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Disregard my previous post I was just thinking out loud.

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yeah, and you better not let Amanda hear you think :)

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My 10 Gal water tank is on the port side also same as the two batteries.

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Believe it or not - every Top Gun I have ever seen sitting at a dock seems to lean to the starboard side slightly. I originally thought it was my boat - a 1994 Top Gun. Then I looked at two other Top Guns - a 1997 and a 1999. All of them - regardless of power and equipment - leaned to the right.

I thought it might be due to the slight extra weight of the driver's helm on the starboard side. Since it bugged me I performed an unscientific test. I had both gas tanks filled to the top and then I had a 170lb. friend stand on the port side to see how much it offset the lean. If he stood all the way to the port - the slight lean changed to the port side. If he moved about six inches towards center - the boat was exactly level. I found it difficult to believe that the helm would make that much of a difference (in excess of 100lbs.) to cause the lean.

I actually think that is the reason Cigarette placed the batteries on the port side in the older boats. It seems like there might have been a slight variance in the mold that either caused the hull to be uneven at the transom and appear to lean - or maybe the hulls did lean. I have never heard of any problems but I definately had a lean on my boat. It used to bug the crap out of me!

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You know whats crazy..... My 1982 35 Mistress leans a bit. Also and especially I always find myself dragging the starboard tab (not drastic but more than I'd like) to keep her level. I always try on convince myself.... oh thats the wind or current. But every time I am out on the boat it leans to starboard. It drives me so crazy that I make people stand/sit on the port side when running hard because I hate dragging that tab all the time. Crazy....

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Danny - You're definately not crazy in feeling the way you do. I used to fill the port gas tank with an extra 20 gallons or so to try to balance the boat out. If I had three people on board including myself I would have the third passenger stand behind the passenger (port) bolster. I did whatever I could to make sure there was always more weight on the port side. Strange indeed!!

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My TG seems to need stbd tab to keep it level. Seems to list to right when on plane. I thought it was because of wind.

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Well at least they don't have leftist tendencies.

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I wonder if the weight of all the gauges, cables,shifters,helm etc is what causes it? If you look at several boats sitting in the water side by side at a raft up, all the right hand drive boats seem to lean righ a little. Just an un scientific observation from a raft up a couple weeks ago.

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My first wife used to lean to the right. How fat was she????????????