Coast Guard rescue of 4 from a capsized boat.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxIiN55 ... e=youtu.be

New (to me) Raritan Criwn electric head. I'm replacing a manual Jabsco. It will not draw water into the bowl unless I remove the check ball. The pressure from the raw water inlet feed is weak at best. The impeller is new and turns freely. Is significant water pressure necessary to disengage the check ball? I thought the impeller did all the work.

Hello, I'm looking to purchase a 1994 Santego. I really like the boat, the room inside, steps to fly bridge and the boat is really clean inside. The only concern I have is the high hours (930). The boat has mercruiser 454's and I read an article after 1000 hours start to look to replace the engines. Is there any truth to this and does anyone have motors with high hours. Also what shoul I look for when I do the test run.

Thank You

I decided to run a spread sheet this year on my boating costs for the year. Maybe its a good idea maybe not so much. It is interesting to see where all the dollars go.

Here is my latest and greatest. I have yet to buy fuel but that will soon change.

Item Cost

Trouts Yacht Basin Summer Dockage $1,200
Garmin EchMAP 94sv GPS $1,112.99
Standard Horizon Explorer GX1700 VHF $264.99
Perko (New Cabin Keys) $5.10
Boat Detailing $850.00
NAPA New Battery $98.59
Boaters Value New Shower Head $26.49
Shakespeare 8900 VHF Antenna $178.07
West Marine Oil Extractor $74.19

Total: $3810.42 and counting

Last week (Friday) I purchased a new VHF antenna for the boat to go with my new VHF radio. I was not sure how old the previous antenna was so I thought it prudent to upgrade to a new one. West Marine had a sale last week and VHF antennas were some of the items on sale.

I purchased a new Shakespeare Mariner 8900 antenna, see link below:

http://www.westmarine.com/buy/shakespea ... r--6966071

Sale price is $167.99 30% off the regular $239.99. I feel that is a good buy. There are 4 antennas in the series, 8300, 8500, 8700 and 8900. With the sale price I decided to go with the top of the line antenna in this series.

The installation job was pretty straightforward. I cut the cord from the old antenna and removed it from the mount. I fed the new coax into the hole and taped it to the old coax to pull it through to the VHF. It uses a simple gold plated connection. I fed the coax into the connector, crimped it where needed and then I connected it to the radio.

I turned the radio on. Where before I only received 3 of 10 weather channel broadcasts I now receive 7 of 10 a definite improvement. I then called out for a radio check. After a couple of tries I got an answer back. I am in Bolles Harbor (Monroe Michigan) I got a call back from Rescue Marine in Marblehead Ohio. I got out my chart to check the distance. He is 35 miles away from my location. He did say there was a bit of static and I also from him but I could clearly hear him and he me from 35 miles away. There is a bit of land and buildings between me and Lake Erie and the same for him so I am definitely happy with this new antenna so far.

I can't wait to get out on the open lake and see just how good it really is.

Just found this forum and looking forward to absorbing knowledge from a great group of Carver owners.
We have "Mariah's Song, a 1981 3007 Aft Cabin.
We have a covered slip at Marina Del Rey on the northeast corner of Lake Simcoe in Ontario.
Our crew consists of my Wife, our 17 yr old Daughter and our 9 yr old Son.
We enjoy hanging out at our marina as well as travelling up the Trent Severn waterway to Georgian Bay.
Looking forward to heading up tomorrow morning for an extended Canada Day weekend!!

Well with the current boat pretty much sold, we have one to look at soon and would like some opinions the 3897 Santego, .......like the boat but engines have 1400 hours and are the 340 HP, 7.4.....so any opinions out there in Carver land....Also is mechanical work easy on this one, fuel tank life would be another concern ?? My assumption is that this has the top hat stringers and cored sides and decks, correct ?? Thanks guys

I was checking fluid levels, etc. the other day and found a wire (red) laying unattached at the back of the alternator. I checked the other engine (2006 Crusader 6.0 liter ... carver 33 SS) and the wire was attached to a post screw on the back of the alternator. So, I attached the other one while I was in there. I can't find anything describing what it is so thought I would ask here. It appears to run to the isolator and then on to the battery so I am assuming it charges the starting battery?

Any help would be appreciated.

I know that most of the posts here are about things that won't work, my problem is my head exhaust fan won't STOP - I thought that maybe the wall switch was fried and was stuck in an ON position, so I took that apart and disconnected the wires, but it is still running - the only way to turn it off is to go to the breaker panel - any suggestions?

We have a yellowish stain shows up on our swim platform in a blotchy pattern after it gets wet. It does this even after a morning dew, or a washing. We scrub with a Clorox cleaner but its stubborn until the sun seems to bleach it out in about 2 hrs.. Had a fiberglass man look at it and he has never seen this before. Anyone ever have this problem? The fiberglass guy suggested he could apply a thin gel coat over it but no guarantee that it would not come back.