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     Jeff Roy New member Username: Jeffr Post Number: 75 Registered: 03-2001 Rating: N/A |
Interesting. I think your theory is definitely plausable. I keep my boat on a mooring and it definitely does lie slightly bow down relative to the water line. It bothered me at first until I checked how it floated off the mooring and it was very close to level. However I do not get any water from that. If you have a short mooring penant your boat may float more bow down than mine. Same could be true if you store a lot in the V-berth. Also, I seem to remember a discussion that said G&S designed the water lines to match how the boats would float when fully crewed, i.e. more weight aft. The seahood and rails on my boat were just screwed down, not through bolted. If that is how yours is then water is not getting in through a poorly bedded seahood. However, if they do leak water will get into the deck. That was one of the larges sources of deck rot on my boat. Since we have been getting so much rain lately, why not just go sit in the boat on the mooring any wet saturday and see if you can find out the real answer  |
