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New Users - Please Read

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by CYO Admin » February 6th, 2013, 7:49 am » in Introduce Yourself!

CYO is a family friendly, spam free forum. Any posts deemed inappropriate, containing personal attacks and/or bashing/slamming a person or company...

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by CYO Admin » January 30th, 2013, 9:07 am » in Introduce Yourself!

Welcome to CarverYachtOwners.com!

It's always confused me as to why no one ever started a carver specific message board, so here it is.

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Helpful Boating Websites

Last post by CYO Admin « October 3rd, 2019, 5:28 am
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by RGrew176 » October 2nd, 2019, 3:44 am

If you have bookmarked a boating related website that you feel can be helpful to your fellow boaters post it here.

Here is one I feel fits the bill.

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Useful Carver Links

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by CYO Admin » February 3rd, 2013, 9:23 am

Owner's Guides

Brochures

Assembly & Parts Manuals

Preventative Care

Dealer Locator
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April 5th, 2019, 6:39 pm
My 2019 Boating Expense Sheet

Last post by RGrew176 « December 12th, 2019, 1:17 am
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by RGrew176 » December 9th, 2019, 5:39 am

My 2019 season is over. Time to start planning the 2020 season. My boat club has quite a few trips planned so I could have a busy season. I am...
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December 12th, 2019, 1:17 am
My boat was pulled today and I discovered....

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by denpooch » October 18th, 2019, 6:59 pm

Today, she was brought onto the hard and I discovered a first for me.
One of the blades on the bow thruster (port side fan) was completely snapped...

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December 10th, 2019, 9:45 am
Recommend me a TV/DVD for a boat...

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by Jain » December 3rd, 2019, 7:35 am

Right, before I get a flaming for not just indulging in the lost art of conversation over a nice bottle of red instead, the only likely programmes...
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December 7th, 2019, 11:14 pm
How about this....

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by denpooch » November 23rd, 2019, 5:41 pm

On a recent post, one of the members, Laserbait, told us that he is new to boating and his FIRST boat is a 36.
I found this to be most impressive and...
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December 6th, 2019, 7:41 pm
Used boat pricing.

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by bud37 » November 26th, 2019, 7:43 pm

Is it my imagination or has the asked for pricing on used boats gone up a fair bit ? Almost looks like somewhere around 20k cad.
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December 2nd, 2019, 1:10 am
What lesson did you learn this boating season?

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by denpooch » November 9th, 2019, 9:13 pm

Now that many of us have docked 'on the hard' for the winter, it may be a good time to reflect on the season and share a lesson that was learned this...
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November 24th, 2019, 4:41 am
What types are these ???

Last post by Viper « November 23rd, 2019, 8:48 pm
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by bud37 » November 23rd, 2019, 4:40 pm

What kinds of screws are these..do you think they are all the same type.....?

IMG_20191123_1316471.jpg IMG_20191123_1316211.jpg...

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November 23rd, 2019, 8:48 pm
Carver Refrigerator questions

Last post by Midnightsun « November 20th, 2019, 2:08 am
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by sloopjonb » November 17th, 2019, 11:29 am

Our Carver 455 has the original refrigerator, which is still working after 22 years but may need replacement in the near future. Anyway, First...

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November 20th, 2019, 2:08 am
Cabin heater

Last post by km1125 « November 9th, 2019, 12:38 pm
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by Gachong » November 7th, 2019, 7:57 am

Did the 1977 Santa Cruz not come with a cabin heater? If it did, can someone please help me locate it? It’s getting colder here in the NW.

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November 9th, 2019, 12:38 pm
aluminium Fuel tank questions

Last post by Viper « November 3rd, 2019, 7:55 am
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by bud37 » April 30th, 2016, 10:26 am

So , after reading the thread about the fuel tank replace I can't help but wonder about the reason for the tank failures.....is it bad Al metallurgy,...

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November 3rd, 2019, 7:55 am
Wankel engine for small boat?

Last post by Midnightsun « November 2nd, 2019, 5:43 am
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by km1125 » October 31st, 2019, 3:04 pm

Curious if any of you have any knowledge of an old (~73?) Wankel engine that was used for small boats. This is NOT an outboard, but a single rotor...

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November 2nd, 2019, 5:43 am
Fuel Degradation Ethanol vs Non Ethanol vs Stabilizer

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by Midnightsun » October 29th, 2019, 8:55 am

Found this video which really shows what is going on. Does last for 13 mins but well worth the watch. Definitely an eye opener to say the least. :-O
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October 31st, 2019, 9:06 pm
396 Transport from Landlocked Lake to Pacific, Pictures

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by StanG » September 28th, 2019, 12:24 am

In my quest to purchase my 396 I had little luck finding good info on what was required to disassemble for transport load height. Over the last few...
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October 31st, 2019, 5:55 pm
Any Idea What This Gizmotronic Is?

Last post by RGrew176 « October 29th, 2019, 8:59 pm
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by vineyardgray » October 28th, 2019, 3:24 pm

Must have been a raging storm on the Eastern shore of Lake Huron. There are bits of dock, trees, surf boards you name it - any manner of flotsam...

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October 29th, 2019, 8:59 pm
Expense to pro buff job

Last post by Tireless « October 24th, 2019, 12:39 pm
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by Cooler » October 22nd, 2019, 10:11 am

I am having an estimate done from a person to do the buff/wax job on my Mariner. Her quote will be done Friday. What do you all think would be a...
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October 24th, 2019, 12:39 pm
Potable Water Hose

Last post by Midnightsun « October 22nd, 2019, 1:18 pm
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by Midnightsun » October 22nd, 2019, 6:15 am

This has always been a pita to say the least. In my case the hose is permanently connected to city water which gets detached from the boat and left...

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October 22nd, 2019, 1:18 pm
Getting Close

Last post by RGrew176 « October 21st, 2019, 1:35 am
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by RGrew176 » October 20th, 2019, 5:25 am

The end of my season is closing in fast. Saturday I dumped in some Stabil and motored over to the fuel dock to top off my tanks. 71 gallons and $330...

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October 21st, 2019, 1:35 am
Pre Filtering City/Pedestal Water

Last post by darrenlife « October 19th, 2019, 8:46 am
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by Midnightsun » October 15th, 2019, 6:24 am

Sometimes pedestal water has some funny plastic taste to it, although I have a filtration system on board no harm in putting in better stuff when...
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October 19th, 2019, 8:46 am
Boy! That water is COLD!

Last post by km1125 « October 18th, 2019, 11:33 am

by km1125 » October 18th, 2019, 11:33 am

Last night temps dipped down to around 35.

Got up to make coffee and wash up this morning and the water (city water connection to boat) was COLD!!...

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October 18th, 2019, 11:33 am
oil analysis labs

Last post by g36 « October 17th, 2019, 2:10 pm
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by g36 » October 16th, 2019, 10:07 am

we just had a good post on oil so got me thinking if any of you with gas boats regularly or occasionally have oil analysis done? what lab do you use?...

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October 17th, 2019, 2:10 pm
TO LOCK OR NOT TO LOCK?

Last post by RGrew176 « October 12th, 2019, 2:54 am
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by Viper » November 16th, 2016, 12:44 pm

Wanted to put this up for discussion and get your take on it. Thinking about this now that it's winter but I guess it applies all year round; do you...
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October 12th, 2019, 2:54 am
Schematics of systems

Last post by Cooler « October 8th, 2019, 11:07 am
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by Gazookas » October 5th, 2019, 12:45 am

Seriously...my boat owner's manual is a POS (piece o shit). Don't know what they were thinking in the 80s (mine is a 1983 3607) but it's f'd up. No...

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October 8th, 2019, 11:07 am
BoatUS - Not what it appears to be!

Last post by km1125 « October 7th, 2019, 10:00 am
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by Wayne162 » October 6th, 2019, 3:20 pm

As a Unlimited Gold Member, I recently contacted BoatUS for the first time for a tow. Yes it happens to everyone sometime. This tow was for a haul...

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October 7th, 2019, 10:00 am

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