Seaworthiness of a Carver motoryacht

[Byresch]

A friend of mine is looking at a Carver 570 Pilothouse Motoryacht and asked me about their seaworthiness. He is looking for something he and his wife can cruise the Caribbean with, I told him to forget the Carver. My only experience with one is when I lived aboard in San Diego a couple had one 2 slips away from me had a 46 foot Carver and it didn't handle bad weather in the San Diego Bay well I'd hate to be in the Caribbean in bad weather in one.

Is their anyone on here that knows more about the 570s? I think I told him correctly, I told him to look at the 58 foot LRC for sale in Key West for about the same money and he'd be in a lot safer boat.

[MadHatter53]

Most of the carvers I've been on were under 50ft and handled like crap it any wind over 2kts

[rob71]

Several of my dock neighbors have Carvers. 41,45 and 50 ft. I helped deliver the 50 from NC down the east coast over to Clearwater Fl on the gulf. Generally they are good boats. The major deficiencies are...
#1 the bows slope downward to a point. This means they are VERY wet from spray and waves coming over the bow. #2 the side decks leading to the bow are very narrow and dangerous to traverse in even mild conditions.
These points alone are enough to avoid them for me.
Capt. Rob

[oscarvan]

If you have WEEKS to wait for your weather window and the money to burn the gas to make the hop quickly before it changes again......sure. If weather or mechanical things go pear shaped things will deteriorate QUICKLY as it all falls apart around you. These boats are NOT designed to take a beating.

Wouldn't be me out there on one. Too much respect for the sea. And the Caribbean is a sea. Heck, I would be careful taking it out on Lake Erie.

[carolinacoast]

they seem designed to maximize living and party space at the dock or flat calm. The opposite of the OP stated mission.

[Byresch]

they seem designed to maximize living and party space at the dock or flat calm. The opposite of the OP stated mission.

That's what I think and that is why I told him to look at the Hatteras 58 LRC in Key West. He'd have a lot more boat and a lot safer boat for about the same money. I never felt safe on my friends Carver in bad weather even though we were only in the San Diego Bay, I sure won't want to be in the Caribbean Sea in one.