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Hello Carver Team!

Postby dstetzel » March 2nd, 2020, 1:21 pm

Hi everyone!
I am the original owner of a 2015 Carver C40. Prior to that, I had a C34 ....

I have worked my way thru quite a few 'post warranty' issues over the years (and still running into them routinely ;).

Looking forward to the forums!

Dennis

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Re: Hello Carver Team!

Postby g36 » March 2nd, 2020, 2:52 pm

Welcome aboard
1997 Carver 405
Crusader xli
The Black Pearl
Soddy Daisy Tn.
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Re: Hello Carver Team!

Postby Benda515 » March 2nd, 2020, 5:07 pm

Welomce, we are a month away from getting our new C37 was curious your overall opinion of your boats as there arent alot of people on the forum commenting about the newer designs.
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Re: Hello Carver Team!

Postby waybomb » March 2nd, 2020, 5:17 pm

Welcome aboard!
Thanks
Fred
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1987 Carver Mariner
1988 Cougar Kevlar 46' with triple blown 572 ci
1995 Boston Whaler Rage
Past - 1988 2807, 1989 4207 Aft
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Re: Hello Carver Team!

Postby pepmyster » March 2nd, 2020, 5:51 pm

Welcome and enjoy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Re: Hello Carver Team!

Postby Marcq » March 2nd, 2020, 10:29 pm

Welcome aboard Captain :captain:
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Re: Hello Carver Team!

Postby RGrew176 » March 3rd, 2020, 12:55 am

Welcome Aboard. Hope you get all the issues worked out on your Carver.
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Re: Hello Carver Team!

Postby Viper » March 3rd, 2020, 9:16 pm

Welcome aboard Dennis.
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Re: Hello Carver Team!

Postby dstetzel » March 3rd, 2020, 9:17 pm

Benda515,
First, let me say we loved the C34 and love our C40 even more. However, like all boats there was some breaking in to endure.
Both had leaks from Day 1 that originated at the rub rails and seals in the outer stairwell. Took us awhile to figure it out on the C34 ..... so when the C40 started to leak after a good relain, we just had the entire rub rail and outer seals pulled and recaulked.
Both also had electrical problems.
The C34 had grounding issues, fried a DC breaker, and smoked a relay switch and junction box behind the refrigerator.
The C40 also had grounding issues ..... bad enough that we couldn’t even run the windlass without losing power to the helm. We lost both DVD players on this one, one of the A/C units, 2 engine room blowers, and random GFCI popping from time to time. The last gremlin we are chasing seems to be the ProIso SmartCharge unit. It just doesn’t seem to work as we are on our 3rd set of house batteries after they’ve drained to 0 over and over again. Several mechanics have taken a look and either fixed if for the time being ..... or given up. Hoping to find some gurus out there to help sort thru that one.

I know it may sound like a LOT of problems ..... but we really enjoy her and spend more time enjoying than repairing. Handing is awesome - smooth, comfortable and responsive for the size. In addition to weekend trips, we do a 2-3 week trip to Port Aransas every year and stay aboard the entire time.
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Re: Hello Carver Team!

Postby Benda515 » March 4th, 2020, 6:04 am

Thanks for the update. I am sure all boats can have some issues but glad to hear the positives outway the problems. Cant wait to get on ours and post some pics. Happy boating :-P

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