Gofirstclass
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Amen, brother!
Ugly Boats
- Thread starter DarkJester
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Bridog
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My 3 picks for ugliest.
1) Carver Mariner
2) Carver Mariner
3) Carver Mariner
Runner up would have to be the Carver Mariner.
1) Carver Mariner
2) Carver Mariner
3) Carver Mariner
Runner up would have to be the Carver Mariner.
Ky Tundra
Member
We have a friend on the water with that Carver. Definitely not beautiful, but really is a nice layout both inside and out. Good thing about owning that boat is you don’t have to look at it while you’re on board. It’s only ugly to other boaters.
susanandlance
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Your right, I stand corrected its a 330 Silverton and its a nice one!!
ZZ13
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I have many pals with 2000-2005 era Carvers. The outsides are tough on the eyes but the insides are great. I tell them my feeling is the difference between Carver and Sea Ray is that Carver designs boats from the inside out and Sea Ray designs boats from the outside in.
- Apr 26, 2009
- 5,806
- Boat Info
- '97 330 Sundancer, Raymarine C80 suite with radar, Mercury 310 Hypalon w/8hp Yammie 2stk
- Engines
- 2X 454 carbs w/ vDrives
Are you sure the picture is not just upside down? 
There is a red Donzi Sport Deck I see all the time. I get the concept - kind of a monohull pontoon boat. But somehow it it just looks....wrong. From every angle, just wrong.
Bridog
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This one is kinda growing on me. It’s like a hard top version of Noah’s Ark. I could bring along a couple of different pets, pigs even.I agree, older model carvers do nothing for me. However, the newer style looks slick.
RollerCoastr
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- Nov 15, 2007
- 3,883
- Boat Info
- 1997 400DA
340HP 7.4 Mercruiser Bluewaters
Garmin 741, 742, 8212, 24HD, Intellian I2
- Engines
- 1999 280BR
Twin 250HP Merc 350 Alpha Ones
We can at least argue that Carver sacrificed form for function.
I can’t find anything nice to say about most Galeons. Ugly design, poor fit and finish and then they decide to make the topside black?
I can’t find anything nice to say about most Galeons. Ugly design, poor fit and finish and then they decide to make the topside black?
Wow, it's even worse from the back. Those dual stairs take a huge chunk out of the bacmin
I saw a 51ish Galeon with the fold out balconies. The aft sides both tip out to expand the deck. One side has bar stools for extra seating. I can’t speak to the fit / finish, but that feature was really cool. My wife loved it.
I saw a 51ish Galeon with the fold out balconies. The aft sides both tip out to expand the deck. One side has bar stools for extra seating. I can’t speak to the fit / finish, but that feature was really cool. My wife loved it.
Jeff42899
Member
I agree, older model carvers do nothing for me. However, the newer style looks slick.
Every time I look at this boat I am convinced the captain wears a Captain's hat, has one squinty eye, giant forearms and smokes a pipe. Probably likes spinach too.
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Gofirstclass
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I feel fairly confident that the pigs would feel quite at home on that boat. Captain, the crew is reporting for duty.
CaptRonn
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- May 25, 2016
- 1,550
- Boat Info
- 1999 Sea Ray 400 Sedan Bridge
- Engines
- Convert fuel into noise
The new SeaRays before they ceased production were nothing to write home about.
susanandlance
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Exactly !!!I feel fairly confident that the pigs would feel quite at home on that boat. Captain, the crew is reporting for duty.
susanandlance
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I'm sure the owner of this boat is a bonified YUPPIE...………
domer94
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domer94
Active Member
as far as ugly duckling... this one always struck me as "love it or hate it" they seem to have a following.. not my cup of tea
PMC
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You fail the game. LOL This is not an ugly
Espos4
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Not necessarily ugly, but if ever there was a need for a Sea Ray in the Transformers movies, this could be it.
Soulshine
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I’m surprised nobody mentioned Bayliners yet.
Junky as they were, there were a few sharp looking Capri runabouts, but most of them were mutts. The one above a stand out dog.
My dock neighbor has a mint pre bottle nose Carver Mariner 33 that’s not exactly ugly, but suffers from a snub nosed, bull dog look that I don’t care for.
Great interior though.
Ive never seen a deck boat that I didn’t find ugly and pontoon boats are rafts with furniture on them, so I don’t even scrutinize their styling.
Soulshine
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These boats are everywhere on my lake and a good friend owns one.
I’ve never seen so many ladders and stairs on one vessel, but I don’t find it to be truly ugly.