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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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Welcome to CarverYachtOwners.com!

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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.

I hope you...
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Water levels where you boat !!

Last post by MichaelOKC « November 8th, 2022, 7:27 pm
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by bud37 » November 1st, 2022, 12:04 pm

Just watching another interesting report on water levels. Seems the great Miss has dropped a considerable amount and I have seen reports from lake...

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November 8th, 2022, 7:27 pm
BEST FUEL EFFICENCY

Last post by Cooler « October 13th, 2022, 4:42 am
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by JRoberts » October 10th, 2022, 11:10 pm

20220924_122941.jpg Just bought a 2005 36M with Crusader 5.7 gas engines. Wondering if anyone knows the best speed and/or RPMs for best milage?

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October 13th, 2022, 4:42 am
Allegra 30' Bilge

Last post by Mrwizard « August 21st, 2022, 12:43 pm

by Mrwizard » August 21st, 2022, 12:43 pm

Anyone know where the forward bilge pump is?
Looked in all the cubbys.

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August 21st, 2022, 12:43 pm
Marina rage

Last post by bud37 « August 21st, 2022, 12:41 pm
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by bud37 » July 28th, 2022, 4:39 pm

Check this out........ ........ :-O

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August 21st, 2022, 12:41 pm
Used boat sales vs Marine fuel price

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by bud37 » March 4th, 2022, 4:10 pm

It should be interesting to see if there are a large number of used boats on the market this year once the pain of the high fuel prices hits home....
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July 20th, 2022, 10:13 pm
CBSA entry reporting locations

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by bud37 » May 4th, 2022, 7:43 pm

Here is something interesting......seems they are reducing the number of reporting places.....

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May 4th, 2022, 10:39 pm
Opinions on partner ownership

Last post by Cooler « March 10th, 2022, 12:55 pm
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by Cooler » March 9th, 2022, 12:28 pm

I am thinking about selling a half ownership of my boat. Are there people out here in CYO world that have been involved with that type of...

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March 10th, 2022, 12:55 pm
Vacation Time

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by RGrew176 » July 31st, 2020, 10:17 pm

My vacation started when I got off Friday morning. Spending the next 9 days on the boat. Not sure if I will take the boat anywhere as the event I was...
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March 9th, 2022, 11:11 am
Happy New Year!

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by Cooler » December 31st, 2021, 12:21 pm

Well, here we are again, end of another Covid dominated year. Plus a lot of other drama nobody needs. Good thing we have this thin layer of escapism...

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January 2nd, 2022, 6:23 pm
Snow bird investigation - Carolinas

Last post by Cooler « December 8th, 2021, 5:24 pm
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by Cooler » December 5th, 2021, 5:17 pm

Hello All! Just returned from a trip to Charleston SC, and Oceanside Isle NC. The Admiral and I were looking for prospects for winter season rentals...

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December 8th, 2021, 5:24 pm
Poll for NEW boat purchases.

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This topic has a poll. by bud37 » April 29th, 2021, 1:12 pm

How many have purchased a brand new boat over boating life so far ?? No need to be accurate just close, also any brand not just Carvers. .......
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November 11th, 2021, 4:09 am
Cruising the ICW NY to Florida on Venture

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by hardchines » June 17th, 2021, 9:44 pm

I hope to start a trip to Florida on my small Carver that I put together a couple of years ago, If interested you can read and view the post under...
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August 11th, 2021, 10:20 am
Trent Severn

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by Midnightsun » July 21st, 2021, 6:03 pm

Probably heading up the Trent around mid August. Anything I should now regarding covid or low water conditions or anything out of the ordinary. It...

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July 22nd, 2021, 6:10 am
Shakedown Cruise

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by tonyiiiafl » July 11th, 2021, 6:31 pm

Finally we got out after all the speed bumps we overcame. SMOOTH calm day, only causality was the VHF antenna bolt backed off and fell down. A quick...
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July 19th, 2021, 10:32 am
Michigans Inland Waterway

Last post by RGrew176 « July 15th, 2021, 8:41 am
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by RGrew176 » July 14th, 2021, 8:20 am

I previously traversed this waterway back in 1997. At the time my boat was a 1996 Bayliner 2855 Ciera Sunbridge one of the best boats I have ever...

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July 15th, 2021, 8:41 am
Marina Stories

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by jp355 » January 29th, 2021, 12:27 pm

Marina Stories

No kidding there we were...

We had a 1988 Catalina C 25 sailboat that we kept at marina in a land locked 5,000 acre lake. The wife...

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July 7th, 2021, 4:39 pm
LAUNCH

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by tonyiiiafl » April 15th, 2021, 5:28 pm

In the water today! Hope to bring her home on Sunday. 8ED65E5C-FAF4-49CA-9C41-A0C9E54AD6D3.jpeg 9B0D8D6E-9481-4C3E-A263-EC4952E1F3E6.jpeg...
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July 1st, 2021, 12:42 am
Boat fire

Last post by hardchines « June 17th, 2021, 9:15 pm
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by bud37 » October 12th, 2020, 11:33 am

According to the local paper, they had an electrical problem while heading across Simcoe. Another reminder to have all your safety gear , jackets,...
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June 17th, 2021, 9:15 pm
Great Lakes Cruising Club

Last post by RGrew176 « May 24th, 2021, 8:11 am
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by RGrew176 » May 17th, 2021, 2:44 am

I am wondering if there are any members here that are also members of the Great Lakes Cruising Club. I recently resigned from the club I belonged to...

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May 24th, 2021, 8:11 am
Beginning Of Season Near

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by RGrew176 » February 3rd, 2020, 1:57 am

It's time, especially for us in the north country to think about the beginning of the season. So now we have a thread for that. Last year I predicted...
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May 16th, 2021, 3:55 pm
Great Lakes Water levels

Last post by km1125 « March 24th, 2021, 11:01 am
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by bud37 » March 23rd, 2021, 8:58 am

Not sure if my old eyes are deceiving me but Georgian bay ice seemed further down this past month and Lake Ontario has more beach evident.......hmmm,...

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March 24th, 2021, 11:01 am
Channel Five going north to Ft. Myers

Last post by quickdecision « March 18th, 2021, 5:53 pm

by quickdecision » March 18th, 2021, 5:53 pm

Hello All

Looking to see if anyone has recently made the trip from the Channel Five passage heading north to Ft. Myers. are there still allot of...

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March 18th, 2021, 5:53 pm
Planning to cruise from Pensacola to Keys

Last post by quickdecision « February 27th, 2021, 2:08 pm
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by jecaperton » February 26th, 2021, 12:29 pm

Good morning all.

My wife and I are planning our inaugural cruise from Pensacola to Key West in May. Having never done this, does anyone have some...

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February 27th, 2021, 2:08 pm
Fresh water pump while disconnected from shore

Last post by buster53 « February 26th, 2021, 3:37 pm
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by jecaperton » February 26th, 2021, 12:57 pm

I have a 1999 450 Pilothouse and have a water question. When we are at dock, we use the shore water which pressurizes all o four fixtures. With the...

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