Following the loss of my port side sundeck panel, corner, and port aft panel compliments of Hurricane Matthew I am replacing the lost parts. Panels are not as much of an issue as the corners. I am in the process of using the starboard aluminum cast corner as a pattern to re-engineer it to poly-carbonate and then a mirror image made to fit the missing port side as well as a new one for the starboard corner. Carver does not make these parts any longer for the 405 and maintains that they are not available.

I originally hail from New Jersey along the shore and in the middle of many boat manufactures such as Ocean, Egg Harbor, & Viking to name a few. I'm working with a plastics machining & fabrication company in NJ to make replacement corners with a UV inhibitor for sun & saltwater use on my boat. Once we figure out the best way to make new corners, I will have them made and provide a resource to the forum for others in need of replacements.

Attached is a photo of my remaining corner.

Hi!
Anyone know where I could get a bench seat to replace our current one? 76 inches long - roughly 16 inches deep

any one know how to remove screens from carver 32 aft cabin ? 1985

We recently purchased a 1993 390 and noticed that we had about four gallons of water in the bilge that would not go away no matter how many times we shop vacuumed the rear bilge.
After much angst and cogitation, our broker came by and had a long look. We discovered that the cockpit bailers, of which there are two on each side were suspect. There are two convoluted hoses on each side that are factory installed with hose that would appear not to be certified for submersion continuously.
They are 2 inch hoses that lead aft through the transom and bail above the water line. Normally, this would not be an issue, however our dinghy is a 12 foot RIB with a 20 hp Yamaha all told about 500 pounds tilting the vessel ever so slightly to starboard. On a calm day, the bailers are above the water line but if a little lumpy, water will slosh in and out of the bailers regularly. This would not normally be a problem unless the hoses had become brittle and cracked with age as ours apparently had. Took about three months to find, and we replaced all four with exhaust hose certified for below water line. a bit of a knuckle buster but only took about two hours . All four o the original lines were cracked. Could have sunk the boat! This likely is not Carver specific but would likely apply to any boat with a rear cock pit with scuppers just above the water line and a heavier than normal dinghy.
Yikes! Time to check your bailer hoses!

Its time to replace my sea water pump impellers, they are 4 years old. Ugh! I have seen an upgrade replacement pump from Seaboard SMX 1730. They suggest on their add the stock pump is inferior and prone to failure. They are $750 compared to the stock pump of $430. Has anyone had to replace a failed pump on their Cummins 370 6BTA. My 2001 engines have 570 hour on them and about 100 hours on impellars. Thinking about putting spare pump onboard as well as impellar. Thanks

Hi all, does anyone currently use a personal webcam to keep an eye on their boat? I know some Marina's have them, but I was thinking of putting my own right at the dock. Looking for some pros and cons from people who have them already. Also any information on specific brands/models you use. Where did you mount it? is it wireless? How strong of a Wifi does it take to get a good signal.

Thanks in advance!

I need to purchase a control cable for a 1986 Carver 2667. Does any one know the lengths or cable number (on cable). I need the fly bridge shift cable but can't get to the boat until spring and don't want to start the summer with a delivery wait at the marina. There also may be a cable page in the 2667 Parts manual. Thanks Edward

Hi all, I already posted in the cruising section so guess I jumped the gun!

Recently became a used Carver owner. 1985 2987 Monterey. I bought the boat pretty cheap down in Florida and brought it back to the gulf coast of AL. Many lessons learned along the way. I will be posting in the project section w/ some of the blister repair work I did on the boat. Boat has the original motors but both seem solid w. good compression. First twin boat we have owned. Previous was 26' Sea Ray single I/O.

Looking forward to talking to everyone!

If you happen to be out of the area send me a PM as we would like to get a good boating group going.

I recently changed my impellar on my Kohler 10 EOZD genset with Yanmar engine. I also changed the coolant hoses and cleaned out heat exchanger. I ended up with an overheat auto shut down after 7 minutes. After much internet surfing I decided to try burbing air bubble out of coolant side. I had use the boat previous day without genset and when I removed coolant cap today the coolant level had gone down signifigantly. I topped it off and proceeded to run engine for an hour with out overheat shutdown. I presume the planing and wave action broke coolant bubble free saving me try to get the plug out of top of coolant resevoir which was not coming loose without a lot of effort!

All,

Pulled the props on our 1998 350 Mariner. Prop shop clean and scanned and told me that I could get another year or so
out of them after a tune-up. However, due to age and that they are brass, should not expect much more life out of them.

They were concerned about the props and boat configuration. Current props are 4 blade, 20 x 23. Boat has twin 350 MAGs MPI at 300 HP. with V-Drive 1.5:1 ratio. They tell me that the "number" crunching suggests that we should use 4 blade, 20 x 21. They called and did confirm with Carver that the boat came with the props that I took off. The prop shop asked what my WOT RPM is and, while I did open it up a couple of times it was not for a long duration. I believe that the tachs were over 4000 but by how much I do not recall.

We rarely cruise more than at plane ... around 3000 - 3200k. What can be a problem and is a concern is at low RPM while docking. We need to fight a current and wind changes. With the current props the boat responds sluggishly at best without adjusting the throttles (which I prefer not to do while docking). The way I understand prop and prop design, the 20 x 21 should provide more thrust at lower RPM's providing better response while docking.

Any thoughts on this? Should I pull the trigger on the suggested new props (brass and other alloy combination at $3100 for both) or go in a different direction. We love this boat and plan to keep a long time. Thanks!

TonyC