Full Cabin - List to Starboard?
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engine torque still?
Although the props are counter-rotating, the engines are both standard rotation and therefore applying the same torque to the drives. My TRS boat is set up this way. Just a thought?
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I think I noticed that the boat does seem to lean a little towards starboard when not moving. I always told myself it was my imagination because it was a Cigarette, right. Maybe it is weight distribution, but I have put a lot of weight on the port, and removed some on the starboard. I put my anchor with chain that weighs about 90lbs on the port back seat. I took out my toilet on the starboard, and nothing changed. I think my freshwater holding tank is on the port side, which is empty and has no water in it. Maybe I should feel it up with lead. I'm starting to think that Cigarette didn't balance the boat very well. Once I hit a big wave. When the boat was airborn, the boat shifted to starboard in the air. I didn't like that. It seem that if the boat is empty, the boat is not balanced. I wonder how many gallons of water the freshwater holding tank has. Maybe that will cancel the weight of the ice chest.
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dont underestimate the full cooler everytime, think of the weight of drinks/food and ice, i bet it can easily be 80-100 lbs, ice weighs less than water, as it melts a gallon of water is 7.5 lbs.
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I'll fill up a freshwater holding tank, it is empty. That should help. Does anybody know how much water the freshwater holding tank holds on a 1994 full cabin TG.
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I don't think the freshwater tank holds enough to make much of a difference. I thought some of the listing under power may have been due to the motors torqueing the boat over some, will pay more attention once we get back on the water.