The Boston Whaler 250 Dauntless is a versatile center console boat designed to enhance both fishing excursions and family leisure trips. Known for its robust construction and innovative design, the 250 Dauntless offers a seamless blend of performance, comfort, and utility. Measuring approximately 7.62 meters (25 feet) in length, this model is crafted with a high-quality GRP hull, ensuring durability and stability in various sea conditions. The planning hull configuration allows for smooth and efficient travel, optimizing fuel efficiency and ride comfort.
Equipped with a powerful outboard engine, typically a Mercury 300 V8, the 250 Dauntless reaches a maximum speed of around 45 knots, making it ideal for quick trips to favorite fishing spots or leisurely cruises along the coastline. With a fuel capacity of 416 liters, it offers an impressive range to explore distant waters without frequent refueling. The spacious deck layout includes ample seating, storage compartments, and a dedicated fishing area, enhanced by features like rod holders and a livewell.
The helm station is designed with ergonomics in mind, featuring state-of-the-art navigation and control systems for a seamless piloting experience. The Boston Whaler design team ensures the highest standards of safety and functionality, making the 250 Dauntless a reliable choice for all marine adventures. Additionally, the boat’s versatility extends to water sports and entertaining, with options for a tow arch and comfortable bow seating. Whether embarking on a weekend getaway or a day of offshore fishing, the Boston Whaler 250 Dauntless promises an unmatched boating experience.
Length
7.6M
Beam
2.6M
Draft
0.4M
Day Guests
8
Sleeping
0
Cabin
0
Cruise Speed
30KT
Max Speed
45KT
Fuel
416L
Range
200NM
Engine
Mercury 300 V8
Option 1
Mercury 250 V8
Option 2
Mercury 225 V6
Naval
Boston Whaler Design Team
Exterior
Boston Whaler Design Team
Interior
Boston Whaler Design Team
New Starting From
€90,000
High Price Brokerage
€75,000
Low Price Brokerage
€60,000
She reaches plane in a hurry, and holds it with confidence.
The standard 300hp Mercury V8 cruises the 250 Dauntless at 30 knots and carries her to a 45 knot top end, with engine options running from 225hp up to 400hp for owners who want to tune the balance between speed, economy and insurance themselves. A 416 litre fuel capacity underwrites a 200 nautical mile range, generous for a full day offshore with margin to spare on the run home. An 18 degree transom deadrise and a hull drawn specifically for this size class keep her settled rather than skittish once she is up and running.
One independent review called her the best-looking boat in her class.
Boston Whaler’s Design Team gave the 250 Dauntless a cleaner, more resolved profile than her smaller siblings: a longer, sweeping sheer, a taller bow that cuts a sharper line at rest, and proportions that read as considerably more than 7.6 metres from the dock. Recessed hardware, a flush-mounted forward casting deck and a tidy transom keep the surfaces calm, while the standard fibreglass hardtop frames the helm without crowding the sightlines a serious angler or a confident family skipper both need.
Three different helm seats, one hull, and every owner ends up with the layout that suits how they actually use her.
A deluxe leaning post with fold down armrests and tackle storage comes standard, a competition version adds dual seating and four rod holders for a serious crew, and a reversible pilot seat with its own livewell suits an owner who wants to fish solo as often as cruise with family. Aft, a flush mounted livewell lit for after dark sits beside a hidden boarding ladder tucked under the casting deck, while forward, a double width console lounge with storage beneath and a sun pad on the foredeck turn the bow into proper living space rather than just more boat.
The deck is built to work hard without feeling it.
Rod holders run six deep around the leaning post alone, with further pairs flanking the aft casting deck and a 35 gallon livewell lit for fishing after dark. An optional sports pylon extends her reach into towed watersports without looking like an afterthought, and Raymarine electronics, a Power Pole and a bow mounted trolling motor are all available from the factory and covered under warranty, rather than bolted on afterwards. It is a deck equipped for a full day’s fishing that still cleans up for the ride home.
Boston Whaler’s engineering reputation rests on one word: unsinkable.
Built in Edgewater, Florida, the 250 Dauntless carries positive flotation within the hull itself, able to stay level and afloat even fully swamped, a safety margin that remains standard rather than optional across the range. An 18 degree transom deadrise, engineered specifically for this size and mission, keeps her settled at speed without punishing a loaded crew in a chop. Boston Whaler’s own engineering team stands behind every factory fitted option, from electronics to trolling motor, under one warranty rather than a patchwork of third party cover. For a boat built to be used hard, that kind of engineering confidence matters as much as the numbers on the spec sheet.
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