This boat is lighter, rigged primarily for fishing and day-cruising with an open pilothouse. Three years old, it had about 900 hours on the motors when we tested it. The unnamed 36 with Suzuki 300 engines is Bill Judge’s personal boat, the first that he built with outboards. With a single 480 hp Cummins inboard, the 36 Chesapeake recorded a top speed of 33.6 mph at 3,400 rpm. We first pitted a 36 with a Cummins 480 hp 5.9L inboard against one with twin Suzuki 300s, but then the opportunity to run one with the twin 350s occurred and we jumped aboard (see below). Though he originally designed the Judge 36 Chesapeake for inboard power, Judge hasn’t built one with a diesel for three years the new ones have all been powered by Suzuki 300s on brackets - except for the most recent, which runs Suzuki’s revolutionary new DF350A with contra-rotating propellers. Most are rigged with an after helm and rocket launchers for fishing either recreationally or for charter, but there’s room for a dinette and galley in the pilothouse and a cabin forward with a V-berth, hanging locker, and enclosed head for cruising.
#Inboard vs outboard saltwater series#
The boat has always run well with 425 to 480 hp Cummins QSB series inboards, using Volvo Penta’s Interceptor boat-trim system to dial in running attitude. Unlike most Chesapeake boats, it has no keel, though the sharp deadrise extends back about two-thirds of the length before flowing smoothly into nearly flat (4-degree) transom sections. The 36-by-12-foot hull possesses a lovely flared, bow-proud semi-V Chesapeake deadrise shape. In the beginning he sold it as a diesel inboard, but the last three years he’s powered it exclusively with Suzuki outboards. He’s been building the 36 Chesapeakes for 10 years. Bill Judge has been both a boater and a boatbuilder all his life.
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