After owning a few sailboats I've moved over to a 1997 Carver 500 CPMY. Survey and sea trials coming up soon. Any special issues that the surveyor and I should look for? 420hp Cummins 6CTA engines with about 900 hours Never seen salt water

A few questions: what is an accurate fuel consumption at 15kts? 20kts?

no davits or crane on rooftop - brochure claims bridge clearance of 15'11". Hoping to navigate Oswego or Erie Canal from Detroit to Hudson River in late A ...

For those who don't know, I am an new Carver owner. Today I found a one inch drain hose with hose clamp lying under the forward shower sump. At first it appeared it came off one of the sump manifold flanges. A quick inspection of the two vacant flanges (the third being the forward head floor drain) disclosed no openings at either flange. It became apparent this hose was connected to one of the flanges. It also appears it caused problems not draining and was disconnected? The is some evidence of ...

Fellow Owners,

Vader has a Charles 5000 battery charger, but I have some concerns with it. I've read the manuals and have been on the FAQs, but I still have questions that I can't seem to answer.

Does the Charles charge each bank with the same current or individually no matter how much charge the bank has? For example, If I use bank 1 for the day and turn on the charger is it going to charge both banks? I don't want the bank (bank 2) that is fully charged to be getting a bunch of current ...

Hi Everyone,

I am new to the forum. I have a Trojan 440 Express Cruiser (model year 2000) that I purchased in 2012. My wife and I have been all through the Chesapeake, Outer Banks, and the Abacos in her. Fine vessel, a little wet in a rough sea.

With 17 years on her since new we're replacing the seats in the cockpit and have decided to replace the headliner in the saloon. I ripped out the old stuff, bought new vinyl and track, and found it to be harder to replace than it looks. That is perhaps the ...

Hello all, my wife just asked me how many passengers we can have on our newly purchased 1989 santego 3467. I know the spec's tout that the bridge can seat 10 people but that doesn't really let me know the total capicity in people or pounds. Anybody know the answere. Thanks, guy

We need to replace a couple circuit breakers, the main breaker for accessories and pumps. Panel is 12VDC Any idea where we can purchase from?

We are new to the snow bird live on board community in the Punta Gorda area, our floating home is a 1987 Carver 42 Aft. Although we adopted The Dash in 2014, we are now getting to know its secrets up close. We are looking forward to any season advice we get, and assistance in solving (or where to go to) the many challenges that boating brings. So far we love to live on The Dash.

I brought out a captain/shop owner to go over some things I want repaired. I do most of the work myself. But some stuff I'll leave to experts.



I have a leaking gland on my port rudder post. So of course I want to replace all the stuffing on the mains and rudders. I was quoted $850 to do it without a take out. Is that reasonable?



The next set of tasks is repair 7 blisters, r&r the boot stripe with a nice fancy black stripe, certify the halon system, and put a fresh coat on the bottom. $350 to ...

Hi everyone,

New to the forums doing some overly prolonged research for a future home away from home!

Right now our 16ft StarCraft is doing a decent job for our family of 4. However, there is obviously no way for us to spend the night anywhere on it, strictly a day use vessel. Which I realize isn't a bad thing, since we can trailer anywhere and go pretty shallow.

That being said, we live close to a great water system, and our family may be growing again in the near future, which means we will need ...

I will be finishing up replacing all the SS/PVC life lines on the 405 Carver. Bought the swage toggle terminals, swage studs and PVC SS cable from BOSUN Supply.
I bought the swage tool and can make it available to anyone wanting to crimp 1/8" or 3/16" cable. Not sure if I will use it again? Only ask it get sent back after use. Dan