At Ease is a 1997 Carver 445 aft-cabin motor yacht.
We bought her in 2017 and put heart and soul into making her our full-time home and cruising vessel.
Specifications
- LOA: 47’8”
- Beam: 15’
- Draft: 4’3”
- Air Draft: 19′ to antenna tips, 16′ when antennas and radar mast folded
- Weight (approx.): 32,000 lbs.
- Power: (2) 330-hp Cummins diesels
- Fuel: 460 gals.
- Water: 140 gals.
- Holding: 2×40 gals.
Exterior
Interior 360 shots (click circular icon in lower left of image to enable your mouse or finger to rotate the view)
Salon
Dinette/Galley
Forward Stateroom
Aft Stateroom
We didn’t buy her looking the way she does now; we completed many cosmetic and functional/seaworthiness projects since April 2017 that gave us comfort and confidence for all the adventures we have taken.
On Deck
- New windlass, deck and helm switches
- Rocna Vulcan 73lb anchor with Mantus swivel on 139’ 5/16 HT chain / 250’ 5/8 8-plait nylon rode
- LED spotlight with wireless remote
- New electric horns & loudhailer speaker
- Spare anchor (Fortress FX-37) and rode
- Fenders and more fenders – two 27″ balls, two 17″ balls, four 10×26 long fenders, folding fender racks, fender boards
- Exterior solar mesh shade screens on windows
- LED anchor/steaming light
- Dyneema lifelines
Sundeck
- Fusion stereo, with NMEA 2k and bluetooth connection
- Teak pattern carpet
- 800 watts solar panels (4×200) on roof with Victron MPPT solar charge controller (with Bluetooth monitoring)
- LED lighting
- Security sensors and camera
Swim platform
- Weaver davits for tender
- Freshwater washdown port
- 100’ 50 amp shore power cord in Glendenning reel
Flybridge
- Electronics
- Raymarine 12” Axiom multifunction display
- Raymarine Quantum II Doppler Radar on folding mast
- Raymarine Evolution Autopilot
- Raymarine i70S auxiliary display
- Raymarine RealVision 3D Sonar Transducers
- Raymarine standalone Depth Sounder
- Vesper XB8000 AIS transceiver
- Standard Horizon GX2200 VHF Radio (2019)
- New 48″ antennas for VHF and AIS, on folding mounts
- Teak pattern carpet
- Raised bench seat, with sliding table
Interior
- Converted to LED lights throughout
- Replaced interior fabric panels and curtains
- Marinaire forward stateroom reverse cycle AC unit
- Single handle mixing faucets in fwd and aft heads
- Synthetic teak flooring in galley and dinette
- Single handle pull out galley sink faucet
- Metal tile backsplash in galley
- Pleated shades in salon
- 40” 4k smart television with soundbar
Engine Room
- All (Engine, generator, AC, overboard discharge) thru-hulls replaced
- New intercooler cores
- Overhauled/replaced fuel injectors
- Main engine raw-water pumps upgraded, new hoses
- Magnum 3012 Inverter Charger, with Magnum MagWeb battery monitoring system
- Lifeline AGM 8D batteries (one engine start, 2 house bank)
- AGM generator battery
- Enhanced LED lighting
- Stuffing box service
- Engine exhaust ports re-bedded at hull
Under the waterline
- Props tuned
- Propshaft line-cutters installed
- Cutlass bearings replaced
- Aluminum anodes
- 2 coats bottom paint (October 2020)
Tender
- 2014 AB 10VL RIB
- 2008 15hp Yamaha 2-stroke
- Weaver transom and forward hard mounts
- Weaver Leaver engine tilting mechanism
