I am trying to confirm if Carver made the Carver Sojourn 44 with the Crusader 8.1 engines rather than pods. I have seen in various literature and reviews that the pod drives were an optional upgrade, and Crusader 8.1 gas engines were standard, but I have never seen a used Sojourn available on the market with gas engines.

We live on a small lake in Colorado, and would like to upgrade from our Carver Mariner to a 2010-2013 Sojourn, but we can't have pods drives because there is no option for servicing them.

I feel like I am looking for a unicorn since so few Carver Sojourns seem to have been produced, and without ever seeing a used gas V-drive hit the market, I am starting to wonder if any were ever actually produced without pods.

Thanks in advance for any information you may have.

Alexia

How do you deal with bilge odors? I have used bilge cleaners (twice) and pumped out the standing bilge water but odors continue a few days after the pump outs.

Suggestions?

All,
I have 6 overhead lights that take the 1004 incandescent battery (like the old turn signal batteries in cars).
I have successfully replaced 3 of them with these LEDs:
"VEHICODE 1076 1142 LED Bulb Soft Warm White for RV Interior 1004 90 12V BA15D Marine Navigation Anchor Stern Bow Courtesy Light 68 78 96 1176 Lamp" from Amazon

However, 3 of them will not work. They work with the old incandescent but not the new bulbs.

Oh, and one of the bulbs that does work had the wires that were soldered to LED bulb leads??

Any thoughts?
TIA
Matt
(My electrons don't work like normal electron s)

Hi everyone,
I'm a new boat owner and totally green. I just bought an '85 Carver 36 (maybe a Mariner, but I haven't seen that label anywhere). Are the owners manuals available anywhere online? I want to know what switches do what, what the random knob under my interior steps does, what to do with the throttle and transmission levers if I can get it running (yes, I don't know which are which), how not to overheat pumps, and everything else... I bought it as a liveaboard and it's incredibly fun living in this marina and waking up to the ocean outside my windows, but it's my goal to get it running and learn boating.
Thanks in advance!

Anyone have a recommendation for a battery for the genset?

2000 396 aft cabin

I got a 355 carver. The hot water heater gets warm. but the water doesnt goto the sinks.. Is their a valve that needs to be turned on? all 3 of the valves on the tank look open. Please advise.

Hi All - Want to introduce myself. New to posting, followed the forum for years. We own a 2005 44 CPMY ES. Twin VOLVO D6 Diesels. Beautiful Boat, but lately had some significant fuel issues. Unfortunately, she sits in PORT much of time as my wife is not a fan of BIG WATER, and we slip on Lake Michigan. Had some contaminated DIESEL recently either because it sat or because I got some bad stuff. Had to clean OUT RACORs for 2nd time in a year (less than 50 hours) and replace all Filters / Fuel Filters. Then had a dual engine SHUTDOWN (on Saturday, after running for 5 + hours). SB Engine alarmed and went down and then ran for about 1NM on PT and then it shut down... Tanks show I have fuel, in both Mains (1/4) and 2 Auxiliaries (3/4 full). (My configuration is 2 Main and 2 Aux tanks as been described before in Forum)... but even when I switched to AUX on the water (thinking it was mains), Engines would not start. Had to be towed in by the COAST GUARD! God Bless em! I run both sets of tanks when Out, as want to cycle Fuel.

So here is main Q- as I suspect a couple things. 1. What is and how does the FUEL transfer pump work on a diesel boat? I thought I knew and it was related to GenSet, but apparently I don't, as nothing worked. 2. I suspect I have bad sending units in tanks/or?? I do have fuel equalization in Aux tanks (under extended CockPit, just two Stopcocks) and run it open when I am on water, which I am reading I probably shouldn't do as well. Appreciate the FORUM and the assistance offered here, have searched many topics in past. THANKS in Advance!

Good day all. I have a beautiful 570 Voyager for sale in Oklahoma. She is a fresh water boat with Cummins QSM11 535 horsepower engines with 1100 hours on it. We have moved to the Caribbean and want to buy a sail boat. I will attach the website that she can be viewed if that is acceptable on this forum.

https://www.arrowheadok.com/Pre-owned-I ... 8?ref=list

Hi fellas, I’ve been having problems with my genset running out of fuel after running for a while. when I switch positions on the fuel tank selector switch, the generator will run for a while, and run out of fuel again. I’ve removed all the fuel supply lines and they’re all fine, no restrictions or loose hose clamps. I replaced the generator fuel pump, checked all the fuel filters, etc.. I’m wondering if the problem could be the tank selection switch itself? Has anyone had a problem with the switch restricting the flow of fuel?
Thanks for your help again!

We're in the process of buying a 89 Carver 3807. Our home port is Lower Buckhorn Lake Ontario Canada. We will be boating the Trent Severn system from Georgia Bay to Trenton. After travelling with our "land yacht" for 15 years we've returned to boating. Previous boats were a 1963 36' Chris Craft Constellation which was professionally restored and a Aloha 34' sail boat.