Just bought my old boat back after 7 years. 1988 Carver 3227 Convertible. Had a 1998 Sea ray 330 Sundancer in between....I liked the Sea Ray, but LOVE the Carver.... Use it on the North Shore Of Massachusetts, into NH and Maine...

is a 1981 3607 Aft cabin. Any suggestions are welcome.

I am pleased to be a new member of Carver Yachts Forum. We have recently purchased a 42 aft cabin and we're in full restoration mode. Any advice is welcome. Happy New Year everyone!

Hello everyone...question? We purchased a 2003 Carver 466 last year and it has an external speaker like a bull horn mounted on top of the arch and I can not figure out how to activate it via the VHF radio. I assume this was part of the standard configuration of the boat but not 100% sure. Any ideas how this is activated if you have a similar set-up as I can not find anything about it in the ICOM instructions.

Thanks
Doug

I'm looking to replace the carpet in our 1998 350 Mariner with some type of wood flooring in the salon area. This area has 3 floor hatches to deal with. Has anyone done this with good success? I would love to see some pictures and get some ideas.

Thanks

Hello, OK over the weekend I crawled forward of my generator on my 2005 396MY to get a look at the head filter. What I did discover was a pool of red oily liquid down in the forward hull of the boat, I would guess about 1 to 2 gallons I cleaned up. Not sure how long it was there, I owned the boat for about 9 months now so I did not notice it before and the surveyor said nothing about it, not sure if he crawled that far in. My first thought was diesel fuel, but it has a smell of varnish or a shellac kind of smell not diesel. If it is old, does diesel take on that kind of smell with time?
All cleaned up now but I would really like to know what it was.
Thanks and Happy Holidays to everybody.
Bob

So I believe I am rather low on the port engine Vdrive. It says to check the transmission fluid at operating temperature. The problem is I am concerned I am really low and want to add oil now and then check.

Anyone have any idea how much transmission fluid one should have in a cold Vdrive on a 1998 Carver 355?

Thanks.

Hello I.m Italian, excuse me for my terrible Emglish, I have a problem, I bought an carver 2157 with volvo penta 4.3 205 hp duo prop, the problem is little power, I must change the engine but I don't have idea the max power in the boat dts.
Originaly is engined by mercruiser 4.3 or 5.7 260 or volvo 4.3 for change engine without change the drive the best think is put in a volvo 5.7 but have 270 hp ...is correct?
Thank you and best regards
Raffaele from Italy

Bella Notte is a 1979 voyager 3326 with Crusader 350 engines.

Has anyone replace the head gaskets on a 79 350 engine?

I had a marine mechanic look at it and he said he would be glad to do it, that was 3 months ago. So now I'm going to try it myself and I was wondering if there were any tricks of the trade that might help and make it easier. I'm planning to do it with the engine still in the boat.

As the boat is on the hard in Maine it will be April before it is warm enough to make this repair any help or suggestions willl be greatly appreciated.

Marine mechanics in this area are very few and far between.

Looking for a spare set for my 506, size is 30 X 34.