Hello!

Looking at a Carver 350, only photos, not in person yet. One of the photos shows a decent crack in the transom below the rub rail, starboard side corner. Does this look bad to you, or would it be a fairly easy fix?

The port side salon windows in my 1996 325 aft cabin lost their seal and water came into the walls. There is some damage to the floor plywood and the board inside the wall between where the fuel vent is and where according to my carver manual an optional battery can be placed. The picture below (not sure why it is rotated, can’t fix) shows the board without the white ring. I am removing as much of the damaged wood as I can and drying the area out with fans. The other side of board has the foam pads, maybe insulation.

Is this board necessary?

My plan is to remove as much of the damaged wood as possible, dry it out, treat for mold, epoxy the floor plywood. Has anyone ran into a similar situation, any and all tips are appreciated.

Thanks,
Drew

I purchased a 2002 570 Voyager and am doing a lot of upgrades. I am going to have the flybridge seats reupholstered over the winter, I just need to bring them to the shop where they are going to do the work. The bottom pieces are easy to just lift out, but the backs are attached. If anyone has advice on best way to remove those I would appreciate it.

Would like to purchase Carver 3607 could someone help me with true fuel burns, or average, for gas engines at cruise it seems they are all over the place. We live in Savannah TN and wish to travel down the Ten Tom to Florida for winter and maybe Abacos .Thanks

Hi all, hope everyone has had a wonderful Thanksgiving!
We are planning some upcoming things for our spring visit to our 1987 Carver 4207 and one of the items I'm struggling with is the upper helm station "stencil"

Do any of you know where to get a replacement stencil kit for the two panels on either side of the wheel? Mine is a brushed-metal background with black lettering for all of the controls, etc. (switch names, spotlight controls, etc)

I'd really like to take the old gauges off, then remove all the old stencil/writing, etc and then polish the metal then put new stencils on.

Who makes em?
Thanks in advance!
Steve and Tammy

Hi.Is there anyone out there who has pictures of rollers under a salon door and maybe can tell me where I can get them Carver 530 1999. Best regards Skuli.

I have a Dometic Cruisair STQ16 A/C in My Salon. The other day, it was in cool mode and quit normal operation. I found it was showing 98 degrees on the Thermostat, the water pump and fan were running and water was flowing, but the compressor was not running and it was not cooling. the actual inside temp was around 55 degrees. I turned the unit off. I turned the unit off and then turned it on to the Auto mode. The heat cycle kicked on and everything operated normally and it began heating the salon to the set temp of 70 degrees. The following day, the unit kick off again and the compressor was not running, but the fan and water pump were running.

What I have found... When i turn the unit on everything seems to work as normal, the fan comes on, I then hear a click and the water pump starts and then I hear a click for the compressor, however the compressor does not start. Water flow is good, and there is no air handler blockage. I have ran both a low and high pressure switch test at the controller and both report ok and no errors. From what I understand, it the unit is low on freon, I should get an error from the low pressure switch. I also did a system reset at the controller, but no change in condition.

It problem appears to be related to the compressor, does anyone have an ideas on what to look for next?

Hello everyone
1st great season with my 1988 3297 mariner. I live in Jersey and have a Grady here and my Carver in Maryland, they just pulled my Carver and it's on the hard. Going down in the morning to pull batteries and button things up. Question, is there a drain plug ? The broker had it in the water when I went to pick it up so I really didn't think about it till now. Thanks in advance
Be safe
Geo

I am going to guess, if you are reading this, you have had to flush your AC water lines at least once in you boats life. My home Port is in Lake Erie near Sandusky OH and am here to tell you myself and my fellow Carver neighbor have to flush our AC lines at least 2 times a summer as it clogs up with silt from the water. So much so that to make things easier for myself, i have installed quick connect flush ports on the manifold to make things quicker and easer for me. All while our other neighboring boaters with different manufactured boats (Cruiser, Sea Ray, Meridian) never have an issue... like EVER.

So my question to the brilliant group. Has anyone found a fix to this ongoing issue. No other manufacturer seems to have this issue as bad as Carver owners do. I have to assume its 1 of 3 things:

1) the water lines they use allow buildup and other manufactures use a different water line. (I believe this is unlikely)

2) the routing of the water lines have too many bends and those big turns allow buildup.

3) they try to save money by installing 1 pump for 3 systems and between the manifold and distances they have to go, they simply cannot get enough flow/pressure to keep the lines clear.

I would love to get all of your thoughts. My carver 396 runs:

1 1000gph pump
1 6000btu unit (Fwd)
1 16000BTU unit (Mid)
1 9000 BTU unit (Aft)

The mid and aft are the most common issues with blockages.

We're looking at purchasing a Carver C37 or C43 coupe (2010 to 2021), but want to ensure that these boats can handle a 10-12 ft dinghy on a davit system (and on the seemingly short transom). Unfortunately, I haven't been able to find an example of a C37 or C43 with a dinghy or any kind of davit. Does anybody have information (pictures would be great) that could help me out? Also, does anybody know the max weight that can be supported by the C37/C43 transom.
Cheers,
Dave