Lots of Boat for Your Money

This bowrider's got a lot of room for a 21-footer. She can seat up to six adults--two up in the bow, two in pedastal seats abaft the windshield, and two more across the aft benchseat.

This describes the sportboat layout on our test boat, but if you plan to do a fair amount of waterskiing or wakeboarding, you might opt for one of two other seating plans, featuring jump seats aft on either side of the engine and fore/aft facing seats in the cockpit. Either way, the 210 BR has a stowage locker for all your watertoys built right into the cockpit sole.

The integral swim platform is big enough to make a good staging area for skiers, and it's a simple matter to deploy the three-rung swim ladder which is standard equipment here.

To keep everyone cool there's a built-in ice chest in the portside dash, and we found it was a comfortable reach to the single-lever engine control hitched to a 220-hp MerCruiser 5.0L with Alpha One sterndrive. All in all, the 210 BR is a great-performer that's easy on the eyes and the wallet.

Speeds measured with Stalker ProSports radar gun. Fuel consumption (gallons per hour) measured with Floscan digital fuel-flow meter on gas inboards, sterndrives, and outboards, TechMate electronic scan tool on gas EFI inboards, Caterpillar digital fuel-flow meter on diesel engines, or permanently installed fuel-monitoring equipment. Range is based on 90% of published fuel capacity. Sound levels determined using Radio Shack digital decibel meter on A scale. 68 dBA is the level of normal conversation.

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