Anyone know the actual height of the 355-56 to the waterline I need to know if it will fit in slip. Thanks

I am obviously a new member who is yet to own a boat.
Over the past 2 years trying to decide on what Make, what model and how big.
I have had no bias as to which make I like until recently and now find myself leaning towards the Carver brand.
I am sure many will question my decision to buy a boat which is relatively large (52'Voyager) considering that I have not owned a boat before. And welcome any negative and positive feedback into my rationale of why I am looking at a boat of this size.

My new-to-me Carver 560 came with a thruster remote that does not work. Any ideas on how I can get it operational?

Tx cruiser

Does anybody have a good place or source of parts for this boat. I have some 3 inch interior salon lights that I need to replace. I am having trouble locating them. Can anybody help. I have discover that a lot of parts I am having a hard time finding. Is there a good source of Carver parts anywhere, or does anybody know a marine store or supplier that will handle the parts, even if they are used or salvage??? Any feedback would be appreciated.

Ahhh....I first owned a 28' 1989 Carver flybridge in 1999. Lost it during "Ernesto" in, I believe 2005-6. Went right back and purchased a 1991 Carver 26' Flybridge. A little smaller perhaps...but then, I'm a little older too. I've owned or built many boats in a lifetime but the Carvers always had attributes I enjoyed. Though never traveling in the circles of the much larger Carvers, I've owned 32' to 44' craft and many smaller. I just repowered my 26 Carver and unfortunately, like many of us, didn't get much chance to use it this past season. Retiring to my home on the lower Potomac in June, I'm looking forward to an active boating
season. Like all boaters, I've modified my craft in a number of ways and am interested in reading what inovations others have applied to THEIR boats!
Moving to the Virginia shore of the river will be interesting. I have no idea how much personal property tax I'll be paying (no such animal in Maryland) and I have no idea what the boats value is, or, how to determine that. I can't even find a 26' Carver Flybridge on the market to give me an idea. If anyone has a clue to that I'd be interested to know. Thanks

Looking at 356 with 6.2 motors not 7.4 any info would be helpful

I recently took possession of a 1980 3326 voyager, refit and ran it this season. I noticed the fume
smell and headaches. Anybody else aware of this problem. thanks

Hello Fellow Members,

New to boating, bought me a 1996 455 Aft Cabin last year in October. Made the mistake of trucking her from Wilmington to Chattanooga, hindsight is 20/20 of course. Other than a lot of pains related to getting her here, she is a great boat. She is my first boat, go big right! Love boating, love tinkering, looking forward to more time on the water.

Looking forward to sharing with the fellow members.

Happy Christmas!

Rich

I've been riding Harley's over 40 years and in fact am the co-founder of a very nice (if I do say so myself) on-line Harley community forum. I won't name it so it doesn't look like I'm here to promote my bike site. I mention it because I want to point out how aware I am of the potential helpfulness and camaraderie found on sites where people are gathered with a similar passion!

I'm new to boating. Always wanted a boat but there were always other bills to pay and boating is an expensive hobby, that I knew from the many friends who gave it up as a result over the years!

But now, at age 60, I'm feeling like it's "now or never" and opted for "NOW!"

I did some homework, looked at a LOT of boats, decided on a budget and the style of boat my wife and I both liked, and the result is our recently acquired 1991 Carver 3807 Aft Cabin, a one owner boat who took delivery new with gas engines and genny but immediately pulled them and installed new Cummings diesels and Westerbeke diesel generator. For some reason he had to replace the port block about 50 hours ago, but the boat has about 1100 hours total on the rest of the vessel, about 1/2 that amount on the genny.

We got a survey done, and as a result, there was a lot of "deferred maintenance" discovered that resulted in about a 15K repair bill to the sellers, which they paid to get the deal done.

Aside from the large bill to give the boat a clean bill of health mechanically, it's had NO upgrades and/or improvements cosmetically, and while it's "clean" and doesn't look like it's been abused in any way at all, it sure could use a fresh and modernized interior.

That's where I am hoping you guys can give me some advice!

I'm spending about 12K as we speak on a Garmin 7215 and with a few extra gizmos (new radar,VHF AIS combo radio, digital sounder, transducer, back-up cams) to tie into it's network, so the electronics will be made current.

But the salon has the same furniture and carpet it was delivered with in '91, and it looks clean but tired. The problem of course is how to get new stuff into that tiny little doorway. I know the sofa comes apart but we haven't been able to find ANYTHING new that will go back in. Advice? I suppose we could have what's there reupholstered but that cost is high enough to buy new furniture, IMHO. If we can find any! We also want to change out the floor covering, at least in the salon....my wife likes the look of hardwood floors, I can live with new carpet.....thoughts?

Another question......

We had my new best friend, the mechanic who did all the work to make the deal happen for the sellers, do some additional work for us and he's installing all the electronics, and he also had a stairway built on the dock so we can walk up and step onto the side of the boat, avoiding climbing the ladder on the swim platform at the back. I've seen a few boats like mine retro-fitted with a spiral stairway but haven't been able to fInd anyone who sells them. Any advice on this? We'd sure like to get rid of that ladder for the times we'll dock somewhere other than our home marina where the stairs are now built and securely attached.

I'd appreciate any and all advice you Carver owners can offer with respect to my questions and any other thoughts you may have, especially any specific to my model. I had three sea trials on it before we did the deal and shortly after that we winterized it, so I have literally had ZERO time at the helm to just enjoy it! We're excited about it and can't wait for Spring, which seems a hundred years away right now in 19 degrees of bitter cold and ice and snow in my driveway!

Looking for some experience on prop selection for my 466 in fresh water. I previously ran the boat in saltwater where WOT was about 2655 rpm @ 26 mph. The props have recently been reworked (28 x 28) and are very smooth running, however I am not seeing the speed that I have seen on the specs for he 466 of 32 mph with 1-2 foot seas. Since we hve moved the boat to fresh water my WOT is around 2450 rpm and my speed is only around 23 mph. Now I understand this isn't a speed boat, but I am looking for optimal fuel efficiency and performance.
I have heard that you may have to drop two pitch sizes to achieve the proper WOT. If anyone has input on this I would sure appreciate it. Also FYI, I am running the Volvo 74 TAMD's
480 HP, and they appear to be running well. Thanks