Another New Ugly Boat...Function over form?

I suppose it depends what you want. Not my cup of tea (quite the opposite actually) but take a look at that saloon and cabin pic - you wouldnt get much less space in a 50ft squaddy.

If the rumours are true and so many users prefer to keep their boats as floating apartments, only very occaionally venturing out in only the best weather then maybe this type of boat is the way forward.

But I hope not...
 
Carver have been producing this kind of semi flybridge design for many years so it must sell somewhere. I think it's fairly hideous but no more hideous than that Fjord thingy. I think at least it's an honest design. It maximises interior and exterior space and I guess the price is competitive. On the other hand that Fjord 40 is all style and no substance plus it costs a packet.
 
Not my cup of tea either. Has a big saloon becuase no side decks but the trade off for the nice big bathroom and cabin is that there is only one cabin
 
Just checked out the test results and this didn't sound right.

Only 27.6 Knots @ 5000 RPM

It's got 750hp on tap and weighs less than 9 ton

Is this sound right?
 
Dealer here says Carver are "premium quality" with a straight face.

This is what David Pascoe says:

"Carver is one of those builders whom we didn't see much point in mentioning, for the caliber of their products are well known, and a buyer would have to have been asleep for the past twenty years, or simply too lazy to do any research at all, not to know what kind of boats they build. Surveyors have long considered them to be little more than floating campers, and are often heard to make jokes such as "they forgot to put the wheels on this one."
 
looks like you are suppose to stay below decks, so that
comments like "look a floating tefal" dont wound to deep /forums/images/graemlins/ooo.gif
 
The interiors on the used ones I have seen don't age too well...

Not a premium product then /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif
 
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This is what David Pascoe says:

"Carver is one of those builders whom we didn't see much point in mentioning, for the caliber of their products are well known, and a buyer would have to have been asleep for the past twenty years, or simply too lazy to do any research at all, not to know what kind of boats they build. Surveyors have long considered them to be little more than floating campers, and are often heard to make jokes such as "they forgot to put the wheels on this one."

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have to quote DP he really says things how they are,
really wished some more recent reviews from hin on line newer boats and why not EU built ones
 
Cranchi will always review well...
last month in my marina a Cranch 760 Clipper Crusier was lifted out after over 4 years straight in the water with very little use, as it has been sold,
no gel shield protection, just antifouling and primer and Unbeleivable not even a blister, even the surveyor could not beleive it....
this is a 1992 boat, and been totally cared the less in the last years
now Cranchi in Genova told me that they never had osmosis blistering problems in any of there boats since the begining of time, now for a company which builds about 1000 boats a year this is a Big Word, but I am starting to beleive them

now there was another builder this time British, it produces less boats than Cranchi which once told me that comment and sadly I have been dissapointed
 
Crikey, I must be the only one that likes it! /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif Not so sure about it's sea keeping though. /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

It's similar to the Silverton 38 that we saw at LIBs. I liked the walk down to the fore deck from the bridge. The helm doesn't lose sight of the crew when fixing lines and fenders.

The interior space is massive for this size of boat. The finish was excellent and I imagine the Carver would be updated since the old ones too. Two heads are not necessary in this size of boat.

I think it has very nice lines and prettier than a similar Azimut but I'm not a fan of the Sealines'

BUT 5,000 rpb suggests noise and petrol so of less interest without a pair of 350 diesels.
 
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a terrible one of a Mochi 50

[/ QUOTE ]Careful there, that was Mochi before Ferretti bought the company.
They went belly up for good reasons.
 
I agree with you about the Silverton - a different idea that actually makes sense - side deck access from the flybridge is more workable and offers better comminictaion for the crew.

I just dont like the look of the Carver.
 
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a terrible one of a Mochi 50

[/ QUOTE ]Careful there, that was Mochi before Ferretti bought the company.
They went belly up for good reasons.

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still Mapis, Mochi before Ferretti build good boats and that review on David Pascoe site is a refurbished model not completed, so the yard can be given not that much claim
if you don't know the story why Mochi went down you can PM and I can tell you 1/2 of the reason, the other half being bad management rather then boats not build good
still x-Mochi management and owners now have Dominator which IMO builds better boats then Ferretti starting from 62 up to 115 ft

if company fail cause they build bad boats I think half of them of which I say Carver and similar would be way closed today, but then thats another story
 
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Dominator which IMO builds better boats then Ferretti starting from 62 up to 115 ft

[/ QUOTE ]Respectable viewpoint, but a bit theoretical.
Did they actually hit the water with anything above 68' so far?
 
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