I have tried about everything to get level and the best results was a 300+LB. friend stood on the port side about 10ft from the bow. With both him and I (200lb) on the port side rear deck did not make as much difference as when he went up near the port side bow.
Could you please elaborate?
I store most of my canvass under the guest bed but I may try putting lead in the bottom of the guest closet and maybe even the stateroom port closet.
I believe lead would take the least volume of space for given weight
Seems like an expensive PITA when just carrying a little less fuel in the starboard tank will solve the problem. Unless you are making long voyages between fuel stops, why carry full tanks of fuel around? In our early years we put over 100 hours a year on the boat but in subsequent years we dropped off to less than fifty so I would run with min fuel to save fuel. I would fill up before winter to avoid condensation. Other than that I'd keep maybe fifty gallons more in my port tank. On the Carver 506 I have the same Starboard list so I do the same fuel distribution game. I have a built in fuel transfer/polisher so it makes it easy to balance fuel unlees I get side tracked while transferring and pump overboard
Seems like an expensive PITA when just carrying a little less fuel in the starboard tank will solve the problem. Unless you are making long voyages between fuel stops, why carry full tanks of fuel around? In our early years we put over 100 hours a year on the boat but in subsequent years we dropped off to less than fifty so I would run with min fuel to save fuel. I would fill up before winter to avoid condensation. Other than that I'd keep maybe fifty gallons more in my port tank. On the Carver 506 I have the same Starboard list so I do the same fuel distribution game. I have a built in fuel transfer/polisher so it makes it easy to balance fuel unlees I get side tracked while transferring and pump overboard
Well at least the chain, although expensive for ballast has a potential use other than just ballast.
In our case if you look at the exhaust ports on each side you can see that one is touching the water while the other is 3 or so inches out. It’s really only visible at the water line
Have you considered relocating the generator to where the engine batteries are - rotating it 90 degrees and up as tight as possible to the exhaust. Then move the four batteries where the generator was but as close to the boat centerline as possible; maybe group with the bow thruster batteries. That generator has got to weigh 6 or 7 hundred pounds. Other things that appear to cause the list is the isolation transformer and water heater; both very heavy and wouldn't be that hard to move if a justifiable swap could be made. My isolation transformer weighs around 160 pounds and water heater full of water probably just as much.
There is the answer! Buy a couple of mannequins, fill them with lead and lay them in the spare cabin, It will look like a staged boat and solve the list
There is the answer! Buy a couple of mannequins, fill them with lead and lay them in the spare cabin, It will look like a staged boat and solve the list
Actually I was about to suggest the solution that Tom just mentioned. There is just the wrong balance of equipment placement and like Tom said, most of it is not too difficult to relocate. They are expensive but if you move the Genny to the original battery location and then move the Isolators to the center line and install Lithium Ion batteries where the thruster batteries are located, I bet that would alleviate the list issue completely. The idea that the weight needs to be added forward may not be the case if weight was removed from the starboard stern area.
Carpe Deim
