Bow Heavy Sea Craft

John R · #1 12-17-2003, 10:15 AM

Got a pic of your's being bow heavy?

lost2a6 · #2 12-17-2003, 12:05 PM

Yea, I would love to put twins on it, it just isn't in the budget right now. With the boat being bow heavy it does make for a very good ride. I just hate it when I wash down the deck and the water runs to the bow.I have thought about putting a bracket on it, then one day buying a 250, as it is also slighty under powered with the 200.
John, If you'll click on my first post where it says Boat, it should come up, although you can't really tell in those pictures.
Thanks Steve

Dave Hirshberg · #3 12-18-2003, 01:13 AM

Lost2,
Mine sat heavy fwd too with a single. Remember that the boat is rated for 400hp in twins origionally and in the 70's and early 80's twins were common even on smaller boats. It sits a little better with the twins. I think its just one of those things you gotta live with. It never seemed to hinder my performance and I even put my batteries up front too.

madmax · #4 12-18-2003, 01:14 AM

I have a 82 also with a bracket and full transom. Since a put the bracket on it sits even more bow down. It rides great. I have a 2001 225 fitch with a armstrong bracket. I have always put my motor as high as possible to lessen drag and get max rpms. Send me e mail address and i will send photo.

mad max

ScottM · #5 12-17-2003, 02:15 PM

I have an '82 also and it sits bow down, although we easily fixed most of the problem this past season by moving some things out of the cabin and into the bilge area (removed the in-deck livewell and created a storage area). My boat was originally rigged with twin 200's and carries 144 gallons of fuel. Now that it's got a single 225 Yamaha, it sits lower in the bow.

By the looks of the pictures, at rest it doesn't sit too low in front.

SEAFARI · #6 12-17-2003, 08:30 PM

I know a dealer who had SeaCraft from mid 70's
into early 80's and this was a real problem on
the early CSY hulls. Water would collect in the
bow area and had to install bilge pumps there. [img]images/icons/shocked.gif[/img]

abl1111 · #7 12-17-2003, 09:47 PM

Glass in 150-200 lbs of lead weight in the stern. It's very small for it's weight. I have 200 lbs in (1) plastic milk carton. I bought 250 lbs of lead from a metal scrap place years ago for $75 ( to weigh the trunk of a BMW down in the snow ).

Car's gone. Now I have a life long supply of lead for sinkers for the melting pot ( make that 10 life times worth ! )

If I were in your predicament, and it bothered me, I would figure out a way to properly glass in lead. It won't rust. And if thought-out well and done properly - you could remove it any time...