Just bought a Carver Santa Cruz 25 foot with a remain 351.
Starts great but the guy that I bought it from took me for a serious ride. I am working on it at a friend's and the fuel tank is leaking. I scooped out 5 gallons and there is still standing gas. Tomorrow going to siphon out the rest. What can I do to repair/ replace the tank?

As many of you know , I am bring back to life a 2001 356 aft cabin. This boat has been sitting for at least a year and a half. The oil looks clean and shows no signs of moisture in it. Should I change it now or wait till I can run the engines and get some of that stuff that may have settled mixed back in to the oil ? I would be doing this on both the engines and generator,

Jason

Good Afternoon fellow carver owners!

My wife and I are living the dream living aboard our 1988 4207 in The Northeast. We bought her after our wedding this past October and call it our extended honeymoon. Let’s be real, waking up on the water makes everyday feel like you’re on vacation and I’m not sure what could be better! Either way, as the weather is breaking we are taking down the small projects getting ready to run most weekends in the spring summer and fall. Here’s my question, I have a small leak in the fresh water line under the sink in the galley. I know it is the fresh line because it just doesn’t have the same pressure as the hot line when turned on. I just don’t know how to access the line short of cutting into the glass. I spoke with Carver and they said there should be access to it somewhere in the cabinets but I can’t seem to find anything that would allow me to unscrew the fitting. I know about the access under the wet bar in the salon but that really only gets me directly above it. Any advice/ideas would be very helpful! I appreciate it in advance! All the Best -Joey

I am trying to find a replacement rubber elbow for my exhaust system. I have a 2000 Carver Voyager with Cummins 450 Diesels. This elbow is right after the exhaust-water injection elbow. It is a 6" ID, 90 deg. rubber elbow that measures 16"x12".
I have found a similar replacement that is about 12"x12" that works, but not ideal. Big Rig shops carry these, mostly for intakes.

By the way, the hole is from a muskrat that made his way in but did no other damage. I was very lucky that was all!

Blowers in general are noisy and bearings go bad after a few years. Is there anything out there that is not your standard el cheapo unit. These things are so poorly made I wonder how they allow them in a bilge. Have been searching for quite some time and have found this. Not sure if it is ignition protected but being for a diesel application in my case I do not care all that much. Thoughts? Suggestions?

Not exactly cheap at $60 but does look rather promising. https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000572 ... oKoEh&mp=1

Do need to verify it is actually 12v as further down in the description it says 220v.

So my blowers have stopped working. I left the blowers on after running the boat for a little while. I will not run the engines without the blowers being on.

Now I get nothing and this is what I have tried so far. Boat is a 98 Carver 405 and new Rule bilges and blowers were installed 2 years ago and 100 hours ago.

So I initially checked the blower switch on the helm, only 1 helm by the way. It has continuity, but to double check my multimeter. I swapped it out with the forward bilge switch and I could hear the bilge come on. So the switch is testing good.

I had to leave tonight but I am going back in the morning to test the continuity of the blowers at the blowers. At least I will know if they are getting power.

I read someone that a fire protection system could turn them off on some boats?

I only have a cannister and no gauges on the fire cannister bottle. Just wondering if there is a work around here if this applies to Carvers.

I have turned all the breakers off and back on in the dining room panel. I did not see a breaker specifically for the blowers, but bilges yes.

Could it be a bad breaker? How do you test a breaker in the panel? Do I have to remove the panel to test from the back side? I would surmise yes.

I researched the 200 comments posted but did not find any answers.

Any thoughts on what to test or try next guys?

Ladies and gents, I want to replace the cooling system hoses on my mercruiser 5.7 inboards. I was able to get a few of the part numbers but some of the hoses are so old that the numbers are not able to be read on either of my engines. Does anyone have a list of these part numbers? Please advise. Thanks in advance.

Hello Everyone,

We purchased our 1998 - 355 AC last year. Survey did indicate that this ladder bracket as an issue needing a fix. Now that we’ve hauled out, I’d like to address this somehow.

Does anyone have a suggestion on how I may go about tackling this issue?

There doesn’t seem to be saturated material above those bolts in the transom. But it’s possible there is some saturated material around the cracks.

I would appreciate any recommendations on how to address this one! We're not keen on using that ladder at this point. So it's not essential it becomes fully functional for us. More concerned about the water intrusion and further damage to the transom.

Many Thanks, Greg

How much clearance do you have between the fill cap on your heat exchangers and the underside of the cabin sole?

I'm looking at a 3207 to buy and there's almost no clearance which makes access to fill the heat exchangers difficult. Is it possible that the heat exchangers were added by a previous owner? (I've emailed Carver with the hull number and that question, they haven't responded). Does the access to the engine bay extend farther aft on fresh water cooling boats to allow access?

What a disaster. Mind boggling that a stuck boat causes over 6 billion $ a day in delays. Never thought so many containers could fit on 1 boat then again i have a 41 CMY and just one container on it would most likely cause it to sink. https://www.freightwaves.com/news/score ... suez-canal