Water line on Mako 17

[Ghost]

I am in my first season with a 1988 Mako 17 with a 115 Evinrude. Is there anyone out there that has a similar setup. I am not sure if the water line on this boat is right and I am looking to check against another similar boat. If someone could measure the draft at the corners of the transom it would give me something to compare to.<br />My scupper are above water even with me standing in the rear of the boat, but my swim platform is under water ( it is on starboard side). I am thinking of pulling the boat and relocating the water line, but I want to make sure the boat is sitting properly in the water and I don't have a more serious problem (ie water in hull or transom).

 

[DJ]

Re: Water line on Mako 17

You may want to try a Mako specific site too, for that type of information. Here is one.<br /><br /> http://www.texasmakoowners.com/See Some Makos.htm

 

[crazy charlie]

Re: Water line on Mako 17

I have the same boat and the best advice I can give you is to do what I did.Put the boat in the water and let it sit a day and pull it without cleaning off the waterline.Use that line as your guide.I bottom painted to the top of the line and put a wide tape stripe up from the bottom paint to allow protection on the hull for when I am in the boat moving around in the cockpit.I never get a scum line anymore because the water line is rarely above the tape.What a pleasure to not have to clean the ring around the boat.I also raised the stripe on my big boat for the same reason.What a pleasure!!!!!Charlie

 

[Ghost]

Re: Water line on Mako 17

Thanks Charlie<br />I was planning to do almost exactly what you recommended, but I wanted a measurement from another boat just to verify that my 17 was not sitting unusually low. My swim platform which may not be orginal equipment has grass growing all over it. I hear of some concerns on the Mako web sites about the foam holding water and I know that before I got the boat the rod holders and the seal around the console was leaking.<br />If you get a chance could you take a measurement at the corner of the transom just so I have something to compare to.<br /><br />Thanks............Ghost

 

[crazy charlie]

Re: Water line on Mako 17

Ghost,if your scuppers are above the water line with you standing in the stern ,then the boat is certainly not sitting too low.Every 17 Mako I have seen including mine has the scuppers just below the water line.Charlie