Looking at possibly purchasing a 1981 Carver 3007 with twin 270 Crusaders. Looks average for the year, definitely needs TLC.

It has some large chipping by the water line on one side. Would the chipping concern you? I've never had to have the bottom painted but I'm sure it's not cheap.

One engine only goes into reverse as well. I've had boats enough in the past, to suspect it's likely the velvet drive, since I know I would have fixed a easy fix before selling.

Picture of the chipping is attached. They lowered the price to $11,800

Would you pass? I'm thinking that's to high, in my opinion.

Hello everyone. I'm new to the forum, and appreciate all the comments and help. 2nd Owner for this 2007 42 Super Sport; previous owner is not available to ask about this.
Anyone know how to access forward Bilge One? High water alarm is going off, and Bilge 1 is not pumping either on Automatic or Manual override. Torn the boat apart looking for it, with no luck.
Thanks so much!

Does anyone know what Kohler did with the part change on their advanced digital control. Old number was GM58225 and the new part is GM83744. Did they make any alterations to the part?

Unbelievable stupidity.
I have searched around my 2001 396 Carver several times try to find the forward bildge pump. With the the help of a friend who owns a 2004 396 I have finally found it. The trouble was the previous owner had a new hardwood floor installed over the galley floor which totally hid the the access hole to the pump. I removed the floor and tested the pump on manual and it worked fine but the float switch needed to be replaced.
Now I will replace the floor and cut in a new access plate.
Can any tell me where I may be able to buy a similar access plate frame to install in the floor so I may have easy way to maintain this pump?
Thank you for any help

I'm curious, how common was the built in blender option on the galley counter top on a 3807?

So I have an 89 3207 and I've been working on it for the last 8 months or so. The last time I took it out the engine stalled out and the starter was turning real slow but it would always start. So I had some problems sourcing the right starter so I just rebuilt the old one. I'm really not a mechanic but I'm trying to learn I copied the wiring on the other starter and checked it a bunch and looked at the manual. I bought a coil from the auto parts store and try that next any thoughts ? Any one any advice is appreciated

1984 36 ft aft cabin. Sinks and showers pump overboard

Looking for your recommendations on soaps
Dishwashing
Bathing
Hair

And while on the topic - what about soap to clean the boat as well?

Finally finished up our carpet removal and LVP install and wanted to share a few pics.

I decided to remake all the engineroom hatches from scratch since the old ones were all too small once the carpet was removed. Three of my hatches were really big (the ones over each main engine and the one over the generator). As such, I decided to make them into multiple smaller hatches that were much easier to remove/store which has turned out to be really useful! I split each main engine hatch into three pieces and the generator hatch into two pieces.

The V-berth and aft staterooms are also both done, but they're a little messy right now and I don't think my wife would appreciate me posting those pics! . We have some flexible molding on order to trim out the edges but it won't be here for a week or two.

I didn't take many pics during the process but here's the final outcome.

Re: 1996 Carver 325
It appears that when Carver finished the interior of our boats many places were covered with a textured vinyl product that is foam backed, and it was glued to the fiberglass surface being covered. I have a couple spots where it appears the foam backing has deteriorated...more like disintegrated, causing the vinyl to come lose and hang down or fall off the wall. Has anyone else had to deal with this? If so, any thoughts on how to best correct the problem?
Attacked is a picture of he side window in the aft-cabin. As you can see the foam backing has crumbled and the attached vinyl starts to fall off the wall. My thought is to scrape the crumbling foam off the vinyl and wall as clean as possible and use spray adhesive to re attach the vinyl. Just so you know, it is not from being wet or leaks. I'm guessing what to do, and welcome input from others, please?
Thanks.

Fellow Mariners - As the title indicates - 1984 Caver 3607 Aft Cabin.
There is a pocket door for the forward V Berth area. The door continually falls of the rail and the only way to easily re-seat it is from the salon side. Embarrassing for both our guests and the Admiral and I.

I have tried adjusting the nuts on the hanging hardware to no avail

Anyone else have this issue and solved it?