Carver 3607/3807 measurements

[tomschauer]

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Ok, my friend's boat is a 3608. Not a 3607
It is definitely bigger than my 355.

[km1125]

QR_BBPOST Maybe it's just the layout, but the 36 seems to be much wider than my 355. I thought it was nearly the same as the 405.

I wonder if you're confusing that with a 3807. It's only "officially" a foot longer than the 3607, but that one's got a 14 foot beam!

EDIT: Yea, that picture of the 3608 is based on the 3807 hull, which became the 390. They don't even show the 3608 in the Powerboat guide book. That's also got a nice big platform on the back!

[bud37]

There are different width 390's I think and some others....depends on the year as Carver was improving on their designs as they went....the year is important.

[MdeVries]

QR_BBPOST I won't commit with out taking a measuring tape to the boat , and it is currently shrink wrapped and under at least 2 meters of snow. I kept trying to get the mover out to measure things to confirm but they would not do that. What year are you looking at purchasing. Our boat is a 1985 , at somepoint the styling changes and my measurements won't work.

Hi denders, I would look at a 1985 model as well. I am not going to start the shipping endeavour before end of this year. If you would be able to check it when getting out of storage that would be much appreciated!

[MdeVries]

QR_BBPOST Below are the dimensions for a 3607 from the 1982 marketing brochure. If you look at the draft (38") and the height (bridge clearance when in the water) of 11'9" then the total top-to-bottom measurement would be 14' 11", or about 4.5 meters.

Taking off the rudders and props, you'll reduce that by a little bit, but not much as the boat also had a nearly full keel. You might gain another 6-8". That would correspond closely to denders numbers, especially considering they still needed some ground clearance for the trailer.

If you did remove the bridge, I think you'd gain close to 1M. You'd have to remove the bridge surround (not real hard, but awkward), the aft seating (easy) and then the fiberglass helm structure. That means disconnecting all the helm wires (most all have OEM plugs for that purpose, but any owner-installed stuff would have to be cut or removed), the control cables for throttle and shift, and the hoses for the upper station steering.

Do you have to allow for a cradle or trailer or something else to support the boat?

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Thanks for your response. I have lifted the flybridge of my 3007 for recaulking and expecting the similar "awkwardness" . Removing the other components is clear to me now as well, should be doable with proper tagging and hopefully not too much DIY-ing of the previous owner.

The shipping company would provide the cradle. Basically they said that if I can reduce the height of the vessel to under 4 meters, they would be able to ship it at reasonable cost (15k euros East Coast to Netherlands).

I thought also that removing would get me .5 - 1 meter reduction. Taking your comment into account, plus potentially removing the rudders and propellors, I should think that <4 meter should be feasible.

Cheers everybody for commenting on this post, much appreciated. I have confidence that it should be doable to achieve!