Introduced in 1993 as the 440 Aft Cabin, Carver engineers updated this conservatively styled motor yacht in 1997 with a new integral boarding platform and, in the process, re-branded her as the 445 Aft Cabin.
She’s a big boat on the inside, and her unusually spacious salon is among the larger to be found in a boat this size. Built on a solid fiberglass hull with a relatively wide beam and a shallow keel, her two-stateroom, galley-down floorplan is arranged with double berths fore and aft and separate stall showers in both heads.
A full-size dinette is opposite the galley, and a choice of teak or maple interior woodwork was available. A lower helm was optional. The aft deck is on the small side (thanks to the huge salon dimensions), although the flybridge is large enough to entertain a small group of friends.
Additional features include excellent interior headroom, fairly wide side decks, a foredeck sun pad, and-on the 445 model-staircase-style molded boarding steps built into the integral swim platform.
Offered with several gas or diesel engine options, twin 375hp Caterpillars diesels cruise at 17-18 knots (about 24 knots top).