310da leaning to starboard

[Big blue]

Hi all
Can anyone help before I drill any holes in my boat to an ongoing problem I have with the boat leaning to the starboard side when stationary, bilge is always dry, no water to be seen anywhere inside boat but leans over about 3” and takes about 100kg on the port to set it back level, anyone had similar issues?

 

[Stee6043]

Do you have a generator on the strbd side? I think it's pretty typical for some lean depending on fuel load, water load and a generator. On my 340 I could lean strbd if I had full fuel tanks, full freshwater and empty waste.

Though I would mention that 3" seems a little excessive. I bet mine was something closer to an inch under the above mentioned conditions...

 

[Gofirstclass]

Leaning to one side is pretty typical. If you have a fuel manifold that lets you chose which tank to run on, select your stbd tank. If not, offset the lean by determining which side your fresh water tank and black water tanks are on. Keep that in mind when filling with fresh water and emptying your black water tank.

 

[Big blue]

No generator fitted, the black tank is always empty and water is in center of the boat, the fuel tank are on the port and starboard sides, but when full or empty it still leans, I can put more fuel in the port tank and it will balance it out, owned the boat for 5 years now and wasn’t this bad when it was new to me, I am worried about water in the compartments under the floor in engine bay or aft cabin as they are sealed and have no access

 

[330DA]

I had the same issue, but to port on my 370 Dancer. The problem was that when I filled the gas tanks, The nozzle trigger was on all the way/fast. Yep. One side would fill with about 20 gallons more, therefore, about 180 pounds more on that side. My Service Manager brought this to my attention.

I went to the boat and put the extra gas in the stbd side slowly and evened it out. I had no trouble listing after that. So fill slower when you get close to being full.

 

[Big blue]

That could be a possibility that the tank isn’t filling properly, the filling hose on the port is longer and may airlock, leaving the starboard with more fuel, I do get fuel out of both tank vents when filling but air locks can cause weird issues