Hello Everyone!

My wife and I are looking at a 1989 Carver Montego. We live in Myrtle Beach and mostly cruise the ICW and hang out at Bird Island and are looking to upgrade from our current jet boat. We've just outgrown it and after being caught in a nasty microburst last year my wife is insisting on something with a cabin!

I'm fairly new to boating but my wife grew up on Lake Ontario and has been boating her whole life. I doubt I know enough to ask intelligent questions so I'll keep it brief.
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Can anyone tell me the proper way to remove the aft deck?
I need to get into the engine compartment to do some major repairs.

I am trying to replace the weatherstripping on the side windows of my 1989 Santego 3467.. Having a problem removing the windows and screens so I can install new weather stripping. Or do I even need to remove the windows and screens to replace the stripping? There has to be a way

Replacing a leaky vacuum breaker. The SeaLand instructions say to basically disassemble the toilet. It appears the vacuum breaker should be accessible without disassembly. Does anyone have experience with this?

My 406 with 7.4 MPI's has fuel filters mounted lower than the fuel in the fuel tanks. Can I just turn fuel valves off to avoid a fuel spill in the hull when changing filters, or do I need to take more measures and, if so, what?

I have twin 454s and they run fine at low RPMs. However, if I try to open the boat up at all, the starboard engine quickly gets too hot. 30 seconds or so and it is already at 200 degrees. I can back it back down and it will slowly cool off and be good to go again. I'm thinking it could be a thermostat or bad water pump. What do y'all think?

Hey guys. I just bought a 1988 Carver 3807 located at Gangplank Marina in DC. My wife and I will be living aboard. I've never owned a boat, but am very handy. There are quite a few things that need to be done to the boat, though overall it is in good shape. So, I'm sure I'll be hitting y'all up with plenty of questions. This forum seems to have a wealth of knowledge.

Thanks!
Mark

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Last August I purchased my 1981 Carver 3007 Aft Cabin. One thing that did not come with the boat was a key to the cabin doors. Somewhere over the previous 34 years and 2 owners the cabin key was lost.



I saw a code on the lock itself. I emailed Perko last week but heard nothing. Yesterday I called them and asked if it were possible for them to get me the needed key. I gave the lady on the phone the lock code. She said that is an old code, what year is your boat. I told her it was a 1981 Carver. Sh ...

After almost three months from offer to settlement, as of May 7, we now own a 1998 355.

We had to work through some issues, the main issue was the previous owner owed about 30k more than we were willing to pay, so he had to work though this with his bank. It was sitting on the hard for three years so it definitely needs some work. we also had some survey issues such as chatter from one of the flex plates (thanks for all your help with this). Other than this there were only minor issues. In the en ...