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ctbarbarian
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slight listing?

#1 Post by ctbarbarian » Mon Apr 25, 2016 1:29 pm

I recently bought a 2007 Leisure medidian tritoon with a 115 Yamaha on the back.
It has been sitting in the water for 1 month.

Looking at the boat it leans to the left about 2 inches.
Could that be a leak in the pontoon or on the left side,
the 34 gas tank is full and the 2 batteries are both on that side too.

Is it the weight distribution ?

I don't see any air bubbles coming up and it doesn't seem to get worse.

I should put it on a trailer but I don't want to get it out of storage again.

Thanks for any help

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Re: slight listing?

#2 Post by mpilot » Mon Apr 25, 2016 2:20 pm

Assuming a full tank of fuel and that the batteries are around a group 27 size you are looking at give or take 200 lbs of fuel and 120-150lbs of batteries. That's a pretty good chunk of weight all one one side of the boat, but there could be water in the toons making it worse.

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Re: slight listing?

#3 Post by teecro » Mon Apr 25, 2016 3:28 pm

ctbarbarian wrote:... Looking at the boat it leans to the left about 2 inches.

the 34 gas tank is full and the 2 batteries are both on that side too...
I'd feel safe in saying that the anwser you seek is written here...
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Re: slight listing?

#4 Post by Bryden24shp » Mon Apr 25, 2016 6:12 pm

teecro wrote:
ctbarbarian wrote:... Looking at the boat it leans to the left about 2 inches.

the 34 gas tank is full and the 2 batteries are both on that side too...
I'd feel safe in saying that the anwser you seek is written here...

I 2nd that!
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Re: slight listing?

#5 Post by NonHyphenAmerican » Mon Apr 25, 2016 6:45 pm

Sit at the helm (on the Starboard or "Right" side) and if the list is gone, you have your answer.
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