NEW Sportsman Heritage 231 Centre Console

The Heritage 231 is built on the same proven running surface as the Open 232, measuring 7.11 metres with a 2.59-metre beam and 20 degrees of transom deadrise, delivering the same proven ride characteristics. Everything above the waterline has been rethought around the family that will actually be using it.

The seating count tells the story. Plush wraparound bow seating with removable backrests and a removable table on stowable legs. A four-person edge-to-edge bench across the stern with aft-facing seats and a transom walk-through. Twin telescoping boarding ladders that stow recessed. A built-in sandbar cooler and a console-front cooler under the helm seat cushion. This is a boat designed for the hours spent stopped, not just the hours spent running.

Fishing is still catered for rather than deleted: twin 38-litre insulated transom aquarium livewells, two large insulated bow storage boxes that work as fish boxes, an in-deck storage box, and five rocket launchers across the back of the hardtop with spreader lights above the cockpit.

Standard equipment is the same quality story as the rest of the range: a SeaStar tilt helm with more than 40 degrees of travel and five lock positions, a stainless wheel, a dual-chair leaning post with flip-up bolsters, an enclosed head taking either a porta potti or a freshwater porcelain toilet, and SportLink with Garmin displays and twin 10-watt wireless chargers. The hardtop frame is bent and extruded from a single piece. Construction is no-wood, all-fibreglass with vinyl ester resin, NMMA certified, with a 10-year limited hull warranty.

KEY SPECIFICATIONS
- Length overall: 7.11 m (23' 4")
- Beam: 2.59 m (8' 6")
- Draft, engines up: 0.41 m
- Deadrise at transom: 20 degrees
- Fuel capacity: 439 L, approx. 401 L usable
- Fresh water: 57 L
- Approx. Dry weight: 1,792 kg
- Maximum horsepower: 300 hp
- Person capacity: 12
- Bridge clearance with hardtop: 2.84 m

NOTABLE FEATURES
- SportTech no-wood, all-fibreglass hull with vinyl ester resin
- Same proven running surface as the Open 232
- Plush wraparound bow seating with removable backrests
- Removable bow table with leg storage
- Four-person edge-to-edge stern bench with aft-facing seats
- Transom walk-through with twin recessed telescoping boarding ladders
- Built-in sandbar cooler
- 45 L console-front cooler beneath the helm seat cushion
- Twin 38 L insulated transom aquarium livewells
- Two large insulated bow storage boxes usable as fish boxes
- In-deck storage box
- SeaStar tilt helm, 40+ degree range, five lock positions
- Stainless steel steering wheel, anti-fatigue helm pad
- Premium dual-chair leaning post with flip-up bolsters
- Enclosed head: porta potti or freshwater porcelain toilet
- Large horizontal starboard window
- Tempered glass windscreen with manual vent
- Dedicated trolling motor battery storage
- Single-piece bent and extruded D-tube hardtop frame
- Fibreglass hardtop with built-in lighting and spreader lights
- Five rocket launchers across the hardtop
- Moulded-in navigation lights at front corners
- SportLink: Garmin displays with custom graphics interface
- Two 10W fast-charge wireless phone chargers, USB and 12V
- Ritchie compass standard
- Sileather marine silicone-coated upholstery
- Freshwater and raw water washdown, dual fuel fills both sides
- NMMA certified, 10-year limited hull warranty