Hello everyone, hope everyone had a great boating season. I am looking for a company that can manufacture a wedge for housing my Garmin 8612xsv and a VHF radio like the picture I found on the internet, but no reference or way to know who made this wedge that looks perfect for what I want to achieve. My Goal to eliminate sun on my 8612 when traveling with the sun on that side of the boat. I will chase down any lead as I have been looking all season. Like most things boating knowing the exact terms for something gives you the best advantage to being successful.

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I have a 1987 - 3807 carver aft cabin. For a few years now, I have had lake water getting into my forward billage located at the entrance to the forward cabin. When the boat is sitting there is approximately 3 to 4 quarts of water per week accumulating and when the boat is in motion in motion it's considerably more. The billage pump automatically removes the water when it gets too high. I can't say for sure the directon the water is coming from there are no obvoius signs of a leak other then the billage. There are 2 holding tanks to the aft of the pump.
I had the water tested to determine if it's from the holding tanks or lake water and it's definitely lake water. I checked for leaks at all 7 seacocks and everything is dry. The water from the stuffing box (very little) goes into the aft bilge.
The boat comes out of the Water in a few weeks and I'm hoping to figure out where the leak is coming from so that I can fix it on the hard.
Any thoughts of how I can diagnose this problem or where it may be coming from would be greatly appreciated.

I can't find the external HIN plate on my 1977 26' Santa Cruz. It may have been removed when I had the gelcoat redone on the transom. Is there an internal location for the HIN as well?

On a related point, all of the documentation I have on the boat reflects a 14-character HIN rather than a 12 character HIN, with the difference being that the date of certification is represented as a two digit month followed by two digit year rather than the standard 1 character month (A-L) and the last digit of the year. Specifically, I have: CDR56281067777 instead of CDR56281F777.

This matters because I've received a notice from the California DMV saying that I my HIN does not confirm to US regulations and as such, is considered invalid and my registration subject to cancellation.

I'm going to call the DMV, but I'd like to be able to reference something that documents this format or Carver's exception to it. I found this online which mentions some boats having a four digit certification date, but not both a four digit certification date and a two digit model year. https://www.usps.org/national/safety/HIN/HIN.pdf

Does anyone else have a 14-character HIN on their Carver?

Where can I find a replacement for my damaged swim ladder?

Hi All, I'm curious if anyone has attempted or has experience replacing the tanks in a 32' 1988 mariner. Right now the boat I believe is configured with a 15 gallon black holding tank below the galley floor. This spot is rather space limited, I measured the current tank at roughly 27.5"x14.5"x10.5" which seems to be a 15 gallon tank. According to the manual, I have (2) 35 gallon (I assume they're the same size) tanks totally 70 gallons below the floor in the salon. The 15 gallon tank I believe will be easy to taken out, not sure about the (2) other tanks but I'm assuming they can be slid around to get out, there's a big opening in the floor.

Here's my thoughts, the 15 gallon waste tank fills pretty fast from my raritan crown toilet and we're often at a marina so we don't really need 70 gallons of fresh water capacity (use the shore hose hookup). So I'm thinking replace those two 35 gallon tanks with roughly the same size, maybe a hair larger if I can, tanks since they are fairly old. That would then give me 35 gallons black & 35 gallons fresh. All new hoses as well, I think especially the waste ones have been leaching odors.

Is this crazy? Any other ideas for how to configure this? I'd likely be just abandoning the space where the current 15 gallon tank is. I'm losing half my water capacity but it's way easier to fill a water tank than it is to pump out a head.

Hello,
I'm a new member here and at my wits end with an overheating issue. I could use a recommendation for a Crusader gas mechanic or any other input you have.

My 355 Aft Cabin with gas 454 Crusaders runs really well in the slip but overheats at 2800+ RPMs during sea trials. I have replaced/serviced the following:

Impellers (twice)
Heat exchangers (new)
Raw water pumps (rebuilt)
Fresh water pumps (new)
Risers serviced/cleaned
Thermostats (170)
Thru hulls (new) and checked the hull scoops

It runs fine @ 180 degrees until it's under a load and over 2800 RPM's. Does anyone have any ideas, suggestions or recommendations for a mechanic I can consult with. I'm certainly willing to pay a knowledgeable Crusader mechanic as I've had two deals fall through because of overheating.

Thank you!
Jeff

Carver model 374 with cummins 330 hp diesel engines. What oil is used in transmission gear box. It smells like engine oil differently not gear oil [ 80w90 ]. I have checked through manual that came with the boat but doesn't mention grade of just that it needs to be checked. I would be grateful if someone on here could answer this question. Thanks

Is there anyone here who could help me determine where I should go for winter? Thinking somewhere in the Ozarks for Feb and March, but don't know where to go. Condo in Sunset Beach NC got flooded again, so new location away from the ocean. Thanks! er

Dear CYO buddies, I am sorry to report I am boatless, Cooler By The Lake went to her new owner yesterday. For the 6th time over the last 3 years, a buyer approached me at the slip and asked if I would be willing to sell. Offered me a very fair price, all cash offer. That was 4 days ago. He came back Tuesday with a cashier's check and one condition. We take a short cruise as sea trial. We did that yesterday and he handed me the check. Sure wish Carver made a Center Console, but they never got into that market. Not sure if I am happy or sad. er

Hi all - just wanted to put this out there for any considering transiting the NJ ICW. It's not as bad as everyone seems to make it out!

To avoid hurricane season this year, we decided to head up the east coast (again) but with the goal of seeing the Statue of Liberty before heading back south for the winter. Once we made it to Cape May, NJ we had the option of continuing north "outside" via the Atlantic or going up through the NJ ICW.

When we got to Cape May the weather window for the Atlantic was non-existent for us - 6+ft waves and 10-15+mph wind for a week or more which would mean sitting around in Sunset Lake for a week or more waiting. Cape May is nice, but we've "done" that area before so we decided to do the ICW.

Everything we read and the youtube videos we watched were not very encouraging but with proper planning it seemed doable. We belong to SeaTow so I contacted all the captains along the route (Claude in Cape May, Sandy in Atlantic City, Walt in Barnegat Bay and Tim in Manasquan) for the local info, and planned to only travel on a mid-tide rising and stopping on or before the mid-tide falling.

The first day we made it to Ventnor City anchorage, day two was to Barnegat Inlet anchorage and day three was to Manasquan. Lots of no-wake zones so it kept the speed down, but we typically only travel 7-8mph so it wasn't a big deal to us.

Overall - it was a great trip! We never saw less than 6ft of water and that was rare. Mostly 7ft minimum and up. I will add that we were using Navionics and Aquamaps - and for this run the clear winner was Aquamaps. The relief shading and charted depths for the NJ ICW were spot-on! Also, be very careful using the Autoroute option in Navionics. It will put you on the wrong side of bouys and take you out of the charted ICW route in several areas. We followed the bouys, which matched perfectly with Aquamaps, and had zero issues. Not even any close calls!

One final note, there was a pretty consistent easterly/north eastern wind the entire trip which the SeaTow captains said was helping to push water into the ICW, and that a westerly wind would tend to push water out and cause lower levels. Just something to keep in mind.

Would we do it again? In a heartbeat! Lots to do and see along the way and places to dinghy to shore to provision and sight-see! Plus - NO 6+ft waves beaming us for hours!!