A friend of ours sent me this picture taken last week when we met up with our previous boat. 1997 3255 Avanti and the 41CMY.

Question: my '89 3607 aft cabin has a holding tank under the bed and under the foot of the bed is the vent filter.

My wife notices the odour of the holding tank in the aft cabin. I notice it sometimes.



I'm wondering what could be causing the odour to leak into the cabin? Could the vent filter need replacing? I drop sewage tank treatment pods into the toilet every week but this doesn't seem to resolve the odour. I also have an automatic air freshener to help mask the odour.



Anyone have some ideas ...

Hi everyone, I'm first timer at boating as well as forums and thought why not join this Carvers forum as I've purchased an 1988 Santego 2767 with twins 3.7 mercruiser alpha ones.. Story short, I have the boat two years ago and first time in water was a bad experience as boat wasn't in condition claimed by seller (as usual) but did encourage me to spend the next year 1/2 learning all about these 3.7L mercruiser engines and drives, by pulling them out and bringing them to my backyard where I was a ...

So this sounds like a dumb question to me but I just bought my 03 396. When I turn on all my lights in the boat and cabin, they are pulling some 35-45 amps on my panel. Is that normal?? They are still the original style lights.



I came across this as my boat has a freedom lift on the back and when it is in use, the lights dim to almost nothing and radio cuts out (indicating a dead battery to me). Battery is new 2019, so wondering if I either have bad batteries, bad charger, short someplace, or ...

Kohler diesel generator shuts down with fault code RF. I replaced primary and secondary fuel filters guessing RF stands for replace filter? That has not solved the problem. I cant find RF code and what is means-

I have had intermittent problems with the shore power. I have two shore cords connected to the power box on my dock at the marina. Every once and awhile, I am only getting power to line 1. The power box was checked by the marina's electrician with no problem. Sometimes everything works perfectly and other time no line 2 power.

Any thoughts before I pay my electrician to look at the issue?

Hello All:



I'm in the process of purchasing a 2001, 396 with the Cummins 6BTA-5.9-M3 370 hp (821 hours). Can anyone with the same boat tell me what the stock size prop should be? I believe the boat maybe over propped as it will only reach 2800 rpm at WOT and I have read that the boat should reach at least 3000 rpm at WOT. If anyone can give me some feedback that would be fantastic as I'm looking to have the boat surveyed in a couple of weeks and I can look at the prop numbers when the boat is in ...

Looking to replace 5 marine batteries in my ‘89 Carver 3606 Aft Cabin. Any suggestions for good and reliable replacements that are sold in Canada?
I currently have Interstate 24M-XHD 800CCA 1000MCA

Hey folks, has anyone installed a thermostat on a Crusader 6.0 Captains Choice engine? I am told it is 'in line' with a hose leading to the engine's heat exchanger and not installed in the normal thermostat housing with which we are all familiar.

My starboard engine is running hot (always at least 10-15 degrees over port) and I was planning to change out the heat exchanger next Spring. A friend suggested that I try replacing the thermostat first for $50.00 as opposed to the exchanger $850.00.
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For the Carver people and everyone for that matter in the track of this storm ....wishes you stay safe.