c.1980 SPORT 15 List to Starboard
Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2024 7:36 am
Q1: when underway with only one person aboard, is an apparent list to Starboard on a c.1980 SPORT 15 boat due to the side console being on the Starboard side?
ASIDE: my c.1980 SPORT 15 boat has the original wood interior. The wood is ready to be varnished.
POSSIBLE CHANGES FOR MY SPORT 15
I may install a fiberglass center console [in order to] place the batteries for the engine and for a trolling motor there. And I may install a center cooler seat to get more storage. I may install a center fuel tank just behind the new center console.
I may do all that in order to keep the weight in the boat on center.
I may be over-thinking [the tendency for my c.1980 SPORT 15 to list to Starboard when only one person is aboard].
Somewhere [unspecified the author says he] read [something unspecified] about [locating] weight in the [stern] of SPORT 15 boats.
I want to keep the space [empty] behind the seat [to permit] egress to a ladder at a sand bar.
[Moved to THE GAM for general discussion.]
ASIDE: my c.1980 SPORT 15 boat has the original wood interior. The wood is ready to be varnished.
POSSIBLE CHANGES FOR MY SPORT 15
I may install a fiberglass center console [in order to] place the batteries for the engine and for a trolling motor there. And I may install a center cooler seat to get more storage. I may install a center fuel tank just behind the new center console.
I may do all that in order to keep the weight in the boat on center.
I may be over-thinking [the tendency for my c.1980 SPORT 15 to list to Starboard when only one person is aboard].
Somewhere [unspecified the author says he] read [something unspecified] about [locating] weight in the [stern] of SPORT 15 boats.
I want to keep the space [empty] behind the seat [to permit] egress to a ladder at a sand bar.
[Moved to THE GAM for general discussion.]