Just found this forum and looking forward to absorbing knowledge from a great group of Carver owners.

We have "Mariah's Song, a 1981 3007 Aft Cabin.

We have a covered slip at Marina Del Rey on the northeast corner of Lake Simcoe in Ontario.

Our crew consists of my Wife, our 17 yr old Daughter and our 9 yr old Son.

We enjoy hanging out at our marina as well as travelling up the Trent Severn waterway to Georgian Bay.

Looking forward to heading up tomorrow morning for an extended Canada Day weekend!!

Well with the current boat pretty much sold, we have one to look at soon and would like some opinions the 3897 Santego, .......like the boat but engines have 1400 hours and are the 340 HP, 7.4.....so any opinions out there in Carver land....Also is mechanical work easy on this one, fuel tank life would be another concern ?? My assumption is that this has the top hat stringers and cored sides and decks, correct ?? Thanks guys

I was checking fluid levels, etc. the other day and found a wire (red) laying unattached at the back of the alternator. I checked the other engine (2006 Crusader 6.0 liter ... carver 33 SS) and the wire was attached to a post screw on the back of the alternator. So, I attached the other one while I was in there. I can't find anything describing what it is so thought I would ask here. It appears to run to the isolator and then on to the battery so I am assuming it charges the starting battery?
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I know that most of the posts here are about things that won't work, my problem is my head exhaust fan won't STOP - I thought that maybe the wall switch was fried and was stuck in an ON position, so I took that apart and disconnected the wires, but it is still running - the only way to turn it off is to go to the breaker panel - any suggestions?

We have a yellowish stain shows up on our swim platform in a blotchy pattern after it gets wet. It does this even after a morning dew, or a washing. We scrub with a Clorox cleaner but its stubborn until the sun seems to bleach it out in about 2 hrs.. Had a fiberglass man look at it and he has never seen this before. Anyone ever have this problem? The fiberglass guy suggested he could apply a thin gel coat over it but no guarantee that it would not come back.

My display has went bad on my Apelco 530 depth gauge and we are looking for either a replacement display or a compatible display to mate to the original transducer so I don't have to remove the boat from the water just to replace the transducer which is expensive as everybody knows. Any help on compatible displays or used 530's would be great. We don't use the plotter , only the depth gauge.

Thank you

I have noticed that when we are out for about an hour the carbon monoxide alarms start going off. This only happens when we are at sea, with generator off, and all AC items were on. So this time when it went off we powered down everything in cabin, except refig and alarm was silenced for about 10-15 minutes. But than it started again. Very annoying beeping. Does not do it when we are on shore power. I have noticed it seems to relate to battery. I also read elsewhere week battery could be ...

Can anyone tell me what 2000 carver 356 aft cabin light bulb type is for stair courtesy light (I believe they are all same for the ones that light up stairs inside and there are 2 of same type one by the exterior step that comes into cabin and one up on top in bottom of console), they have a gray cover with parallel bars, about an inch maybe. I am interested in changing all exterior lights to blue led. I already got the 2 puck 12v lights for aft deck ceiling, and 2 bulbs for the front top and ...

Can ANYONE with dripless packing and gas motors tell me where the hoses for the raw water to lube the seals hooks up to the engines? I've contacted Tides Marine and they gave me a list of where they recommend the hoses be connected. I was hoping a fellow carver owner could tell me where they hooked them up.

Clint,

Unfortunately, we don't have any information as to where they would have connected it. All we can tell you is that we recommend the following places in this order of preference.

1. Hose T

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One of my shore power cords is stuck and will not pull out. The plug will turn to unlock and turn to lock but it will not pull free from the inlet to the boat. My boat has two, one for main AC power and the secondary for AC power to air conditioning systems. The lower air conditioner inlet is the one that is stuck. I've researched it some and found that it might be self-welded into the adaptor because of an arc... With this said, if it's welded in how can I free it or remove it and replace. ...