A Look at the Boat

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
Visiting fellow loopers in the dinghy
On the rivers; note all the fenders deployed for locks
Up the AICW near Wilmington, NC ahead of TS Arthur