Hello -- New Member 2000 Carver 506

[KuyaJunGarage]

Hello everyone
New to the Forum, we just bought our first Carver, 2000 Carver 506. Our kids (11,13,15) are getting bigger so our 2000 Chaparral getting to small for us.

Very Excited for the adventure but also nervous.
Question, boat is in Baltimore MD and need to make a 40 NM trip back home to Occoquan Bay. For others that own Carver 506, with 6CTA Cummins what is your BPH and how long will the 40NM trip take you guys usually? Will stay around 17knots. I need to get it out of current marina by 3/31/25

Thanks in Advance all
Kuya

[waybomb]

Welcome aboard!
I can't answer your question directly, but bottom condition, trim, current, wind all play.

[Rocketman]

If you are in a hurry then I would say 17 to 20 knots will work but will burn a lot more fuel.
If you have the time, I would prefer to run at about 7 to 8 knots and enjoy the trip. You will easily get double (possibly even triple) the fuel economy at this speed and makes for an easy and enjoyable trip.
This is the speed we almost always run unless trying to outrun a storm or something.
Plan for a day on the water and enjoy.

[KuyaJunGarage]

Source of the post If you are in a hurry then I would say 17 to 20 knots will work but will burn a lot more fuel.
If you have the time, I would prefer to run at about 7 to 8 knots and enjoy the trip. You will easily get double (possibly even triple) the fuel economy at this speed and makes for an easy and enjoyable trip.
This is the speed we almost always run unless trying to outrun a storm or something.
Plan for a day on the water and enjoy.

Thank you Rocketman for the reply, i like the idea of 7 to 8 knots, that way i can check everything..every hour run down and check the engine room.

how long do you think that will be? possible get to my destination in 1 day?

[g36]

Welcome. I would think around 5-5.5 hours would be easy enough for 40nm trip doing 8 knts. Depends no wake zone/idle speed areas. Fyi Your wake would probably piss off alot of people if your not considerate about your speed with that size boat.

[Viper]

Congrats on your new 506 and welcome aboard. Hope the trip runs smoothly. Keep us posted.

[km1125]

Yes, you can go hull speed and enjoy the scenery, but I would spend at least a half hour at a good cruise speed keeping an eye on things like engine temperatures. You might want to do that when you get closer to your destination in case anomalies come up.