Replacing Gas Tank

[Scott]

Like Capt Chuck says the Scepter is a different beast with the cuddy as opposed to a CC.....

keep the weight as far forward as posible. You can always trim the bow up.

Maybe I’m missing something here…but once you’ve “fixed ballast” or weight forward, that dictates your trim angle. To the best of my knowledge you can’t bring the bow up from its natural running angle, now made less/ lower with this added weight ….unless more weight is added aft (which you wouldn’t want to do) or removed forward OR trimming the engine up to a degree where it will not run efficiently and pushes the stern down (I’ve never even tried that when a boat’s on plane so I don’t know how well that would work anyway). With trim tabs you could bring the bow down more but that’s it. There are several reasons NOT to go too bow heavy…And as far as shifting loads, look at how much a wet stringer can affect a boat and cause it to list …and that’s like 10-20 gallons of water …. not nearly as much as a tank full of fuel….. There is a fine balance between just right and too much in my eyes.. Just some food for thought !!!