eyeing a black cloud threatening overhead, "I'd say we've got us a super star with the 360. She even presents well in the pourin' down rain."

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Probably the most distinctive feature of our test boat's exterior was a so-called rumble seat that deploys above the swim platform. When not in use the thing's all but invisible, a seeming hatch in the transom for stowing the usual odds and sods. But fold this hatch down, and what materializes is a double-wide seat that's comfortable (thanks to a cushy backrest and a somewhat less-cushy plastic seating surface) and solid—the powder-coated aluminum bracketry that both folds and supports seems quite strong and durable. The whole affair is obviously darn convenient for socializing with dockwalkers. And deploying the Protect-Mantis umbrella (see above) adds the extra of offering adjustable shade to strolling passersby.—B.P.

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