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Cruisers Yachts 4450 Express Motor Yacht

The published record on this model and what owners report, with the questions worth asking while a boat is still a listing. This page covers the model. Every boat still needs its own homework.

The published record

Length overall45.5 ft
Beam15.33 ft
Fuel500 gal
Water140 gal
Holding100 gal

Source: HMY powerboat guide. If a listing disagrees with these numbers, the listing may still be right. Settle the difference before it costs you.

A 45-foot express motor yacht with a shallow 3'3" draft and 14'6" to the arch. Engines vary between Volvo and Cat diesels, so which one she carries decides what to check.

The Cruisers 4450 Express Motor Yacht (2000-03) puts an aft-cabin interior under an express cockpit on a beamy modified-V hull. HMY's guide gives 45'6" overall, a 15'4" beam, 3'3" of draft, 14'6" to the arch, 38,000 pounds and 500 gallons of fuel, with twin 420hp Cat diesels cruising at 19 knots. Listings show Volvo Penta TAMD74s on about half the boats and Cat 3126s on about a quarter, so the engine questions depend on the hull. Owner reports specific to this model are thin, so lean on the survey.

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How to read the tags on this page. CLAIMstated by one source, not yet confirmed QUESTIONopen, and settled by looking at the boat itself Sources are linked where published.

Air draft & clearance

CLAIM
14'6" to the arch, and no source says the arch folds HMY's guide gives 14'6" to the arch, and listings run from 14'6" to about 15'4". Antennas, radar and canvas add height. We found no source saying the arch folds; the fold-up point one review describes is for the canvas. src: HMY powerboat guide; broker listings; MotorBoating review
Your move: Measure the actual air draft in cruising trim with everything up, confirm whether the arch folds and how far, and identify what must come down to reach your target clearance.

Draft & handling

CLAIM
3'3" of draft, on a planing hull HMY and listings agree on 3'3" of draft, shallow for a 45-foot boat and useful in thin water. She is a planing hull, so she runs least efficiently at the slow speeds most Loopers use. src: HMY powerboat guide; broker listings

Fuel & range

QUESTION
What is the verified slow-speed fuel burn and usable tank capacity? HMY lists 500 gallons of fuel. We found no real-world fuel logs for the 4450, and engine-maker curves for the Volvos (about 22 gallons per hour on each engine at a fast cruise) say nothing about Loop speed. src: Boatered (TAMD74 fuel curve); boats.com
Your move: Get the owner's actual gallons-per-hour and RPM logs at intended Loop cruise speed, and confirm usable fuel tank capacity from the builder spec or a survey sounding.

Engines

The engines research is part of the full profile inside the product. It covers factory options, tested performance and the engine-specific questions in our members' dossiers, and it travels with every dossier and survey brief built on this model.

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