boat is listing to the port side ?

[isimar]

just noticed the boat is listing to the port side, not horrible but still... here's the deal, fuel tank is in the center of the boat to the rear(around 105 gallons), last fall i had a 15 hp kicker installed on the port side of the stern and i had no tilting or nothing, but i also had a full tank.
is it possible that now that i have a half tank, the fuel is going to the port side of the tank (because of the kicker)and causing extra weight on that side ? it's a 2004 Trophy Pro ... and what do it do to fix it ? the dual batteries are already off center to the starboard side...
i will be going out again next week and will fill it with fuel to see what happens..

anyone else have this happen ?

 

[smokeonthewater]

Of course less fuel, which is less weight, would make offset weight more noticeable....

I'm gonna say that it was listing before too but you didn't notice it with a full tank.... The higher it floats in the water the less force it takes to push one corner down a couple inches.

 

[isimar]

i have a fish locker that i don't use on the rear starboard side, if i put a couple of 40# sandbags in there, do you thing it would help ?

 

[smokeonthewater]

It would help make your boat heavier,

I wouldn't worry about it too much BUT if you are gonna add weight, add something usefull like another battery.

 

[cptrick3]

Where are your batteries? Can they be moved?

 

[smokeonthewater]

......the dual batteries are already off center to the starboard side.....

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[isimar]

both batteries are located in the center of the boat, as far to the starboard as they'll go, which isn't much because there's what looks like a knee wall about 12" high and nothing between the wall and the hull.can't move them to the stern because the fuel tank takes up the room.