Monterey's boats are anything but plain vanilla. Throughout the line, the Williston, Florida-based boatbuilder stays on the cutting edge by offering fancy, rich gelcoat colors such as cabernet, Rio red, sunburst yellow and Caribbean blue, along with stylish, progressive lines. It's clear that influences from the latest automotive designs, along with European-boat styling, filter into Monterey's look.
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But beyond staying ahead of the curve with the newest design cues, Monterey loves to take an existing model and dress it up, as they did with the new 298 SSX that we tested in pleasantly calm conditions off Sanibel, Florida. The SSX is a luxury ...