I think I'm gonna miss owning SeaRay

[b_arrington]

Geez....I had this argument with my yard guy when the boat was pulled for winter storage.... I said why do you pull the drain plug...he said to drain bilge water... I said I never have any.. stop doing that....he said you would be the only boat in the marina

there is no reason not to have a dry bilge

My yard guy was initially confused by my boat because it doesn’t even have a drain plug.

 

[Captain Spike]

I totally agree about Facebook format. They don't organize by model and when a thread is responded too it doesn't show up at the top of the group page. I guess you can set up notifications in messanger when a response is made to your post but I don't need my phone dinging all day either. And then there is the old supporting Mark Fuckerburg thing that sucks too

I left FB years ago! Can’t support the...!

 

[Pirate Lady]

Lot of nice boats out there. But on 6th Searay. Never had any other brand. Reason? In Maryland, Searays are so popular I know I can sell in a heartbeat if need to. Other brands, not so much. Every previous searay I had was sold in less than a week. Plus we just love the layout of the SR. No matter the size they all the same regardless of year and size. SR just does it better.

 

[Mark.60]

You didn’t close the deal yet.I’m sure you could locate another dry sea ray for sale.

 

[Carpediem44DB]

You didn’t close the deal yet.I’m sure you could locate another dry sea ray for sale.

I think the closest thing to the 50 ft Carver 506 in terms of the space and hard enclosure would be the 480 MY? They are rare as hens teeth out here in Cali. There are a few 39s. one in our marina sold last year but is a gasser. Ill manage to install a simple dry bilge system and be happy with the Carver.

 

[Carver370]

There are quite a few Carver facebook groups, search for some of them and you will find that some are better than others. My Carver always had a bone dry bilge, both that boat and my Sea Ray have a small area where a bilge pump is elevated that drives me crazy.

On my Carver I found that my water heater was slightly leaking under my aft berth and running to the forward bilge through the starboard stringer (They are hollow, top hat style stringers). I chased that for about a month and finally figured it out.

The water comes from somewhere...... there should be no need to install a dry bilge system if you figure out where the water comes from in the first place.

 

[Carpediem44DB]

There are quite a few Carver facebook groups, search for some of them and you will find that some are better than others. My Carver always had a bone dry bilge, both that boat and my Sea Ray have a small area where a bilge pump is elevated that drives me crazy.

On my Carver I found that my water heater was slightly leaking under my aft berth and running to the forward bilge through the starboard stringer (They are hollow, top hat style stringers). I chased that for about a month and finally figured it out.

The water comes from somewhere...... there should be no need to install a dry bilge system if you figure out where the water comes from in the first place.

I'm pretty sure its coming thru a rudder packing which we will take care of while its on the hard during survey tomorrow.
As to the FB group, I have deleted FB from my life. If I miss out on some cabitzing with a few Carver peeps so be it. If they are still supporting Zuckerberg I'm not sure I'm interested in what they have to say anyway. On Yacht Forum there is a Carver thread as well as Carver Owners Forum. As it has been said before, most of the these boats no matter the make have the same or similar systems so unless its a particular hull issue there is plenty of help available right here. I just think it is so cool that the CSR family is so tolerant of defectors

 

[bajturner]

Nothing wrong with the odd “way to go”... just be glad you didn’t buy a bayliner ...all you get there is “why doesn’t it go”

Hey, I take offense to that. A friend of mine has a Bayliner...great boat! Just joking you, Blue. A friend of mine doesn't have a Bayliner, and if they did it wouldn't likely be a great boat.

 

[bajturner]

Hey all, I know I'm gonna enjoy the Carver 506 boat but the Carver Owners Group both on face book and on the Forum are just not as nearly as interactive as the Searay Community. On the FB page there is a lot of likes and 'way to go' and 'nice boat' stuff but when it comes to useful input on technical issues or just good input on experience, Nada. Don't know what that says about the group.
Carpe Diem

I'm going to miss you being a Sea Ray owner too...in particular a 44DB owner!

CSR is definitely an awesome forum. Great, knowledgeable people (on many fronts). You don't have to leave, you know!!

 

[bajturner]

Well here is one issue I found already poking around in the engine room, There is a deep channel between the inboard engine stringers that runs down the middle of the engine room where any water in the engine room drains to. There was two inches of water just sitting there with no possible way to extract it because the bilge pump at the end of the well sits on a shelf two inches higher than the floor of the well. It makes no sense. Ten feet forward there is a similar sump area with a pump and float switch sitting about two inches higher than the floor of the sump. I vacuumed out about fifteen gallons of water today as I want to see how much if any water enters during sea trial next Wednesday. The Searay on the other hand at each end of the engine room had two wells that water drains into to be pumped dry. Ill have to install a dry bilge system of some kind to keep my ER dry I guess. I posted over on Carver and mostly got the old "must be OCD if your worried about a little water in your boat" comments.
Carpe Deim

Imagine, water between the inboard engine stringers. Haven't seen that before...haaa! Just do like on the 44DB and enclose it in fibreglass!

We'll see in the spring if I have solved that one for good.

I agree, there should be no water in the engine room that you don't know the source of.

 

[Carpediem44DB]

I'm going to miss you being a Sea Ray owner too...in particular a 44DB owner!

CSR is definitely an awesome forum. Great, knowledgeable people (on many fronts). You don't have to leave, you know!!

I'm not going to leave. I actually feel like a Sea Ray 44DB owner since most of the folks we boat with all have 400 series Sea Rays and I still spend time on them. The 506 will end up being the Mother Ship during raft ups though. My 21KW genny with underwater exhaust will power the entire flock!
Carpe Diem

 

[Maybe A Dancer]

During my investigation/search for a boat to serve my current and future needs I joined the TIARA, FORMULA and Sea Ray forums, and recently joined the corporate sponsored Sea Ray Owners Club.

Been a member at BOAT DIESEL for decades, and am on THT as well.

Been active on the TROJAN forum for 20 years and have been the go to guy for the International Series.

Of all the sites listed above, NOTHING COMPARES with this one.

The friendliness and willingness to share information here is tremendous, as is the wealth of searchable information.

This website is a very valuable asset to those of us who enthusiastically embrace what it is that we all love so much.

I'll go Platinum when my renewal comes up.

BEST !

RWS

 

[Carpediem44DB]

Well here is one issue I found already poking around in the engine room, There is a deep channel between the inboard engine stringers that runs down the middle of the engine room where any water in the engine room drains to. There was two inches of water just sitting there with no possible way to extract it because the bilge pump at the end of the well sits on a shelf two inches higher than the floor of the well. It makes no sense. Ten feet forward there is a similar sump area with a pump and float switch sitting about two inches higher than the floor of the sump. I vacuumed out about fifteen gallons of water today as I want to see how much if any water enters during sea trial next Wednesday. The Searay on the other hand at each end of the engine room had two wells that water drains into to be pumped dry. I'll have to install a dry bilge system of some kind to keep my ER dry I guess. I posted over on Carver and mostly got the old "must be OCD if your worried about a little water in your boat" comments.
Carpe Deim

I finally found the major source of water in the bilge. The AC seawater pressure system was leaking. Someone in the past installed a wonky trunk line that served as the overboard route for the water for two of the four cabin units. They used 1 1/2 inch household schedule 40 PVC pipe and fittings to create a Y that two 1/2 water lines connected to to run from mid ship all the way to the stern for exit under the swim platform. All of the overboard thru hulls (except black water dump) drains from under the platform. I actually like that as there is no splashing or peeing on the dock as with localized thru hulls. The 1/2 inch line clamps were all corroded and broken thus allowing the hoses to leak and the water finding its way to the center engine room bilge. After removing the water maker and moving the black water holding tank, I managed to replace the clamps but the PVC glued joints had failed and were leaking onto the clamps, hence the corrosion. I ended up removing the entire manifold gerryrig and replumbed it. I found that the ten-foot length of PVC was completely occluded by barnacle and other shell fish. I added a valve and hose bib in the system to allow for acid flushing in the future. There is very noticeable improvement in HVAC operation as well.
I am slowly but surely getting the 506 in ship shape. Hope to do way more cruising this year.
Carpe Diem