HI ALL!

I am in the process of buying a 3207. I may live in it year round. Maybe.

Anyhow, before making an offer on my 3207 there was a long list of other powerboats checked out. The 1978 Trojan tri-cabin 36' felt tiny inside, like a 30' boat. When I realized my feet would be, in effect, "outside" the cabin when sleeping in the aft cabin portion this boat was dropped off my list in a flash. Not to forget the fact the wood around the main salon windows was all rotten and leaked like mad. The newer ones, 1980 an up, have a better design but still feel too small inside.

The two Chris Catalina 350's scoped out were nice but again had killer flaws. The 1979 lacked a front head. The v-berth was understandably HUGE because of this. Like the Trojan the galley was in a part of the salon. Unlike the Trojan the salon was huge. Much larger. The whole living area of the Chris just blew the Trojan away. An '84 Catalina was really nice, a proper queen bed aft, it had a bath tub, a forward head, but still had the galley in the salon. This Chris was amazing but while the interior size was great the boat felt large, too large for me to handle alone under all conditions.

The Chris Coho 38 had an aft cabin like a hotel room! Seriously huge. A rock band could have played on the flybridge! The salon was beautiful but the galley stole so much interior space. This Chris, a '74 had teak over ply for decks. They leaked like strainers. And a wooden keel? What? A glass hull and wood keel?

Finally, an '84 Chris Commander was checked out, but not the usual type. This 33' Chris was laid out like a 3207, galley down, flybridge, dual stations. It had a beautiful aft cabin with a queen, nice head with shower and both the flybridge and rear deck seemed really large for a 33' boat, much larger feeling than a 3207. However, lift the hatches to expose a pair of 454 Mercruisers. No thanks. Too bad, the boat was really nice and gave the 3207 a serious run for the money.

Enter Sea Ray. Their 355 aft cabin is a weird boat. Underpowered with small v6 motors, the master cabin is the v-berth as it has the head with the nice shower stall. The aft cabin, nice single beds, felt small and cramped but the vanity sink outside the shower equipped head was a nice touch.

The Carver 3607 was just too big all around for me. Beautiful boats though. Affordable too.

Enter the 3207. There was one advertised for a good price close by, (most in my area are priced too close to 3607's, almost matching them) so I went for a look and immediately fell for it. It felt roomy and spacious but not large. The back deck seemed ideal to chill on at the dock. The galley is out of the way and the little Carver table is fine to eat at and watch the world. You can't go wrong with Crusaders engines in the 230hp range. 5l engine I think.

So there's an offer in on the 3207 as we speak and the survey will what the boat will cost me. Even if the survey shows the entire bottom of the hull to be delaminated I'll just argue with the marina for a price adjustment, buy the boat and have the defects repaired.

Hello all I have been trying to find if there are any XM / Sirius weather receivers that are compatible with either a L1250+ or a RL80C. I know these are older units and should eventually be updated, but right now I don’t have the finances to buy a new system and these are working great.

Looks like I will have a lot of questions

1. When the boat is on shore Power the AC’s are working BUT when of shore and generator works I can’t turn them on. Any help? Thanks

Hello all I am looking to find out if anyone knows of a compatible bracket currently available for my CP40 chart plotter (such as a bracket for a current model that will fit) or maybe has one laying around that they would be willing to part with. I can not find any bracket online that says it’s compatible with this chartplotter.

I have Series 5000 Borg Warner Velvet Drive transmissions on my two 350 Crusader engines on a 1997 325 Carver Aft Cabin. I am still in the process of going through the vessel which I purchased in May 18 and my plan is to refresh all the mechanicals for piece of mind and reliability. My transmission manual calls for 2 quarts of DEXRON II E for each transmission. A quick inquiry identifies that DEXRON II E is no longer manufactured. Some say DEXRON III is an equivalent replacement fluid. Has anyone substituted the fluid or have any other options. I also see some articles say DEXRON VI is also a replacement for the original recommendation too? Does anyone prefer a specific manufacturer of DEXRON? Any help is appreciated. This is strictly a maintenance issue as I have no transmission issues.

Here we go. Both our ac systems work very well. The forward one works so well that the evap frosts up and leaks outside of the unit, down onto our carpet! Anyone ever see this? The only thing I can understand is that since it is under the bed and surrounded , it's not getting any air. Any thoughts?
Thanks in advance, Andrew.

I own a 2006 560 and my fresh water pressure has failed. What would be the best replacement pump?

Hey guys and gals! I live in a area where the waters can get up in the 90’s and it’s caused Generator overheating shutting down year after year for me in my 350 Mariner. I’ve been told that the factory heat exchanger was just not big enough for water this warm. I purchased a secondary water to water heat exchanger which I located outside of the generator housing, this not only allowed for a better cooling it also added almost another 1/2 gallon of antifreeze to the closed loop system. I’ll attach a few photos and the results I got .... I was very excited with a 70 deg reduction in heat and that was before the water hit the factory heat exchanger.

Hello just wanted to introduce myself I just bought my first Carver, a 1989 2357 Montego and I am extremely excited to learn everything I can about it! My names Chris and I hope to make a lot of friends on here who hopefully I can meet on the water some day!

I was looking at purchasing 1993 Carver 350 Aft Cabin. On the interior walls inside the v-birth is some material that was applied that looks like a very short nap carpet. It was applied all around the window areas and walls. At one time the owner said someone left the port light open and allowed water to run in. Possibly true, but the stains are significant and not just around the port light opening. They are nearly the whole length of the port side wall and on one of the curtains. I suspect at on time there was a more serious leak somewhere. It is dry there now. The material is sort of a whitish color very short napped, and feels like it was applied over a thin layer of padding. The stains are brownish in color. My question is has anyone experienced this and more importantly do you know if it can be cleaned? If so how was the cleaning process performed? The stains, per the owner were there prior to his buying a couple years ago, so I'm certain are quite set in. If they can't be cleaned is there a dying method that could be applied to hide the brownish discoloration?