Hi Folks,

I was wondering if anyone who owns a mid-late 80s mariner has diagnosed or delt with cracks below the sliding glass door? Does this area tend to rot?

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Just purchased a 2002 Carve r 396 diesel. It's in great condition. There is no carpeting up on the bridge. Where can I get replacement carpeting? Any i go would be helpful. Thanks in advance.

Are the screws that hold the handrails wood or machine w/a nut?

Hi All
Just got this boat working through a full service & general shake down for the glorious UK summer will may get for about 3 days this year

Anyone got any specific things i need to check / sort that isnt part of the normal servicing etc ?

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Newbie question: I've recently acquired a 1989 Carver 3207 (aft cabin) powered by twin Crusader 350s. What is the estimated planing speed for this boat? It cruises nicely at 8 knots and can do ~25 knots at 4,000 rpm. But at top speed I can sit there and watch the fuel gauges drop! At what speed can I first go up on plane before watching my fuel consumption go through the roof?

So, here is an abridged version of the story. My significant other(I'll call her my wife for ease of spelling) and I bought a boat in the last few days of summer last year, a 1995 Carver 330 Mariner from a, I'll just call him a "salesman" in Toms River, NJ. The survey was average for a boat of her age and the sea trial was deemed acceptable. So after a couple of weeks, I recruited a crew from work which included a licensed captain. We set off on a beautiful morning with the tide on our way t ...

Shore Cables. I sold my 405 so I no longer need these cables. The were custom made by Ward Electric in November of 2016.

They have only been used in our marina, and only for a few months.



To be clear, there are two 12' cables in this set.



If you need a short set of cables to use while "in marina" these worked great for us.



They were $1200 new but my loss will be your gain. If you are interested, make me an offer using this forum or give me a call/text at 615-579-8359.



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405Driver

I've owned my 1985 Carver 2667 for 18 years (260 Mercruiser) and I still feel unsure about some things.



1/ If I turn while going forward at idle, it leans outward in a distressing way. It can also tip rather dramatically from strange currents, a following sea, and people moving about. I would assume this is merely the initial stability being poor and that after going over so far, it would tend to want to right itself. I hope that's the case, however when moored, I can stand on the gunwale with ...

My boat was bought new (not by me) in august of 1998 for just under 350k A lot of money for the time, which would now buy you a nice 30' center console.

Anyway, if you look at the dates on the invoice, you will see the aux fuel tank failed and was replaced in just under three years time. I believe these boats only had a one year warranty for this type of item. I know I would not have been happy with a 4k invoice on a 3 year old boat. Hopefully they used a better tank when it was replaced. As of l ...

I forgot to post this pic in the fall. Towards the end of last season my starboard motor would run a bit hot during longer cruises at 3200 -3400 so I figured it was time for an impeller.



After removal and back flushing this is what was left.

All of the bolt heads and the wear plate had the original untouched paint so I believe it was original from 1998. I would think they should last a bit longer than 18 years?