New member to the forum and new to me Carver owner. Sure I will need sage advice as time goes on. Thank you in advance

I am a new member here, and a fairly new Carver owner (about 1 year). A "Classic" 1977 Carver Santa Cruz. She was procured from a longtime former owner who I enjoyed meeting and getting to know. She spent part of her life in the Inter-coastal waterways down in FL, made a run out to the Bahamas, and then was brought up to Tennessee to live along the Cumberland River. Next, settled into Center Hill Lake where she has been for about 10 years. Maybe a bit longer. I plan on keeping her right where she is as its a very happy place and she is frequently complimented.

She has aged very well. I am a big DIY'er so I have been working on getting to know every square inch of her over the months I've had her. I have a few projects I am working on to spruce her up a bit - new carpeting, teak work, and a couple of small mechanical jobs.

I am glad to be able to join a community of folks who appreciate a fine boat, and can get together to help each other out! I have owned fishing boats but was never satisfied with them. This ol Carver is just what I was looking for.

I have a 1985 carver 3697 mariner. Water pump wont shut off. Going to try one more time to bleed all the air out and if that doesn't work figuring the pressure switch is bad and will replace the pump. For a guy that is a C on the mechanically inclined scale is this something that can be done. Thanks in advance for any thoughts.

Paradise II

33’ Carver Aft Cabin Motor Yacht
Asking Price $38,500

The Carver 33 Aft Cabin provides you with all the luxuries of a motor yacht. Overall her wide 13’3” beam provides an open and spacious surrounding. Some of her more noted features include a dinette that converts to a double berth and a forward stateroom with a double berth that can also be used as a V-berth when the kids are along on the cruise. And of course the Carver 33 has a large master stateroom aft, a full galley and two head compartments. Topside, you’ll find a comfortable bridge with a handy chart compartments and a wonderful aft deck for reading the morning paper or evening entertaining. (Carver Brochure 1991)
Specs:
• Year – 1992
• Located in Manteo Waterfront Marina Slip 21 - Manteo NC
• Hull Materials – Fiberglass
• Engine – Twin gas
• Builder – Carver Yachts
• LOA – 36’
• Beam - 13.3’
• Draft – 4.0’
• Bridge Clearance – 15’
• Weight 16,600 lbs. Net tonnage 14
• Headroom 6’4”
• (1) 16,000 BTU Marine Air Reverse Cycle Heat and A/C for Main Salon and forward cabin (Pump New 2015)
• (1) 10,000 BTU Marine Air Reverse Cycle Heat and A/C for Owner’s Stateroom
• Dual 30 Amp Electrical Service
• (3) New batteries – Apr 2017
• (3) bilge pumps
• Hydraulic Trim Tabs
• 9 Thru Hulls with with Bronze Seacocks (rebuilt 2012)
Engines:
• Port Engine - 1992 Gas Crusader 454 SN 008921 – Approx. 330 HP - 942 Hours
o Carburetor Rebuilt Apr 2017
o Oil Changed, New Oil and Fuel Filters – Feb 2017
• Starboard Engine – 1992 Gas Crusader 454 SN 008929 – Approx. 330 HP - 937 hours
o Oil Changed, New Oil and Fuel Filters – Feb 2017
• Raw Water Cooled with fresh water flushing system
• Twin 110 Gallon Fuel Tank
o New Deck Fuel Fills Apr 2017
• 6.5 KW Kohler Generator
o Oil Changed, New Oil and Fuel Filters – Feb 2017
Tanks:
• Water – 70 Gallons
• 11 Gallon Water Heater
• Holding Tanks – 36 Gallons
• Pressure water system with new Jabsco Pump (2015) and Dockside water inlet (2016)
Interior:

Private V Berth forward with teak bi-fold door, hanging locker, 4 storage drawers, overhead Bomar Hatch with Screen and 2 opening ports with screens. Lots of storage under mattress.
Galley with New 120v Upright refrigerator/freezer (2015), 3 burner Princess electric cooktop, microwave (2012) deep outboard cabinetry, rebuilt sink faucet and new LED under cabinet tape lighting. Round Stainless steel sink.
Forward head with Raritan Electric Flush macerating toilet completely rebuilt in 2013 with new impeller, valves and hoses. New shower sump and pump (2015). Removable faucet/handheld shower and curtain for possible use as a 2nd shower. Exhaust Fan and great medicine cabinet storage help make this a great head compartment. Single Stainless Steel Oval Sink.
Dinette seats 4 comfortably with new upholstery in 2014. Dinette drops down to Converts into a double bed. Storage under seating and outboard of table under sidedecks.
Main Salon features a large bar top adjacent to galley and dinette for meal prep and serving space with teak shelving and glass and bottle storage. Seating is on a couch and chair with storage ottoman and the couch folds out into another double bed! The carpet was replaced in 2015 throughout the boat. There are 2 large sliding windows with Bali Blinds and a large windshield (with removable privacy curtains) to make this space very bright and open. There is also an AM/FM/CD player stereo, a large hanging locker and a 25lb per day Uline icemaker (rebuilt 2014) near the steps to the aft cabin.
The Master Stateroom/Aft Cabin features a Large Double Bed, 1 opening and 1 fixed port, overhead 4” dorade vent, hanging locker and drawer, teak shelving and a separate 10,000 BTU Heat and AC System.
The Private Aft head features a recently serviced Raritan Electric Flush macerating toilet and shower sump pump, stainless steel sink and stand up shower with built in bench and glass enclosure.
Exterior:
• Simpson Lawrence Seawolf Windlass with 150’ 5/8 triple braid and 15’ 5/16 BBB Chain (New May 2017) with Bridge controls, Danforth Style Anchor
• Remote Guest Spotlight
• New LED Navigation and Anchor Lights (Mar 2017)
• Sunbrella Flybridge Enclosure (New and Reconditioned May 2017)
• Seating for 6 on Flybridge
• Garmin Color GPS Chartplotter (2014)
• Uniden DSC VHF and Shakespeare VHF Antenna (Mar 2017)
• Lowrance 3500 Depth
• Built In Compass
• Removable Carpets for flybridge and aft deck
• New Captain’s Chair (Mar 2017)
• Factory Hardtop on Aft deck with overhead lighting and plexiglass doors to sidedeck.
• Serviceable enclosure for aft deck.
• Large outdoor storage locker
• Table and Chairs
• Full width Swim platform with stainless steel fold down ladder.

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Contact info: Rich Trumper 919 810 7682 or richardjtrumper@gmail.com

I wondering if there is a good way to get the VHF cabled from outside of the drivers side. How would I access the cable once it's in the side of the boat? Is there an access panel on the front of the Pocket?

Thanks in advance for any assistance you might be able to offer.

Ed

Gotta get some new folding chairs that will work on the boat and on the dock, also comfortable.....looking for some new ideas as I hear some of the old standbys are not the same quality any more........

Hello,

I'm looking real hard at purchasing a 2003 Carver 444 ES layout with twin Volvo TAMD63Ps (500 hrs). New to boating other than 3 years with a 20 foot pontoon. I know, a real newbie!! It will be docked a lot or anchored close to shore. I will primarily be boating on Lake Michigan (Grand Haven) with occasional trips of maybe 50-200 miles. I've been reading the heck out of every forum and website I can. I've also downloaded and read the manuals for the Carver and the Volvo TAMD63Ps. I know you can only read so much and some of it you have to take with a grain of salt. I've also reviewed the maintenance records for the past few years.

For this particular boat, I read that there was some sort of recall on the exhaust system but couldn't find anything on the USCG website to verify it. I sent an email to Carver this evening with the HIN to get a response from them. Are there any other issues I should be aware of with this particular boat? I will of course be doing a marine survey, engine survey and sea trial. Is there anything i should be looking for or telling the surveyor to be on the lookout for? I will be hiring a qualified sea captain for a day to help me get up to speed on the basics.

Thanks in advance for any advice you might be willing to share!!

I get a little crazy when I find water in my bilge and try to locate its source and correct it when it occurs. Recently I had a stubborn source that was elusive for months. Finally the culprit was found in the form of the drain pipe below the aft shower. I had checked the area and found a few drops by the pump housing to remove the shower water overboard. However I was finding between 8 - 10 gallons in the engine room bilge a day or two later. I thought the shower could not be losing that much as I only found occasional drops. What I did find was that the spiraled flexible shower drain hose had cracks from age on the clear portions of the pipe from the pump housing all the way back to the drain as it was original equipment. Once I tried to remove it, this pipe deteriorated in my hands and broke apart. the water would take a day to work its way through the bilge galley's before settling in the engine room bilge. Fishing the new pipe about 6' of it was a task and had to be worked from both ends to properly align through the bulkhead opening. Once replaced, no more water in the bilge.

Another small leak was found when I heard hissing in the engine room. I traced that back to the hot water heater that had acquired a pin hole leak in the outbound hot water line about 2" from the tank spraying straight up against the access panel beneath the aft stateroom bed. This was a quick fix, I had to turn the hot water heater off and depressurize the system. Once complete, I only had to disconnect the line and cut the first 3" where the leak was and re-secure the good poly pipe to the pressure fitting.

Along the way I found that when I have water in the bilge, until I can find the source odors can arise especially in the heat. What I did to remedy this was to toss a 1" chlorine tablet in the bilges accumulated water at its lowest point. Odor stopped and the movement of the boat sanitized the bilge so when I sucked the water out that the pumps could not reach the bilge looked brand new, dry, and very clean.

Have an opportunity to purchase a 2001 466 with 800 hours on each engine. Looking for suggestions on offer price. This is my first purchase.

This is kind of a "repost". I had added this to one of my older postings but got thinking that may have not worked the best.... here it is

Repost,

We got in the water (finally) this past week. I got the fridge up and running and everything seemed AOK, my beer was cold!!! After it had been running for a day I noticed that it would come on, run for about a minute, stop and then resume running. It would eventually turn off properly (I could hear the "click" of the thermostat). As time went by this "short cycling: got more persistent to the point that it was on and off, on and off. I decided to shut it down as I did not want to leave the boat with the fridge doing that for days on end thinking that it would not be good for the compressor.

Cheers
Fraser