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View the latest post 1996 380 Santego - Battery Recommendations .
- Posted by: cjblovinlife » May 20th, 2024, 7:43 pm
- Forum: Electrical
OK everybody I’m looking for some ideas and experience. It’s about time for me to replace the batteries on this boat. I’m seeing a lot of talk about lithium batteries for house and AGM for cranking. Does anybody have any experience with Marine lithium batteries? What would you recommend it does have a Knoco charger that is capable of charging lithium, but I’m not sure if there are any other electronic components that would need to be upgraded.
As always thanks so much for your wisdom
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View the latest post Carver 3607 in Michigan
- Posted by: Dsbrown » May 20th, 2024, 2:36 pm
- Forum: Carver Boats For Sale
This is the one!
1986 Carver 36 aft cabin. The lowest time Carver 36 around with less than 500 hours on two MerCruiser 7.4L engines. Always professionally maintained with winter storage indoors heated since new. Includes summer 2024 slip at Safe Harbor Toledo Beach Marina, fall haul-out, and first option for indoor heated storage this fall.
Onan 6.5kw generator, remote start, runs great.
100ah Lithium battery house bank (separate from the starting battery) with a new charger and monitor (will run the fridge and lights all weekend on the hook without running the generator).
Garmin Chart plotter with digital fuel flow for each engine. (NMEA 2000 backbone).
New VHF with MMSI Emergency call & GPS location.
Older radar but it works.
Bluetooth radio.
Ice Maker
Range with oven, Microwave
Two heads with showers, one with a tub, both have electric heads, one is full “house” sized.
Private aft cabin with queen pedestal bed and in-suite head.
Private FWD berth sleeps two.
Settee converts and sleeps two.
Futon in main salon sleeps one and a half.
Forward bench on flybridge converts to a single bed as well.
Flybridge has seating for six and four more on the aft deck.
Three reverse cycle heat/AC units.
Numerous upgrades in the last couple of years:
New canvas enclosure just completed spring 2024.
Fresh bottom paint before launching this spring.
New carpet throughout last season.
Props were overhauled/balanced in 2022
Two new bilge vent blowers.
New 120/12v SS refrigerator.
New hot water heater.
Two smart TVs.
All lights inside and out converted to LED. (except for the remote-control spotlight)
Overhauled windlass and new rode in 2022. (controls from flybridge)
The sale will include all furniture, all required safety equipment (and then some), Bumpers, lines & fenders. Also, some tools and spares specific to the boat.
Only selling due to purchasing a smaller boat.
There are no issues, and everything works as it should.
This boat needs absolutely nothing!
Asking $47,900
please PM, email, or text for pics or with questions
donbrowncfi gmail.com
989-four94-two 077
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View the latest post FNG
- Posted by: TBD » May 19th, 2024, 5:19 am
- Forum: Introduce Yourself!
1st time boat owner, went with the 86' Carver 3607. I'm excited to get some of the smaller projects done.
I'm starting with the AC systems, which are currently non-functioning. Does anyone know where to get original schematics?
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View the latest post 2002 Carver 410 Sport Sedan engine power isdue
- Posted by: Geeman » May 18th, 2024, 8:02 pm
- Forum: General Boating Discussion
We purchased our boat in Dec of 2023. Back in April we had been boasting for about 3hrs with a mixture of cruising and idling. When we went to get up on plain we couldn’t get past 10 knots. We ended up getting into a harbour for the night. We checked fuel, transmission and engine fluids. All good. Had a diver check underwater and all good. Next day went to head home and the boat got up on plain with no issues for the next 3 days.
Fast forward to yesterday and we were boating from Victoria to Seattle and were 2hrs into the cruise when the starboard engine powered down. When ended up doing 10 knots to Seattle. The starboard engine would not idle below 1400 or go above 1800. It appears that the throttle is adjusting properly as I played with it on the engine but could not improve on the RPM.
Fuel filters are new in Oct 2023 and have less then 20hrs on them. The mechanic that has worked on the boat the last 10yrs is stumped on what the cause could be.
To add to this. When we ran both engines to get the boat at 10knots. The swim platform was 2” under water. When we ran only the port engine with the boat at 10 knots. The swim platform was 2-4” above the water line.
The boat has the Twin Cummins 5.9-BTA Diamond Series 330 HP diesels
I tried to get a mechanic to look at the boat today with no success. I have some mechanical skills when I have direction on what I should be looking for. I am thinking it may be a linkage issue between the bridge and engine. Does not seem like a fuel supply issue but could be wrong on that. I did check the shut offs in the engine room incase one had shaken closed a bit.
Any thoughts or advice are much appreciated. Thanks in advice.
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View the latest post Attachment(s) What is inside the stringers?
- Posted by: tonyiiiafl » May 18th, 2024, 6:51 pm
- Forum: General Repairs & Maintenance
1994 Carver 390 CPMY. I am mounting a Fireboy automatic fire extinguisher. It must be mounted upright, not horizontal. Anyway the only place I can mount it is against the port stringer in front of the port engine. I drilled a hole in the top of the stringer and used a scope to check what was inside and it was clean and clear. SO…….I drilled a hole about 4” from the bottom, and after I went through the fiberglass, (1/2” or so thick) The drill stopped and I saw metal/steel shavings and I stopped. Is there a steel plate inside the stringers? I also thought about making a bracket of 1/4” steel with a 90 degree bend at the top, then run it down to the where the hull mergers the stringer. then mount the backer onto the bracket..
Any opinions or does anyone know what is inside the stringers?
best always……
Tony
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View the latest post carver 27 santego at low speed
- Posted by: confused_bloke » May 18th, 2024, 5:50 pm
- Forum: Carver Yachts Forum - Model Discussion
hi, the title really says it all, how does a carver 27 santego handle at low speeds? (in case there are hull variations for this model, its advertised as a full displacement hull by the broker)
we intend on using it on the thames, where the speed limit is 8 kts
we just need to know if its going to drift across the top of the river like the fjord 24 we had previously, or whether it will hold a straight line
any help would be greatly appreciated
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View the latest post Salon light dimmer
- Posted by: Essej » May 18th, 2024, 12:10 pm
- Forum: Electrical
Hello Everyone,
New to the forum and Carver...
I have been given the project of upgrading almost everything on a 2007 56 Voyager. So far I have upgraded all the navigation (Garmin), Radar, auto pilot, TVs (5), sound bars, speakers, woofers and AV sound processor, Main radio and remote radio, Starlink, NEMA2000 network and Garmin marine network, onboard WIFI and cordless land line phones.
That being said, now comes the hard part that I cannot find any info on. Finding the OEM dimmer
I need to change all the OEM interior lights and I am now looking at the OEM dimmer with the up and down buttons. It has three gray cables. I have new dimmers that replace the existing ones, but I cannot find where the OEM dimmer module is.
Can anyone help guide me to where I should be looking for it? Is it Posible that the dimmer is in the two rocker switches on the wall?
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View the latest post Anyone running Maretron N2KView on a Raspberry Pi?
- Posted by: JeffandErin » May 17th, 2024, 4:44 pm
- Forum: Electronics & Navigation
Maretron web site calls out PCs, iPads, and Tablets - but does not mention Raspberry Pi. I have been on the support forums and knowledge base with no success.
So, anyone with any first hand knowledge? Anyone running the Maretron N2KView software on a Raspberry Pi?
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View the latest post For Sale 1998 355 AC/MY
- Posted by: mjk1040 » May 16th, 2024, 5:30 am
- Forum: Carver Boats For Sale
We are looking to sell our boat if anyone is interested email me. Asking $ 99,000.00 obo.
1998 Carver 355 AC/MY, owned since 2015, fresh water only boat, twin 7.4l Crusader TBI engines, serviced annually, two berths, two heads, two AC units, two new props, sleeps 6, new rear deck and bridge water proof carpets, two AC land lines, onboard 6.5kw generator, twin 100 gallon fuel tanks, ice maker, gps, new Bimini top, slip on the west wall at FLX Marine on Cayuga Lake with dock boxes, outdoor carpets, new propane fire pit, turn key motor yacht. More pictures on Facebook, look under NY Boats page or Craigslist Fingerlakes NY
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View the latest post Prop Shaft getting hot
- Posted by: g36 » May 12th, 2024, 8:11 pm
- Forum: General Boating Discussion
On my 405 been doing some spring maintenance including shaft alignment,oil and all the other checks etc.I've not had any issues with my shaft logs getting hot but this weekend I've found my stbd is getting up to 100f using my infared thermometer aimed at the top of the nut the hottest part i meaured. . I was on a real slow short cruise we, shut it down and came back on 1 engine. I've never had the traditional drip as my Trojan F32 had on its packing. so ive kept a pretty close eye on this. My Port is still nice and cool with really no drips (never had)when running. Again I've never had a problem so I have no clue what packing that they currently have. I have tried adjusting the nuts and did back it off but temp was still warm so I've decided it's time to repack it. I know the shaft size is 1.5 and the packing should be 1/4. What I am interested in is recommended packing material to install in it, I will remove all of what's in there . What are your guys thoughts about this? And the packing type to use?
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