Silverton 34 Convertible (1991-95)
Built 1991–1995 by Silverton Marine
About the Silverton 34 Convertible (1991-95)
Researched from public sources for this model. Any individual boat may have been modified or repowered — confirm before relying on any figure.
- Built
- 1991–1995
- Builder
- Silverton Marine
- Length
- 34.5 ft
- Beam
- 12.92 ft
- Draft
- 2.92 ft
- Displacement
- 18,000 lb
- Hull / keel
- planing
- Propulsion
- inboard
- Fuel
- 300 gal
- Water
- 84 gal
- Holding
- 28 gal
- Stern thruster
- none
Entry-level convertible with a wide 12.9-ft beam, single-stateroom layout standard (two-stateroom optional); modest cockpit. Modified-V (17 deg).
Known problems for this model
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Wet stringers hull
Surveyors often find wet stringers on Silvertons of this era; owners attribute it to unsealed limber holes wicking bilge water into the wood. Whether it matters depends on rot and on whether the engine-mount stringers are affected.boatered.com
Engines & parts
Crusader 350 / 454 inboard gas V8 parts: good
Factory standard engine — you entered “Crusader gas V8 inboard”
GM-based inboard engines; Crusader (now part of Pleasurecraft Marine Engine Co.) still publishes illustrated parts manuals and sells through distributors. Go2marine stocks Crusader manifolds, risers, raw water pumps and ignition parts; Osco and Barr make aftermarket manifolds, and new GM/Crusader base engines are sold by rebuilders.
Parts sources: Crusader Engines, Go2marine (Crusader parts), 1-800-RUNS-NEW (GM & Crusader base engines)
Common problems (1)
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Clogged or failing manifolds/risers exhaust
Owners find individual risers running much hotter than the others (a sign of internal blockage) and debate replacing vs. flushing; Osco manifolds are often preferred as closest to OEM.marineengine.com · marineengine.com
Model sources (2)
Other Silverton models
- Silverton 37 Convertible (1980-89) 1980–1989
- Silverton 402 / 422 Motor Yacht 1996–2001
Researched from public sources. Spotted an error? The sources are listed above — tell us what they got wrong.