Bazzwaldo

Ok, i replaced the bung, now the water ingress has stopped, the pod is completely dry and it still sits in the water with a list when empty As best as I can see there is no new welding down either side of the keel line or outer chines Nothing looks bent so doubt whether its been in an accident Im going to contact Trailcraft to ask their opinion, hopefully i can get a scematic of the underfloor to see if it could have a compartment thats filled with water and later become blocked this has got me absolutely stumped Thanks for everyone's suggestions Cheers Bazza

Regarding the list while on the trailer has to do with rollers not being set correctly, I'll address this today The result of it sitting incorrectly is why i brought it up as I speculated with now knowledge that water could have soaked into the floatation causing an uneven weight distribution The previous owner and the one before him sprayed the underside firstly blue, now white making it hard for me to inspect it for weld marks As far as I'm aware, the underfloor area is air/waterproof???? I'll replace the bung today I'll also inspect the fuel tank/s to see if there is a blockage Great ideas coming through, I wont be happy till I figure out why this is happening All the pictures shown are with no people in it Cheers Bazza

Hi Rick As it was my first time with this boat, I didn't activate the automatic bilge pump, when I retrieved her and opened the bung there was approximately 10 litres of water in the 'air/water-tight' hull I did note that the 'o-ring/plastic washer' around the screw-in bung was missing maybey accounting for the water ingress??? Water naturally finds its deepest point and would stay evenly spread in that location? I also notice that when she is on the trailer, it lists slightly to the right aswell! If the boat has lain idle for some period, could its floatation material absorb water over time, resulting in weight being distributed on that side due to soaked up excess weight in the form of water???? Could be a build-up of sand on starboard side? Also, what solutions doe you recommend?

Hi Forum This is my first post on the forum, long time watcher though Just launched my newly acquired (2006) Trailcraft 540 Sportscab complete with a 2007 Mercury 90 hp 4 stroke (with 'Whale Tail') Onboard, I had myself (120kg and 2 friends 100kg combined). They placed themselves on the port side which roughly balanced out the weight distribution I also filled the underfloor fuel tank to the brim (filler on port side and assume the tank is situated in the centre of the hull). Underway I noticed a definate lean to the starboard side with the boat coming up to level on slight left hand turns This confused me so I unloaded the girls and took pictures of the boat empty on the water, here you can also see a definate list to starboard!!! Absolutely no idea why this is the case given its a plate hull requiring a fair amount of weight to be place off to one side in order to get this result???? There is a transom door on the port side and a battery just off centre on starboard side. The live bait tank was filled (next to transom door on port side) Are there any other Trailcraft owners that have this issue? Is there anything you can think of that would cause this? Any advice greatly appreciated Cheers Bazza