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Well just won my bid on a 1998 405 Carver and so happy. I do have a concern that she is underpowered. I see a lot of crusaders out there and I buying Merc 7.4. Any Body with these engines have any problems? Also anybody like to give any feedback please feel free.

Built a new helm console for my 3607, it holds my vhf radio and a big cup holder. Built it out of wood, fiberglassed it and painted it a slate charcoal metallic. It will mount with no fasteners shown and bolts from underneath.The color pops nice in the sun. I plan on doing most all the countertops at the helm area this color to match. Decided change out the teak flip up one because it hit the throttles every time I had to open it for my vhf and it was old. Here are some pics.

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I need to run about 80- 100meters for 10mm chain on my anchor it has about 40m at the moment does anyone know if i can

A, splice a rope to the end of the existing chsin

B, swap chain to a longer chain will the winch be up to the job ?

Its a Maxwell code P11112

Any ideas guys ?

Over the years I discovered what I consider some slip-ups on my Carver Mercruiser installation. Mind you, as I am the third owner, it may be due to previous owners doing maintenance, repairs or modifications, however I doubt it. As they may affect some of you, I thought I’d mention them here.

The first item is about the gauges. For dual-station boats, such as my 2667 Santa Cruz, different oil pressure and water temperature sending units should have been specified when the Mercruiser system was or ...

Normally when I post about a repair or modification, I’m quite proud of whatever accomplishment I’m trying to portray. In this case, it’s not necessarily so. However what I am posting, is a “first attempt” at something I think can work well, so it’s being presented here so anyone wanting to accomplish it, can move on to a better procedure by learning about what doesn’t quite work at my expense.

As the title suggests, this is about refinishing DECRAGUARD, a marine type of plywood that despite the ...

I have issues with running air conditioners when on generator power. I have three air conditioners that all can be controlled individually. Every time I switch to generator power and power on just one air conditioner, it trips the breaker. I have read all the manuals on the generator and the air conditioners, but does not cover this issue. Is it an issue with the air conditioners and the electric panel or is it that the generator isnt big enough to push the air conditioner.?
Thanks

And so it begins another season of fun in the sun.

2018 Boating Expenses

Cost

1675.00 Summer Dockage Gibraltar Boat Yard

Hello All,
I am in the process of purchasing a 2004 Carver 396 with Crusader 8.1 MPI engines (395hp?) that have 190 hours on them. In a preliminary sea trial,they seemed to run well, but put out quite a plume of steam on both sides at planing speed (18-20Knots, 3500rpm). Is this common on these big boys, or does this indicate poor water flow? I don't want to get stuck with a big engine repair.
Thanks,
thatchh

Hey Everyone,
I'm trying to replace the shower box on a 430 Carver CMY. I'm having trouble sourcing a box of the same dimensions. I've attached a picture of the current box. The outside dimensions are 10 1/4 x 7 5/8. The ID I'd estimate at 8 3/4 x 6.

Some Einstein 5200'd the thing in at some point (not me) so I want to make sure I source a suitable replacement before I start chiseling the thing out.

The ID is important, but, because of where it's mounted on the transom the OD is important too. I ...

Not really sure where to post this, but this sub-forum seems as close as I can think of.

Anyway, I had an idea. It worked. Quite well in fact. So I thought I’d share it here.

No doubt the idea isn’t unique to me. Perhaps everyone else in the world has used it, but being unaware of that, I kind of like to think it’s my invention. LOL.

This is a simple system I now use to assist in docking my boat. It might help you, although I am aware that many of you own Carver’s much to large to be manhandled th ...