We have a 1990 34 Santego, with 2-454 big blocks. We've been working on our boat for two years and have done a complete refurb on everything. I took it out a couple months ago and throttled both engines up pretty aggressively and the boat lifted up out of the water and ran great at about 3000 RPMs. But as soon as I started lifting the trim tabs I noticed the boat coming down. I didn't know (and don't have enough experience) to know if it's normal to push the motors much past that for cruising. I'm looking for some feedback as to what to expect performance wise from the boat at a variety of RPMs.

My port motor is a brand new 5th generation big block from Michigan from the oil pan to the carburetor and it's awesome! My stbd motor is a rebuilt 3rd generation with a solid lift ( I believe). I usually run about 100gal of fuel and the overall length is 41feet.

Any help would be appreciated.

Joe

Has anyone used a Stainless Steel back splash in their kitchen area behind the cooktop? It would be a nice look and protect the wall from splatters.

I have, like most everyone else that has a 3207, carpeting on my rear deck. I lifted it up and found that the fiberglass looks like a shattered egg shell. It's not pretty. I assume its from water seeping through the carpeting and sitting on top of the fiberglass causing it to crack. I am wondering if there is some type of rubber cement or silicone that I could apply to the backing of the carpet to prevent the water from penetrating it. The carpet originally had a backing that is falling off but the carpet is still in good condition on top so I would rather just re-coat it some how to help prevent water sitting on the fiberglass, especially after I have the fiberglass fixed.

There is a ton of white grass cloth inlays in all the cabinets in our older Carvers. I was wondering if anyone has modified their cabinets to look more up to date?

The Fridge seems VERY dark and I would love to add a light inside, has anyone looked into this?
I just repainted the inside from NASTY yellow and rust color to matte white.
I also had to remold the inside upper door panel, it is severely cracked up. But I think it turned out pretty nice. It will work until I find another one that's not $1500+. I'm gonna keep looking for a used one but I'm not holding my breath. This one works good, just looks a little old and rough around the edges.

I have a Carver 28 Mariner that, of course, only has one 30 amp cable.
I just bought a Carver 3207 Aft and it has two connectors for 30 amp cables. I've seen pics of people with 3207's running one 30 amp cable and I've seen pics with 2. I bought it at auction so I don't have any power right now and was wondering what I need to run, 1 or 2? AND what's the difference. Two sides of the panel or something? I know my old 74 F44 Trojan had two separate sides of the 110v panel

I don't know exactly what these are there for, but on both port and starboard sides I have, what looks like, bent PVC pipes spliced into the through hull water ports that feed the engines with fresh water that are just mounted up like wash down spickets or something. Does anyone else have these? Is this factory, I don't think so. I'm kinda concerned about them being brittle or getting brittle and breaking. It doesn't seem like the smartest way to put in a bilge wash down and two of them at that. Just strange to me. Unless I am missing the real reason they are there.

Just figured I would ask you guys to see if you might have seen something like this before. I am thinking about capping them off for safety reasons as to not spring a leak.

So my new to me 3207 is missing the fold down part of the swim steps. Anyone know where I can find them for a decent price? Or maybe an alternative?

I am trying to get a definitive answer on fuel tank capacity for my 1998 Carver 355.

In my research I have come across the total gallons as 318 (though sometimes as 320) gallons. I do have the aft aux tank which I see references to being 120 gallons, and then the port/stbd tanks at 100 gallons (of course this equals 320 gallons, not 318) though sometimes the port/stbd tanks are listed at 99 gallons (which would give 318 gallons).

I do have the owners manual but it is not clear on exactly what is what, thus my question. Any help would be appreciated!

So the previous owner of my boat gave me 6 new batteries. I have decided that I want 2 batteries per engine and one house battery does and one have a diagram handy on how I should go about this without blowing myself out of the water?