Any interest in a 50 Cary?
 

So I dropped off a boat at a local Canvas and Upholstery shop on Cumberland to have a road cover made and this beast of a 50 Carey is in a stall. The story is the boat belongs to a friend of the shop owner who was going to redo it - but he lost interest in it a decade ago and it’s just taking up space.

The boat has a totally new interior ready to go into the boat but they put it in storage years ago to protect it. The boat has 4 HP 500’s in unknown condition. Is there a market for a massive project like this? They just want to get paid for the upholstery work and make the boat go away. Opinions on the value of this thing - if there is any? Where to market it if there is?
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be pretty cool to whipple the engines and put scxs on the back and run a higher number and be able to overnight

Boy did that guy get a bad deal. Not just the upholstery time and $$$ but Been taking up all that room in his shop for how long ? Damn !

Be interesting to see where this boat goes. :thumbs

I think it’d be great with two big diesels and surface drives but my pockets aren’t that deep.

RR

P.S. I’d list it on yachtworld, that’s loaded with big cruisers.

4 BBC Id like to see how they are coupled, Detroit's and Arneson's would be sweet

I would be interested in some more details. They were built in Grand Haven Mi. and I used to watch them go out for delivery. Rich DeVos wanted a 70' footer built and ended up buying the company in order to get it. That boat is now at LOTO. Please forward my number to the shop owner so that he can contact me.

Thanks,
Joe
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There’s 4 drives on it, expand the picture

Salyer Canvas and Upholstery LLC.

1575 S Highway 92, Jamestown, KY, United States, Kentucky
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Id love to incinerate half a mil on that project, if I was in the right situation. 😂

Cool boat.

Ya, didnt see the two lower ones, must be a 12' + beam

Joe will take good care of it and needs another boat. Everyone wins!

That boat would easily support two stripper poles.

Edit:

My friends 45 with triple 454-370's was a thirsty girl. Definitely would be a great diesel conversion. Maybe quad Cumminns or Duramax in the 500HP range.

Could be a cool quad OB conversion like they do with the 48 Fountain EC’s

I wonder what it weighs ex engines?

what speed do those run?

You’ve probably all seen this but still good viewing…….
This is what a 50’ Carey looks like on the water.


RR

I haven't followed this thread in sometime, but here's a link to a gentlemen doing a conversion on one. Started in 10-20 and last update was a month ago.

https://www.thehulltruth.com/boating...n-project.html

No idea how fast they are but there have been a couple redone with OB's

The worst part about these big express boats is the lack of shade and the GPH fuel burn for 50 MPH or whatever top speed is.

That size boat is good for all the Thick strippers.

There was one outside of Richmond, VA for a number of years. It had Four 454 and B1 drives. I was just enamored every chance I got to see & board it.

Always loved those but that`s a lot of realestate to redo.
The one in marco Island is just such a bada$$ unit .

In the THT thread that Cary 70 is stunning (said it was formerly owned by Victor Posner).

Videos like that are why real boaters switched to cats.

nice video nevertheless...

From what my brother told me he was the guy that started Baron marine sold molds to guys to start Powerplay/Powerwuest, anyways the guy my brother had working for him ,a few years later talked the Postama brothers that owned Dryland into buying the Cary 50 molds like 1982-83.

He said Van Andel was bankrolling the company, and they developed the new 70 which is a lengthened 50 . I remember the first time i saw it in Holland Michigan in 84, and than I followed it out of the channel in my little 18 Baron. The 70 was a monster and I was a toy running alongside and behind it and it was clipping along at 40mph...

No idea what it had for diesel power probably triple 1271Detroits or maybe twin 1671s for that Era

The 70 made the sheer line flow much better than the 50.

the 18 baron became the 185 xlt powerplay correct?

love old Cary hulls - we have a few go by us in SE Florida from time to time - one is Navy Blue w gold accents - dual diesel - it is a beast! Not a big fan of the cockpit layout - seems like a lot of big furniture but that hull is awesome!

A guy I worked for back in the late 80's had one here in RI (took it to Florida as well), had 4 each 454 / TRS.
Lots of comfort, full air, generator etc., it was about a 50MPH top end but it was certainly a show stopper to pull up to a dock with it in its day

I know digging up an old thread.........Joe did you end up getting it ?