As a new member I would like to introduce myself, as a future owner of a Carver Yacht.
We are retiring from sailing, our last few years of sailing were on Lake Champlain near Plattsburg, I am currently on the market for buying a Carver 355, which seems to be the ideal size for boating in Champlain, the Thousand Islands the Rideaux and the Trent and Severn canals.
I will probably have a lot of questions for you members once I select the boat I want to buy, right now I am trying to listen and read as much as I can on the Motor Yacht World.
Our names are Chantal and Jacques.

Hey folks, seems like most everyone on this forum is far away for us to get together on excursions. I would like to find Members that are located in the Southern California area (San Diego) that may be interested inraft ups, excursions or just plain ol' socializing.

Hello,
I'm Thomas, from middle Tn. We are new to the forum but not new to boating. Our current Carver is a 78 Voyager 3326. She is powered by twin counter rotating Crusader 270 hp engines coupled to Walter V-drives. They have countless hours on them and will need a rebuild soon but still give us trouble free weekends on Kentucky Lake and the occasional long run up the TN river to Pickwick Lake and beyond. Thanks for allowing us to be a part and we look forward to getting, and giving, advice from fellow Carver owners. Happy Boating!!

Am looking at purchasing this boat. Anyone know if this model has a closed cooling system, or if the engines circulate seawater? Anyone who has taken this boat on open ocean, and how it handles?

I'm soliciting any advice or experience anyone has with this or similar boat.

Thanks in advance!

My wife and I have just purchased a "1990 "406 Carver Aft Cabin" The engines has two 454 cc gas engines. The fuel economy is a concern for us, as it is for many folks. We were wondering if we could start to investigate the idea of putting a new corroborator with an up to date fuel distribution on this vessel. We were thinking that in 15 years there may be some technological advances. We would be willing to reduce the top speed to get fuel consumption benefits.

We are new to the forum and are very excited about our new boat.

Ahoy, y'all! We're from Atlanta, GA (sort of...actually a northwestern suburb called Townelake). We've had boats and/or lake houses all of our lives. Our four kids (30-13) have grown up on the water and, as of yet haven't committed newsworthy acts of infamy so I'm thinking we are headed in the right direction. The Admiral is a boutique real estate agent (which, I think means that she does what she wants) and has been working toward a lifetime achievement award of World's Greatest Wife and Mother. Somehow, without realizing it, I have attained curmudgeon status (not sure who or what conferred it, but it was earned). USCG Master Cpt, semiretired attorney former judge, Mensa author and tediously detailed former Technical Contributor for over a decade to Club Sea Ray and the Sea Ray Owners Group (courtesy of our beloved last boat, a 380 Dancer and a couple of its predecessors). We boat out of Park Marina and the Allatoona Yacht Club on Lake Allatoona, Georgia, and have made something of a science of indolence in the process. Lots of attention is paid to adult beverages, floating, tie-ups, splashing kids, not drowning the dog, extraordinary cigars, great food, and solving the problems of mankind (really should remember to write those down). We await the arrival of our 42SS "A Little More Nauti", a low hours refugee from Lake Travis with stops in Tampa and Ft. Lauderdale. Shes a soft top with 8.1 Crusaders, 10kw Kohler, VolvoPenta QL800 front thruster, full electronics and lots of stuff with which to begin familiarization and obsessive over-attention to detail.

One of the things that seemed to work on ClubSeaRay was model specific threads that allowed, over time, the accumulation of institutional knowledge by model (searching these sites is otherwise sometimes hit or miss). I plan to start one of those for 410's/42's and see how it works. Might be a miserable failure, but wouldn't be my first or last.

Hi there, new guy here and I hope this question is in the right spot.......trying to decide between a 93 370 voyager which is the style of boat we have always had or the aft versions of the same size,......anyone have any goods or bads of these particular models,docking, boarding , handling , fuel tanks etc.

We currently have an F 32 on Georgian bay and had a 2897 before that.....Mike

Hi there, I purchase a 1989 Montego 25 with twin 3.7 l and 250 hrs of use , what about swapping them for 3.0 without much modifications, thanks in advance.

Hi we're new owners. Just purchased a 1975 28' Carver Santa Cruz, Flybridge with full bridge and camper canvas. Twin 302 Wauhesha Fords. Presently slipped in Portland, Or. We're presently considering taking it up the Columbia River in to the Snake River and trailering it home from Lewiston,ID.It's going to be a little bit different we're moving over from a 28' Irwin sailboat. Got to be to hard for us to trailer sail it in Idaho. We got older. There will be some projects on it. Nothing major. We do have to go though the sanitation system and put a holding tank in also had a anchor windlass. More on that later. We will also have some questions for other Santa Cruz owners over the course of time. Jim

Hi All:

Cannot find the capacity / Weight / Passenger Capacity on my boat.

Anyone know where to look or how many passengers or weight allowed on a 2001 404?