I currently have a 98 Carver Mariner 35. I'm looking at buying a 98 Carver 455. Anyone here have a 455 and willing to give me their opinion of their boat? Speed, fuel burn, etc. How do you like the engine room, is it easy to work in there? My wife is not sure about the aft head, are the shower and head rooms workable? The galley, enough room to work and open fridge at the same time? Washer and dryer usable? There's no dingy or davits, where do you store yours? What do you love about the boat and hate?
1998 Voyager 455
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Tampa Rob,
We looked at a 1996 455 Carver last year as well, prior to purchasing my 2001 Carver/Trojan.
Couple of thing to look for.
Look at the windows on Port and Starboard. They tend to leak. It will leak into the dinette if the model you are looking at has the built in. The other option is a dining table (not built in).
When in the Galley look up on the ceiling to see if there is water damage. Some have had water leaks from the helm if water collected up top. This usually happened if there was no hard top.
buy the largest Diesels you can get. The 3116 were to slow for the boat. Cruise was 16-18knots.
Stay away from Maple inside,look for Cherry wood. It holds up much better.
Have the bottom keel checked for water. The one I looked at needed to have the whole keel replaced. Water logged.
The boat is very nice. Nice saloon, Galley, and State rooms. The one we looked at had a third stateroom that converted to bunks as well. Very Nice.
Good Luck let us know how it works out.
We looked at a 1996 455 Carver last year as well, prior to purchasing my 2001 Carver/Trojan.
Couple of thing to look for.
Look at the windows on Port and Starboard. They tend to leak. It will leak into the dinette if the model you are looking at has the built in. The other option is a dining table (not built in).
When in the Galley look up on the ceiling to see if there is water damage. Some have had water leaks from the helm if water collected up top. This usually happened if there was no hard top.
buy the largest Diesels you can get. The 3116 were to slow for the boat. Cruise was 16-18knots.
Stay away from Maple inside,look for Cherry wood. It holds up much better.
Have the bottom keel checked for water. The one I looked at needed to have the whole keel replaced. Water logged.
The boat is very nice. Nice saloon, Galley, and State rooms. The one we looked at had a third stateroom that converted to bunks as well. Very Nice.
Good Luck let us know how it works out.
Thanks for the info. The engines on this boat are Twin Cummins Diesels HP: 450 Model: 6CTA 8.3M. I will look for the leaks you mentioned. No hard top over the helm. It has the cherry wood. This is the two cabin version without the built in dinette but has more room in the salon. Has the laundry with washer and dryer in the forward cabin instead. You mentioned the keel being wet, can you get to that from inside the bilge to check?
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Tampa Rob,
You probably will not. Take a close look in the bilge, between the stringers and the engines. See if has water sitting in the bilge and check for any mold and mildew. If there is a high presence of mold, that can be an indicator that water is always in the bilge. The only sure way is during the survey when they check the keel while it is out of the water. If the keel is water logged it's can cost up to 25K to repair it. The 1996 455 we looked at turned out to cost the owner that much to fix it. Lucky for the new owner, he has a new keel.
You probably will not. Take a close look in the bilge, between the stringers and the engines. See if has water sitting in the bilge and check for any mold and mildew. If there is a high presence of mold, that can be an indicator that water is always in the bilge. The only sure way is during the survey when they check the keel while it is out of the water. If the keel is water logged it's can cost up to 25K to repair it. The 1996 455 we looked at turned out to cost the owner that much to fix it. Lucky for the new owner, he has a new keel.