Hi all!

Fishboy here, and first of all thanks for all the info! I’ve been searching the site to learn about Carver boats and I’m getting an education from your shared experience.

I’ve been boating for 18yrs in a 27ft cruiser style Bayliner that lives on a trailer and we’ve had some excellent adventures (including crossing Lake Superior) but I’m about to upgrade to a Carver 320 Voyager. I just saw the boat yesterday and it’s low hours and great shape, survey scheduled for May 8th. Fingers crossed.

I’ll keep the boat on Lake Michigan at Winthrop Harbor and plan to set it up for fishing but can’t seem to find any intel on trolling with one engine shut down. I’m sure you can help!

1 Is the boat controllable at idle speed on one engine?

2 What speed do you think I’d be doing in that case? I prefer to troll between 2-3mph on the gps.

3 Might this be a problem for the engine not running? I’ve found some conversations where some feel it shouldn’t be done if the vdrive will be turning without the engine running, possible drive overheat? I’ve found this scenario discussed several places on forums like this but it’s usually when someone wants to travel at hull speed on one engine to save fuel, not 2-3mph trolling for fish.

4 In this case I would think I could leave the non running engine in gear to keep the prop from spinning at these low speeds. Any issues with that?

The marina opens for business on May 1 and I can’t wait to shelter in place on my new (old) boat!

Btw, the 320 has Crusader carbureted 350’s with Walter vdrives, 500hrs.

Thanks, Doug