shadow9999
Member
I wonder if anyone has seen this in the past. I own a year 2000 410 Sundancer. At rest, the boat seems to sit lower in the bow than it should. To me it seems like the stern should be about two inches deeper in the water which if pivoted from the center, would bring the bow up by about two inches. This would cause the boat to sit flat in the water with respect to the chine.
The only thing that I have done as far a weight distribution goes was to remove the 25' of anchor chain and replace it with 200' of chain. The anchor locker is right up front, but I wouldn't expect 500 pounds in the bow to make that much difference. Maybe I'm wrong. Next time I get to the boat (which will be in Mid May since the boat is in Florida right now and I am in New Jersey) I am going to let out all of the chain while I am at the dock, thereby removing that extra weight from the bow, and see if that makes any difference.
I am not aware of any fittings or through hull penetrations near the bow that would allow for water infiltration which was one of my first thoughts when I noticed the boat sitting that way. I put a call into Sea Ray and I was told that based on my hull serial number, there is no coring below the water line, so my guess is that a water issue or wet hull is not the problem.
I'm thinking about getting a surveyor to look at the boat both in the water and out to give me his opinion if the anchor chain test doesn't tell me anything.
If anyone has any thoughts in this, please post them. Thanks.
Robert
The only thing that I have done as far a weight distribution goes was to remove the 25' of anchor chain and replace it with 200' of chain. The anchor locker is right up front, but I wouldn't expect 500 pounds in the bow to make that much difference. Maybe I'm wrong. Next time I get to the boat (which will be in Mid May since the boat is in Florida right now and I am in New Jersey) I am going to let out all of the chain while I am at the dock, thereby removing that extra weight from the bow, and see if that makes any difference.
I am not aware of any fittings or through hull penetrations near the bow that would allow for water infiltration which was one of my first thoughts when I noticed the boat sitting that way. I put a call into Sea Ray and I was told that based on my hull serial number, there is no coring below the water line, so my guess is that a water issue or wet hull is not the problem.
I'm thinking about getting a surveyor to look at the boat both in the water and out to give me his opinion if the anchor chain test doesn't tell me anything.
If anyone has any thoughts in this, please post them. Thanks.
Robert