2022 Bertram 39 CC Available now

The 2022 Bertram 39CC is a 40 foot offshore center console with a Seakeeper gyro stabilizer, a full air conditioned cabin, and triple Mercury Verado 400 outboards with joystick piloting, showing 427 hours, located in Fort Myers Beach, Florida. The Seakeeper is what makes it possible to sit still offshore without the roll, and the cabin below the console is a real cabin with a berth, a wet head and a shower rather than a stand up head compartment. This hull has also never been bottom painted. It has been kept in dry storage since new, so the running surface is original factory gelcoat rather than a painted bottom a buyer has to strip, fair or keep up.

Seakeeper and onboard systems

The 2022 Bertram 39CC carries a Seakeeper gyro stabilizer, a generator and air conditioning. On a 40 foot center console the Seakeeper is the system that changes the day: drifting a wreck, sitting on a number, cutting bait, or running the air conditioning and sleeping at anchor all happen without the roll that sends people home early. Bertram lists the Seakeeper as an option on the 39CC rather than standard equipment, so it is not a given on every hull you will compare this one against. A diesel generator, fed by its own 25 gallon diesel tank separate from the gasoline, is standard on the 39CC, as is cabin air conditioning. This boat also carries an electric grill and a retractable sunshade for shade over the aft deck without adding to the hardtop.

The cabin on the 2022 Bertram 39CC

Buyers cross shopping 37 to 40 foot outboard center consoles usually assume the console holds a head and a place to change. On the Bertram 39CC it is a cabin, and it is the reason this boat belongs in a conversation with boats a class up.

• Queen berth with rod storage underneath
• Private wet head with a freshwater shower and a macerating head
• Vanity sink
• Microwave
• Refrigerator
• TV
• Air conditioning
• Overhead skylight and teak trim

Power and hours

The 2022 Bertram 39CC carries triple Mercury Verado 400 outboards, 1,200 horsepower total, with Mercury joystick piloting for docking and Skyhook station keeping. These are the L6 Verado 400s, the 2.6 liter supercharged inline six, not the later V10. Standard power on the 39CC in this model year was triple Verado 300s, so this boat left the factory with the top power option of its era. Hours read 427.

What the 2022 Bertram 39CC will do

Power and Motor Yacht sea trialed a Bertram 39CC on this same triple 400 horsepower Verado package and recorded a top speed of 43 knots at roughly two thirds load, with a comfortable cruise around 30 knots. Their trial ran through 6 to 8 foot inlet swells at a steady 20 knots. On economy, Southern Boating's review of the 39CC reported about 0.9 mpg at an optimum cruise near 37 mph, which the magazine put at roughly 374 miles on 90 percent of the 500 gallon fuel capacity, though that review did not state which engine package was on the test boat.

Bertram publishes factory performance reports for the 39CC only with the triple Mercury 400 V10 and the dual Mercury 600 V12. There is no factory bulletin for the L6 400 package on this hull, so the numbers above are magazine sea trials of the model and not a measured run of this individual boat.

Electronics and navigation

The 2022 Bertram 39CC is rigged with 16 inch Garmin multifunction displays at the helm, radar, and a FLIR thermal camera for running at night and picking up markers, crab traps and unlit boats. Mercury VesselView engine data, integrated autopilot and auto trim come with the joystick piloting package.

Hull, and why it matters in Southwest Florida

The Bertram 39CC is a 22 degree transom deadrise deep vee on a 13 foot 3 inch beam, and that combination is what carries it through the Gulf chop that builds outside Matanzas Pass and Big Carlos Pass on an afternoon sea breeze. It draws 2 feet 2 inches with the engines up, which keeps the skinny side of Estero Bay, San Carlos Bay and the backwater behind Sanibel in play at reasonable tides. The 500 gallon fuel capacity gives it the legs for the offshore runs Fort Myers Beach, Sanibel, Cape Coral and Bonita Springs owners actually make. The boat lies on Estero Island at Ft Myers Beach in Lee County, with Gulf access out Matanzas Pass. Bridge clearance is 8 feet 10 inches with the hardtop and 10 feet 4 inches with the hardtop and radar, worth checking against a canal bridge or a lift before you buy.

Condition

The 2022 Bertram 39CC has never been bottom painted and has been stored out of the water. Its 300 hour service has been completed. There is no factory engine warranty remaining on the Mercury 400s.

Does the Bertram 39CC have a cabin?

Yes, and it is worth knowing before comparing this boat to other 37 to 40 foot outboard center consoles on price alone. The Bertram 39CC console opens into a finished cabin with a queen berth, a private wet head with a shower, a sink, a microwave, a refrigerator and a TV, air conditioned, with teak trim and a skylight. Bertram is a small builder and the 39CC does not turn up in every search, so buyers often find it after they have already priced the mainstream 38 and 39 footers.

What does a Bertram 39CC draw, and will it run shallow?

The Bertram 39CC draws 2 feet 2 inches with the engines up and 3 feet 4 inches with them down, per Bertram's published specifications. That is a boat that gets into the backcountry of Estero Bay and Pine Island Sound on a decent tide but is not a flats boat. It is a 40 foot offshore hull that happens to tuck up shallow.

How fast is a Bertram 39CC with triple Verado 400s, and what is the range?

Power and Motor Yacht's sea trial of a 39CC on triple 400 horsepower Verados recorded 43 knots top at about two thirds load and a comfortable cruise near 30 knots. Southern Boating reported roughly 0.9 mpg at an optimum cruise of about 37 mph, which works out to something near 374 miles on 90 percent of the 500 gallon tank. Both are magazine tests of the model. Bertram has never published a factory performance bulletin for the L6 400 package on this hull, so a buyer who wants exact numbers should plan on getting them at sea trial.

Is 427 hours a lot on triple Mercury Verado 400s?

No. On a 2022 boat that is light use. These are the L6 Verado 400s, a 2.6 liter supercharged inline six that Mercury built as its high output offshore engine, and this set has had its 300 hour service completed. There is no factory warranty remaining, so a buyer should plan on a compression test and a diagnostic scan at survey, which is what a surveyor does on any outboard boat regardless of hours. On a supercharged engine it is also worth pulling the service history on the supercharger and the belt.

Is the Bertram 39CC good offshore?

That is what the hull was drawn for. Bertram built the 39CC as its first outboard center console on a 22 degree deep vee with a 13 foot 3 inch beam and a maximum horsepower rating of 1,275. Power and Motor Yacht ran their sea trial hull through 6 to 8 foot inlet swells and held a steady 20 knots. On this particular boat the Seakeeper matters as much as the hull, because it is what makes drifting or sitting on a number in a beam sea tolerable.

What comes with this 2022 Bertram 39CC?

• Seakeeper gyro stabilizer
• Generator
• Air conditioning
• Triple Mercury Verado 400 L6 outboards with joystick piloting and Skyhook
• 16 inch Garmin multifunction displays
• Radar
• FLIR thermal camera
• Electric grill
• Retractable sunshade
• Cabin with queen berth, wet head with shower, sink, microwave, refrigerator and TV
• Never bottom painted