Boat appearance

pgplay18 · May 4, 2010

Question, One of the guys at the marina has a Searay 260 sundancer. He asked me to look at the boat when it was all secured in the slip and it appears it is sitting lower on the starboard side. We bounced the boat and it still looks off or tilted.

He said he has never had this issue and last year the boat sat "square" in the water or even on both sides. Never had the issue so I did not know what to tell him. I thought maybe is was fuel and I forgot to ask if he was empty or full

Anyone see this before?

Lazy Daze · May 4, 2010

pgplay18 said:
Anyone see this before?

Sure. It's nothing too unusual to see a boat listing a bit (especially a narrow beam boat) at rest. There's any number of variables that can cause this.

First, what year 260DA?

Second, what does "sitting lower on the starboard side" mean? We need to quantify this statment.

It could be related to the tanks (fuel, water, holding, hot water). It could be rain water in the bilge (hopefully not raw water). It could be equipment, or lack of equipment compared to last year. And there's probably more things that I'm forgetting.

skibum · May 4, 2010

A full fresh water tank and an empty holding tank makes mine list a little in the slip...

pgplay18 · May 5, 2010

Thanks all, talked with him this evening and he has no water or fuel in the boat yet.... He is going to take care of that and then we will look it over.

pgplay18 said:
Question, One of the guys at the marina has a Searay 260 sundancer. He asked me to look at the boat when it was all secured in the slip and it appears it is sitting lower on the starboard side. We bounced the boat and it still looks off or tilted.

He said he has never had this issue and last year the boat sat "square" in the water or even on both sides. Never had the issue so I did not know what to tell him. I thought maybe is was fuel and I forgot to ask if he was empty or full

Anyone see this before?

Hellman Huddle · May 5, 2010

skibum said:
A full fresh water tank and an empty holding tank makes mine list a little in the slip...

Mine too! But, my fresh water tank is on the port side. A full fresh water tank would add over 200lbs, so imagine a grown man standing on one side of the boat. The 2005 model is very tippy!

Moose · May 5, 2010

Tanks, and fullness or lack thereof make a huge difference. Mine lists to port when water tank is full. However, all the others, fuel, waste have an effect as well.

katricol · May 5, 2010

was my mother-in-law sitting on his starboard by any chance?

creid213 · May 5, 2010

"Shi**ers full Clark!"

mwph · May 5, 2010

creid213 said:
"Shi**ers full Clark!"

Classic.

Ka1oxd · May 5, 2010

My 268 DA would list starboard when the water tank was empty. The fuel tank full or empty would not make a difference.

Presentation · May 5, 2010

I would load the boat like they did last year, fuel, water, supplies and see if the issue is still there.

magster65 · May 5, 2010

My 240 did that with a half full (or more) holding tank.

HUMPH · May 5, 2010

katricol said:
was my mother-in-law sitting on his starboard by any chance?

NICE!!!!!!! :smt038

jpk33 · May 5, 2010

Is there a cooler on board? Or did he put equipment/supplies in different compartments than last year? All of these may have a bearing on the listing of a vessel.

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Moose

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