Apparently, Carver is unveiling a new 43 ft Coupe in Miami in February. I am glad to see them increasing the model lineup! Also, they restyled the C40 Bridge with new hull windows and an available hardtop. Both features really improve the overall look of the yacht!

Hi all. We are researching for a boat for our next adventure. This will be our journey on the Great Loop. We hope to start in September and are currently looking for a vessel to accomplish this.
Looking forward to all the wisdom we can get from the group as well as guidance from those that have "been there done that".
Kurt

Hello: I have a Carver 530 Voyager and have an issue with my sump box bilge pump. It seems to get an airlock and continuously run not sucking up any water. It works fine while at dock or at a very calm anchorage. Basically, while sitting at the dock, the water in the sump box remains low and level, switch is only on with incoming grey water. Nothing to pump unless the float is tripped from incoming grey. Head out to sea, the same amount of low water remaining sloshes indicting more water than is actually there, the float switch turns on the pump, and the pump sucks up water and air until it stops sucking up water for some reason (the air it sucks up creates and airlock possibly?) It then runs continuously without sucking up any water. When we get back to the dock we can take a shower and the sump box fills up and overflows even with the pump running (it's running but not sucking up water). I then disconnect it (cut a power wire) and then reconnect it and it works fine.
Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance, Bob

Just bought my old boat back after 7 years. 1988 Carver 3227 Convertible. Had a 1998 Sea ray 330 Sundancer in between....I liked the Sea Ray, but LOVE the Carver.... Use it on the North Shore Of Massachusetts, into NH and Maine...

is a 1981 3607 Aft cabin. Any suggestions are welcome.

I am pleased to be a new member of Carver Yachts Forum. We have recently purchased a 42 aft cabin and we're in full restoration mode. Any advice is welcome. Happy New Year everyone!

Hello everyone...question? We purchased a 2003 Carver 466 last year and it has an external speaker like a bull horn mounted on top of the arch and I can not figure out how to activate it via the VHF radio. I assume this was part of the standard configuration of the boat but not 100% sure. Any ideas how this is activated if you have a similar set-up as I can not find anything about it in the ICOM instructions.

Thanks
Doug

I'm looking to replace the carpet in our 1998 350 Mariner with some type of wood flooring in the salon area. This area has 3 floor hatches to deal with. Has anyone done this with good success? I would love to see some pictures and get some ideas.

Thanks

Hello, OK over the weekend I crawled forward of my generator on my 2005 396MY to get a look at the head filter. What I did discover was a pool of red oily liquid down in the forward hull of the boat, I would guess about 1 to 2 gallons I cleaned up. Not sure how long it was there, I owned the boat for about 9 months now so I did not notice it before and the surveyor said nothing about it, not sure if he crawled that far in. My first thought was diesel fuel, but it has a smell of varnish or a shellac kind of smell not diesel. If it is old, does diesel take on that kind of smell with time?
All cleaned up now but I would really like to know what it was.
Thanks and Happy Holidays to everybody.
Bob

So I believe I am rather low on the port engine Vdrive. It says to check the transmission fluid at operating temperature. The problem is I am concerned I am really low and want to add oil now and then check.

Anyone have any idea how much transmission fluid one should have in a cold Vdrive on a 1998 Carver 355?

Thanks.