We just purchased a 1994 Carver 310 Santego. The only other boat we've ever had was a fiberglass flat bottom John boat. Looking forward to meeting other Carver owners and getting tips on how to save money doing as much work as we can ourselves. We take it out of the water for bottom painting and service this weekend. Which will be nice because apparently when you buy a big boat (to me a big boat), you can't get it out of your mind and are subject to look at pictures online of other Carvers and not get much else done. Our boat is in New Bern, NC but once we get the bottom coat on we are looking for a permanent marina. Hopefully in the Wilmington are as close to an inlet as possible. Any suggestions are welcome.