Hello everyone, hope your season is off to a safe and worry free start.
Here is my situation, curious to see if there is any advice or feedback. I have a 96 Chris Craft Concept cuddy, 23 foot. Has a 5.8 fuel injected VP with duo prop drive. Boat has a full fiberglass floors. Boat runs awesome and generally handles well, given im on a busy lake with decent sized chop. However, the boat lists to the starboard side, seemingly at the stern area. It does this both underway and while sitting in the water. It doesn't have any issues with hole shot and jumps right out of the water, I can get top speeds of 52mph on the gps. At average cruising speeds, if i adjust my weight to the middle of the boat it evens out. I have two batteries in the stern on the starboard side, however I have a full water tank on the port side stern area that evens out that weight.
My concern is that I dont always remember it being like this, and even though its not horrible its definitely noticeable. About two years ago the boat was stored on a lift and covered. During a rain storm one of the cover straps broke thus letting water collect in a puddle near the back end of the cover. Water seeped through and collected in the bilge area, and filled up to the oil pan. I caught it in time, pulled the plug out to drain the water, and everything has worked fine since then mechanically (yes I since installed an auto bilge pump). Im wondering if any of the water somehow collected in that stern area portside somewhere and is still in there.
I also ask this as Im about to install Smart Tabs on the boat, thinking it will help the general listing while underway. However I dont want to ignore a potential issue or the root cause of the problem. I just dont see how water could under the floor, but was wonder if there are any other experiences with this kind of situation. thanks, any insight would be helpful
Here is my situation, curious to see if there is any advice or feedback. I have a 96 Chris Craft Concept cuddy, 23 foot. Has a 5.8 fuel injected VP with duo prop drive. Boat has a full fiberglass floors. Boat runs awesome and generally handles well, given im on a busy lake with decent sized chop. However, the boat lists to the starboard side, seemingly at the stern area. It does this both underway and while sitting in the water. It doesn't have any issues with hole shot and jumps right out of the water, I can get top speeds of 52mph on the gps. At average cruising speeds, if i adjust my weight to the middle of the boat it evens out. I have two batteries in the stern on the starboard side, however I have a full water tank on the port side stern area that evens out that weight.
My concern is that I dont always remember it being like this, and even though its not horrible its definitely noticeable. About two years ago the boat was stored on a lift and covered. During a rain storm one of the cover straps broke thus letting water collect in a puddle near the back end of the cover. Water seeped through and collected in the bilge area, and filled up to the oil pan. I caught it in time, pulled the plug out to drain the water, and everything has worked fine since then mechanically (yes I since installed an auto bilge pump). Im wondering if any of the water somehow collected in that stern area portside somewhere and is still in there.
I also ask this as Im about to install Smart Tabs on the boat, thinking it will help the general listing while underway. However I dont want to ignore a potential issue or the root cause of the problem. I just dont see how water could under the floor, but was wonder if there are any other experiences with this kind of situation. thanks, any insight would be helpful
