Hi All,

I will be picking up my 380 santego on Saturday, bringing her from Toms River, NJ to my home port of Edgewater NJ.

This vessel is equipped with Mercruiser 8.1s freshwater cooled inboards with 350 hours, and 7.5 kw Kohler gen set with 75 hours.

Any hints, tips, advice or recommendations from Santego owners would be greatly appreciated.

Looking forward to many good times on the water with family and friends.


Tony T.
1995 Sea Ray Sundancer 230
2001 Carver Santego 380

Anyone know if currently available chartplotters can use the stock 192khz dual transducers on a 1995 Carver 430 ACMY, the Lowrance 3500 is failing and want to upgrade to a modern chartplotter.

Hello to all from the windy city and home of the winning Blackhawks.
Glad to be aboard and looking forward to a great boating season.

There is not much that I have not done to my three Carvers over the thirty years of ownership. Much of it wrong the first time. Finding that the Maxwell windlass on my 1995 Carver 430 ACMY may be so obsolete that no parts (worn chainwheel) are available. Have part number but no model number. Any suggestions?

I have a 2006 Carver 53 that I just purchased. Love it. However I can't for the life of me figure out how to turn on the flybridge overhead lights located in the hardtop roof. I know I must seem like a complete idiot but I've had a few others on the boat to try to find the right switch. I don't know if a fuse isn't working or what but I just want to at least find the right switch first. On the flybridge helm there is no switch labor overhead lights. Help!

Just bought a 1991 Carver Montego 534 and am in the process of renovating to move aboard! I will likely be reading every post on this board!

Chat soon!
Beth

I noticed on the weekend a gritty or grinding noise when moving the door on our 350 (1998) Mariner. Appears to be at the top of the door. After continued use for the weekend it disappeared. Is there a recommended lubricant for the track? Is it a big job to remove door if necessary?

Here's the obligatory first post. My name is Eric and I am just starting my research into carvers. This is our first year on the water and we are working towards full time live aboard. Right now we are on an 05 Sea Ray 260DA. It works out well for getting oriented and learning.

Greetings and thank you for taking the time to read this. I recently purchased an 88 3807 that has been fitted with thermostats instead of the 3 switch controls of the past. Historically when I would turn on the AC in my other boats I would turn the AC knob to start, then check to see that water was being discharged then turn AC to run or soemthing like that. Anyway now the unit just comes on all at once but I dont see any water being discharged. I checked the through hull, the screen, the impeller and all look fine. Do I need to prime this system with water somehow or should I just let it run a bit longer and see if the water comes through. I have only run it for about 2 minutes at a time so far. Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks.

tls

Before I submit to the $110/hour mechanic at the marina solution, I would greatly appreciate some feed back on this. Please excuse the length of the following.

My 2001 350 mariner has the batteries set up as follows.

The battery switch in the salon safety breaker panel has 3 positions 1, 2, and Both. According to the Carver documentation the battery selected will supply power for starting and house and will be charged by the alternators when running. They recommend alternating the batteries between 1 and 2 and that Both should only be used when one of the batteries cannot start the engines.

I recently replaced battery 2 (Group 31 deep cycle / starting) with 4 Trojan T105 6 volt arranged in a series / parallel arrangement.

After re-connecting everything and testing the voltages etc. I have the following situation.

Battery Switch in Position 1.
House OK.
Port Engine Start OK.
Starboard Engine no crank but the alarms and fuel pump run with key in the run position

Battery Switch in Position 2 or Both.
Everything is good both engines start and house is supplied.

Each battery has 2 negatives connected that go to various locations on the engines etc... very hard to track. My suspicion is that I may have upset this when i re connected things back up.

Thanks in advance for any thoughts or suggestions.
Fraser