After 24 years and over 2,200 units sold Grady-White decided its time to replace its second longest standing model the Express 330, as at the 2025 Fort Lauderdale boat show it introduced the new Express 340. Few boat builders can afford a model produced for so long, but Grady-White proves it is the exception to the rule considering also that its longest produced model the Marlin 300 has been made since 1989, with the North Carolina Grady-White having an average of models produced for about ten years. The Express Cabin series of cruising fisherman able boats actually debuted in 2001 with the Express 330, with this new Express 340 being the fifth model of the line excluding the two updated versions of the 330 which arrived in 2008 and 2015. Based on the same hull of the outgoing 330 the Express 340 comes out as a more luxurious offer to its long standing replacement; sportier hard-top, more luxurious amenities, and power increase for up to triple 350hp outboards. A layout difference in the cockpit is the helm station now positioned to starboard versus the central of its predecessor, and with this we have an L-shaped lounge settee with mini dinette to port. An aft facing mezzanine settee has also been added to port side, while the aft patio door has been removed for a larger fish box, with the boat now served with two port and starboard side doors. Inside the layout has also been modified and now features a larger forward Vee-shaped dinette which transforms to large double berth, a galley on entry to port, a shower head to starboard and a more open second double berth at midships. The Grady-White Express 340 is standard powered by twin Yamaha 450hp which give speeds up to 45 knots, with triple Yamaha 350hp giving an extra four knots of top speed.
Technical Data:
LOA - 10.21 m (33.6ft) ex outboards
Beam - 3.53 m
Draft - 0.67 m ex outboards
Displacement - 5838 kg ex engines, 7935 kg half load and with twin Yamaha 450hp
Fuel Capacity - 1287 l
Water Capacity - 170 l
Accommodation - four berths
Engines - 2 x Yamaha XTO Offshore 450hp, 3 x Yamaha Four Stroke 350hp
Propulsion - Yamaha twin or triple outboards
Speed - 45 knots max 25 cruise 2x450hp, 49 knots max 26 cruise 3x350hp
Hull Shape - SeaV2 progression deep Vee with twenty degrees deadrise aft
Certification - CE available
competitor = Pursuit OS 355 Offshore
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