Carver Yachts

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Carver is a powerboat company located in Pulaski, Wisconsin in the United States.

Their models have ranged from 17 feet all the way up to 65 feet as of Nov. 2007 with larger yachts on the way.

Carver was started in the mid 1950's building small wooden runabouts for the local community. They gradually offered larger and larger boats, making the move from wood to fiberglass in the mid 1970's, becoming all fiberglass in the late 1970's. In 1982, they introduced a new "aft cabin" style boat that would soon define Carver as a motor yacht builder. In 1986, Carver introduced their largest boat to date, the 4207 MotorYacht which was a huge success for them and prompted many companies to follow their footsteps. Originally, Carver was quoted as saying that this would be their largest boat, but soon, customers started asking for larger product until the Carver line was expanded to 57 feet.

In 1992, Carver (under Genmar Holdings ownership) bought the bankrupt Trojan Yachts assets and started to produce a new Trojan line of Express cruisers which were marginally popular in their category and were discontinued in 2002.

By 2004, Carver customers were demanding something larger than the current 57 foot offering, so Carver started the Marquis line with the 59 Marquis. A year later, the beautiful 65 Marquis was introduced. Both boats were sellouts in their first couple of years which prompted Carver to expand the line even further. In 2006 thru 2008, they've introduced the 55LS, 50LS, and 40SC with plans on expanding the line further, with more in between and possible up the size ladder. The 40SC is the first boat in any Carver product to come standard with the Volvo Penta IPS system of power, available in both gas and diesel.