A lay-out question:

My 280 sedan/26 command bridge has a long fuel tank underneath the floor in de cabin. Behind it there are two steps that cover two big main switches (bow thruster and engine battery a/b/ab) and a battery watch unit. The latter mounted to what seems to be the divide between cabin and engine room.

My question is: is there an opening through that wall other than for the fuel and battery lines/cables? Was the area underneath the tank designed to be flushed in some way?

The problem: the wooden floor is nailed and has only two small access panels. So I cannot take the tank out without serious destructive undertakings. But I do need to clean the area underneath the tank (diesel smell from some spillage by previous owner(s)) and I cannot see the engine room side of that wall at the moment as a big water tank is mounted there, covering all cables, hoses and wires. Very annoying.

I will take the water tank out, quite a hassle, but I'm curious to know what I will find behind it. I have found some drawings of the lay-out but such details are not in it. Like that there are small holes in the bilge that allow fluids from under the engine to flow to the middle part.

thanks for any help in this. I'll post pictures of the project, but still would appreciate some info up front as I can't spend very much time working on the boat at the moment.

Just a heads- up. I just posted in the buy/sell/trade a listing for NORCOLD parts (FREE), but now sure how many peruse that regularly unless they're in immediate need.

If you're interested in some spares for yours or replacing some broken or missing parts, here's the link:
viewtopic.php?f=30&t=5559

I have two older NORCOLD fridges... a DE-461 and DE-561. Neither works but I was going to restore one for my boat.

Plans changed and now I'm just going to get rid of them. If anyone is interested in parts, you just tell me what you would like and pay shipping and you can have whatever you want. One is in "like new" condition and the other is "used but in great condition"

EDIT - I scrapped out the two complete cases, so they are no longer available. They were taking up too much garage space!
Doors, including black plexiglass door inserts
Door compartments/shelves, both the big size and the small size for fridge or freezer.
The two compartments at the bottom
Glass shelf at the bottom
Control panels
Drip trays
Door seals
Latches
Door Hinges
Trim (all around or just the bottom one)
Power supplies - I have several different ones, even beyond these two fridges. I think all are fully functional on AC and DC (12VDC)
Any of the cooling components - evaporator, condenser, etc... most are in great shape except the compressors are frozen.

Send me a note if you're remotely interested. If I don't hear from anyone, I'm just going to start stripping them for parts and trash the rest.

You have to see this. Amazing layout, conveniences and I have never seen such attention to detail. OMG I want one, just need to win something like the lottery. Actually I am surprised at the price because a decked out 50' Carver is around the same if not more. You really want to do this full screen!

My Carver is finally wrapped up for the winter nap. Hopefully in about 4 months the wrap will come off and a new season will begin. Such is life in the Great White North.

Looking forward to some warmer weather when I arrive in Florida on December 26th for a weeks vacation.

This is a complete Simrad autopilot System. I purchased it in 2013 and removed it from my boat in 2015 to put on my new boat and never installed it. The system includes the following.
AP28 display
AC42 computer
RF300 rudder arm feed back
AT10 Simnet to NMEA0183 cable
RC42 compass
RPU160 pump
all the Simnet cables that I used to install it on a 42' aft cabin
The system worked great but health problems changed our plans. I paid $4000 for all the parts and am asking $2000 O.B.O.
I tested the pump 5/20/21 and it ran good.

We have been told by our fibreglass guy at our marina that we have a lot of moisture in our swim platform and it needs to be taken apart and repaired in the thousands $$. After talking to a couple of 506 owners we were told that the swim platform has pontoons down the sides for drainage. With this model between 8-10 knots the platform is totally submerged, no dinghy lift we tow. Is it normal to have major moisture with these models? Any suggestions?

I am the new owner of a 2006 41CMY gasoline engines 8.1 Volvo I have noticed that owners talk about alarms for engines/ transmission and misc. equipment. I am looking for some help on creating a list of possible alarms I may have. Thanks in advance forum members are great

Hello. Brand new to this site. Previous owner of Sea Ray (1994 44 Express Bridge) and Cruisers (2004 455 Aft Cabin). Dissappointing experiences with both. Have been out of boating for the last 10 years as a result. Have always loved the look of the Carver Voyager Series and would be be curious about fellow member experiences with either the 570 Voyager (2001-2006) or the 560 Voyager (2005-2009).

Those listed on Yachtworld run the gamut in price from $400K - $550K.

As I understand during the production run there were 340 units built.
Questions 1) Fair price for reasonably maintained specimen
2) Those I see have between 500 and 1200 hours on Volvo Diesel engines which seems reasonable presuming they are 4000 hour engines. Fair assumption ?
3) Owner experiences.... Would you recommend this as a solid purchase

Thank you

Just picked up a new to us 404 CPMY. Spent the first night on it with the kids this weekend and wanted to convert the dinette to the bed, and couldn't figure out how to get the pole removed so that we could drop the table to the rails.

Does anyone know how to do this? I've searched the manuals and internet with no luck - please help!