Carver 56 Voyager SE Manual

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56 Voyager SE Setup Part Number 9992006 1/07
56 Voyager SE Setup
1. Install props and rudders; install starboard side
steering linkage first. Make sure rudder cotter keys
are installed. Install drain plug.
2. Remove fiberglass shipping top from deck. Also,
remove plastic off bridge. Remove tape and clean
areas where bridge will set. Check for voids along
the top of the windows.
3. Apply sealant (white Sikaflex) supplied in MAC
kit, #8105901, around deck where bridge will set.
Also, check for voids in foam above patio door.
NOTE: Refer to attached pictures for sealant and
sealant tape placement. Apply sealant just prior to
setting bridge. Also, apply black silicone on top of the
poly strips located on the deck top.
4. e lifting points for the bridge are the two lifting
eyes each on the front and aft of the bridge. Set
bridge in position over boat with bridge up about
16". Long white plastic divider board should be
installed on portside of deck where bridge seats, sit
prior to setting bridge down. Lay starboard board
down on cabin top, where it will be installed later.
NOTE: If this is not done, you will not be able to
put the divider board under the seats. See pictures.
5. Lay all wire/hoses on cabin top. Hold to outboard
so nothing gets pinched. See pictures.
a. Connect davit wires and light wires at port stern
corner of bridge. You may have to wire davit thru
seat after bridge is set.
Siliconeon strips & wires on deck top
Sika placement
Sika placement
Sika placement

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56 Voyager SE Setup Part Number 9992006 1/07
56 Voyager SE Setup
Sika & wire placement
Bridge picking with crane. Use same pick points when
picking with travel lift or forklift.
Bridge picking with crane
b. Pull coiled water drain hoses down through
holes in bridge and route through holes in black
air intake vents.
c. Attach hoses to thru-hull fittings on port and
starboard side of boat in aft engine compartment.
After bridge is set and secured.
6. Set bridge with front touching and back 2-3" up.
Install front 3 bolts over windshield. You may have
to use a bottle jack on lower helm to raise center
of windshield. en set back on bridge down
without pinching hoses/wires.
7. With bridge set down in place, begin securing it
with fasteners supplied in MAC kit.
a. Start by pulling down side bolsters in
pilothouse.
b. Install bolts (3 port and 3 starboard).
c. Install 2 screws as needed in salon.
d. When secured, seal all around pilothouse
opening inside.
e. Finish securing aft and reinstall bolsters, starting
from port to star board with windshield bolsters.
NOTE: See drawing for screw locations and
quantities. Also, apply sealant to each individual
screw before installing it.
10. Cosmetically seal bridge to deck using silicone
sealant. Use black above windows and white where
white meets.
NOTE: Leave a 3" long void in the forward corner
of white air intake vents for drainage.
11. Run wires under upper helm and hook up wires.
a. Hook up wet bar and icemaker hoses and wire
starboard under seat access.
b. Hook up mastlight, antennas, and radar scanner
if optioned.
c. Install the rest of the under seat dividers.

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56 Voyager SE Setup Part Number 9992006 1/07
Fastener Locations
NOTE: All screws and bolts should be installed at the time of assembly. e bolts are labeled as such; all other fasteners are screws.
56 Voyager SE Setup
Pilothouse:
3 bolts each across the windshields
3 screws forward of the pilothouse door
3 screws across the pilothouse door
4 screws and 1 bolt aft of the pilothouse door
9 screws and 1 bolt on the port side
4 screws on the aft starboard side
3 screws in the center along the port side steps to the
bridge
4 screws on the aft port side
Salon:
2 bolts on the starboard side; 2 bolts on the port side -
through the access holes in the side valances.
Exterior:
Install ½" nut & washers thru “pie plate” access starboard
of steps to bridge.
 Bolts
 Screw