BOATS

BOAT TESTS

Carver 560 Voyager

By Capt. Patrick Sciacca

Boat Tests

SPECIFICATIONS

Builder: Carver

Model: 560 Voyager

Model Year: 2004

Boat Type: Cruiser

LOA: 59’8”

Beam: 15’4”

Draft: 4’9”

Weight: 49,500 lbs.

Standard Power: 2/480-hp 480C-E Cummins diesel inboards

Optional Power: various diesel inboards from Cummins and Volvo Penta to 1,350 hp

Fuel Capacity: 800 gal.

Water Capacity: 200 gal.

STANDARD EQUIPMENT

Volvo Penta QL bow thruster
dripless shaft logs
15.5-kW Onan or Kohler genset
freshwater washdown
2/50-amp shore-power connectors
20-gal. water heater
Maxwell windlass w/60-lb. anchor and 200 ft. of 3?8” chain
faux-leather lounge on flying bridge
wet bar
double-wide helm seat
tilt wheel
rudder-angle indicator
transom door
transom lounge
telescoping boarding ladder
saloon carpet
cherrywood interior
sapele pommele inlays
granite countertops and sole in galley
Panasonic microwave/convection oven
3-burner Ceran cooktop
s/s Sub-Zero refrigerator/freezer
Roman shades
Flexsteel helm seat in pilothouse

OPTIONAL EQUIPMENT

Raymarine electronics: RL80C radar, RL79C radar/plotter, 2/230 VHF-hailers, 631 chart, 2/ST-60 Tri-Datas, RayStar 120 WAAS, autopilot
flying-bridge Jenn-Air grill
22-inch and 15-inch Panasonic flat-screen TVs in master and VIP
Voyager video-monitoring system
23-kW Kohler genset
2/Glendinning Cablemasters
bridge hardtop w/enclosure
Volvo Penta stern thruster

This article originally appeared in the July 2004 issue of Power & Motoryacht magazine.