Hi new guy just bought 1984 3207. When I turn on my water pump water shoots out my shore water inlet ?

Have a 2000 Carver 396 MY with 7.4MPI mercruisers with only 276/296 hours on the engines.

On the original sea trial for purchase, she would only turn 3400 rpm's on each engine, (they were identical), found out the risers and manifolds were in terrible shape, so had them replaced, hoping that would help the rpms. No help at all to the rpms, exactly the same as before 3400, but engines are running nice and cool. Had the injectors removed and inspected and 8 of them were totally fouled, replaced the ...

Researching our next new to us boat. Homing in on a Carver 404 cockpit.

Caterpillar, Cummings, or Volvo ... big pluses or minuses in any brand - any models to stay away from in a specific brand?

As we look for iur soon new to us boat we know we're getting into a size of boat we've never maneuvered before and thus understand that we'll have a learning/skill curve ... we're looking for things to help flatten that curve.



We're looking for twin diesel Carver 404 cockpits ... bow thrusters would be a great add on to help as our skills develop. Stern thrusters even better.



The number of boats we've come across with thrusters have been next to nothing, and almost all of them had gasoline engine ...

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I have a 1989 Carver 3207 Aft cabin with twin gas 350 Merc's. I thought I'd share some knowledge about my experience with a flaky running engine. My starboard engine sometimes would cut out and simply not start again. The problem is, the key would never allow me to crank the engine right away... I was forced to wait a certain amount of time and then I could crank her up again. It normally happened during low idle maneuvering, which isn't the best time to have an engine cut out.
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I have a 1990 Californian with 2" prop shafts. The packing nuts have bottomed out and I need to add some more packing. It's not a problem to add the packing in the water, IF I have the correct packing to add.
Can anyone tell me what size packing is used?

I'm a new owner of a 1990 Californian 45. As with most 26 year old boats, it needs some TLC to make it right. Previous owners put some cosmetic money into it, but very little maintenance money, We're snowbirds and are keeping the boat in Jacksonville for the summer. We plan on spending 4-5 months this winter cruising the Keys and perhaps Bahamas.
I'm looking forward to sharing stories with all the other owners here.

I bought a dirty '87 Carver Riviera that needs it's fiberglass cleaned and polished. It's on the dry. A friend has suggested Slimy Grimy powder mixed in a 1 gallon spray container to wash it with. I also have a small low powered electric power washer to rinse it off.



It's my understanding I should use something to clean and prep the fiberglass gel coat after washing. What product should be used to do this, and HOW do you do it?



Then I will polish it with my electric orbital polisher. What product ...

Not sure how to navigate this site. Could someone assist in helping me find a forum about 1994 Volvo Penta Stern drives?

I have a 1998 Carver Mariner 350 with two Crusader TBI fuel injected 454’s.

The motors have a little over 1400hrs on them.

I’m mechanically inclined, not a professional but in my experienced opinion they run fine to me.

Over the course of my 14 day San Juan trip I placed 40hrs on the motors. The 40hrs were a combination of doing 9mph to 26mph.

the starboard motor used a quart of oil while the port used about 4oz.

They don’t smoke



Question is, when does one consider doing a top end job or is it needed ...