Hello Carver owners.

Wondering if anyone has run into a flybridge enclosure for sale.
I have a 1993 Carver 390 CPMY. She came with a Bimini top and a front window that zips on but it gets pretty windy while cruising. Anyhow, just trying my luck. I got quoted 15k for a whole new Bimini set up and canvas enclosure from little house of canvas but that's pretty dang expensive.
Thanks,
Jeremiah

Hello,

new owner of a 1986 Carver Mariner that we purchased knowing we had several projects in store for us. Much cosmetic work freshening up the interior, but that is all on the wife's plate until she needs me. So i'm focusing on mechanical things for the time being.

Couple of issues that i need to get squared away... All electronics are MIA... i'm guessing the original owner pulled those before storage every year and the head units all went in a box that sold at the estate sale. Nothing newer was installed, and the 2nd owner managed to back it aground and bent the starboard rudder pretty good. No prop damage, and the rudder shaft appears to be straight with no leaks or cracks in the fiberglass around the rudder shaft. There is a decent gouge in the bulkhead(?) that the shaft runs through, but from i can tell it's not a crack as it doesn't go any deeper and doesn't show on the vertical face of the bulkhead. Couldn't get a great picture of that though. Both rudders still move freely, but the steering ram was (or is) damaged. I"m guessing that is from it hitting, but not 100% sure of that. I'm going to post some pictures if i can figure out how to add them.

Would love to hear anyone elses thoughts on what my best course of action would be. I ran out of time when I was up there so couldn't get down there to pull the cylinder off and the boat is a littel over 2hrs from home, so won't make it back up for a couple weeks.

The mechanic that is going to winterize it this week is going to take a look while he's there and let me know his thoughts. The boat is currently on blocks, on a blacktop parkign lot, so i can easliy drop the rudder shaft right now, but may try to get them to lift it up breifly so we can drop the rudder. I'm assuming a prop shop could heat it up and bend it back for me as a temporary fix.

Hello,

Well, the wife and i just purchased a 1986 36' Carver Mariner as a project boat. It is our first "big" boat. The boat's previous owner purchased it this spring off the estate of the original owner who took delivery back in June of 1987. The purchase was a stop gap measure for the 2nd owner, as he was looking for short term housing so he spent the summer living abord in the marina. We had looked at the boat back in Sept. and decided that it was more of a project that we wanted to take on, but the wife fell in love with the layout. Everything else I took her to look at just didn't measure up... His asking price kept droping, so we ended up throwing out an offer and he accepted.

Our Mariner has the 350ci Crusader 270's and Walter v-drives. Starboard motor has 1103 hours, while the port motor is freshly remaned with only 19 hours. Original owner had the motor rebuilt the winter before passing and never got to use it. He also had the original Onan generator replaced somewhat recently with a 7kw Westerbeke that only has 14 hours.

The boat needs much in the way of cosmetics, and a fair amount of mechanical's too. But we're hopeful that we'll be able to put together a boat worthy of the occational cruise and will use it mostly as a weekend water condo up on Lake Erie. Stringers and transom appear to be solid. I have no doubt i could sell the motors, v-drives and generator and get back most if not all of my money, so we chose not to have a survey done. Hopefully that doesn't come back to bite us.

The boat is now out of the water and being winterized & shrink wrapped this week, and we'll begin the process of working on the inside for the cosmetic facelift this offseason. That is the wife's domain so i'll just be along for the ride until spring when i can dig into some of the mechanical items.

Just wanted to introduce myself as i'm sure i'll be asking tons of questions and need lots of advice.

Looking forward to the new adventure.

Hi All ... I have a 1996Caver 500 CPMY and for the life of me cannot find the aft Black Water tank. I have found the Vaccu Pump, which sits under the floor in the owners cabin by the shower and tried to follow the pipe forward but loose it. In the Engine Room I Daylighted a waste pipe going aft through the stringer on the stbd side however I do not see a tank in the engine room. One thought was there is only on tank forward, but I do not see how that is possible with only one input and one output on the fwd tank. I have looked everywhere I can think of, even under the panel of the aft berth but only found the AC. HELP!

Thanks in Advance!

Jon

Catherine M
Carver 500
Portsmouth, NH

2002 Carver 506 Twin Cummins 450C Excellent Condition 775 hours
Many upgrades and well maintained components. Ill add more info later.
No Broker currently, PM me for more info and price.

Tried to start my Starboard engine. Key On there were no lights on the display panel. Specifically I look for “Wait to Start”. Digital display turns on after system checks and says “all systems ok” even though no data is on the screen, then changes to “Data Link Inactive. The analog gauges for voltage indicate 13.5 volts and Fuel is 3/4. Oil and Temp gauges are constantly moving. Engine will crank strong but not start.
I’m Leaning toward a broken wire or dirty connector at this point but not sure where to start. Any thoughts out there?

does anyone have the part number for the sea water pump impellar

Hello everyone! We have started the installation of our solar system. We are using Renogy 590w bifacial (740w) panels connected to 48v solar charger 3500w inverter with 48v 105ah lifepo4 batteries. The frame will be installed this week and panels installed Saturday I hope. The wiring will be done later next month. Does anyone know if the radar arch has a direct path to the engine room? Or do I have to go through the helm seat pedestal to get to the engineroom?

thx,
Dale and Sheila

I have a Northstar 6000i GPS that was originally mounted on my dashboard. I no longer use it as it is so outdated. I see that it has a video input and was thinking that it would make a great back up screen. Does any know if there is a video camera availible that is compatible with this unit?
This is from the maual:
The Northstar 6000i can display video
signals from a variety of sources. TV
cameras, videotape, and DVD players all
can display their images on the 6000i’s
screen as long as the signals conform to
NTSC or PAL standards.

If anyone is interested how to do the for $3.50 per light let me know.
I am not a seller.
I will just share. See attached
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