uneven boat
 

i have a checkmate that all of a sudden tends to leand way over on the port side
i jerked on the outdrive to check gimlbe and seems ok
the tabs seem to be working ok and the weight is still distributed even
any help

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How's the bottom?

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havent really checked it yet dark outside and it just started doing this on the water tonite

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I'd say you either have a "soft, flexing" hull or there is a trim problem. Like the chick says to an old guy like me--"Get it up, Dude"! --- Jer

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Did you change girlfriends???! :D :D :D

As posted above maybe check you hull for damage/soft spots.

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The leaning just started tonight? Only when running?Then......

Tabs..... are you sure they are both working? Tab position indicators?

At rest...... double check your load.

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stop dating fat chicks???? :evilb: :evilb:
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tabs are working great and hull is sturdy and looked all at the bottom
and been married to the same woman for a few years
guess i might have to change girlfriends

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by your photo it looks like its leaning to the drivers(stbd) side.

my checkmate does that also and i have seen a couple others that look like that....dont know why. let me know if you find out!

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Not sure what Check you have but most 7' beam boats will list to the port side slightly. But it should not have happened "all the sudden". :confused:

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a 1997 242 conv
and it was fine until now

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mines a 98 242, but mine has done since i have had it. i try to keep the load balanced too. i just saw another 242 at a boat race event, looked the same as mine with noone in the boat. maybe ill contact Checkmate to see if they know anything about it.
kevin.......
by the way, im signed under someone elses name right now. thats not my boat in the avatar!!

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There wasn't a strong wind from that side, was there?

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Sudden wind gust can do that with the 7' beam boats but it corrects easily and I don't think this is a narrow beam hull so I would suspect a soft spot in the last 4' of the port side planing surface. And you will probably not see any evidence by looking under at the hull surface. You need a marine surveyor with the proper tools and knowledge to check the hull and stringers in that area. --- Jer

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i have dug all around the boat this morning and cant find a soft spot anywhiere everything looks very solid
i spent four hours looking and im a contractor so i know when things are getting soft or not
so not sure where to turn to now but thanks for all the help

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With the winds we get up here in Lake Michigan my 38foot Cig will lean alot with a heavy wind. I need to drop a tab 2 or 3 notches sometimes to straighten it out.

Have you had the boat out again with the different weather?

MArk

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it wasnt the wind either i was all over the lake and it only leaned to the port side
i have had the boat for three seasons now so i have been in it in all kinds of weather
just confusing to me now

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Is that a single engine boat?

If it is you may want to check the little fin behind the prop if that got turned or is missing that may cause your propblem also.

Good luck,
Mark

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i think everyone is mis-understanding the actual issue.

these boats are just leaning while sitting in place anchored, floating or at idle. so wind could be an issue but i have it completely ruled out. its definately not wind. wieght distribution of some kind is most likely the issue but where and why?
tabs and outdrive shouldnt be the issue because it is that way while not in gear or in any sort of current such as a river etc.

hope this is clear, just want to go inthe right direction.
thanks
kevin

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it is a single engine but the fin has never been on the outdrive and has always been fine

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mine when sitting is acutally lower on the starboard sind but when under power it goes to the port
its worse when trim is down and lower rpms
when i open it up and trim it all the way up some of it comes out but still leans

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thanks for all the help
this weekend i took off the 28 labbed and put on the stock 26 and it worked fine
im not sure what happened to the labbed but i will send it off to get reworked

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So it was a ' while running' problem, not an 'at rest' problem you have been conserned with????

Good to hear all is good. And simple too!

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yes and thanks
are you the one with a 35 fountain with twin 500efi in it that was at dale hollow last labor day weekend

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No. Haven't left IN. all summer. Mines a 32'. We are planning to be at LC for the run though as specators: 42 Fountain triple 525SC and a 442 Baja, triple 575 SC's.

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i will be at poker run riding in a 32 skater
we have a seasonal campsite close to grider hill and i keep the boat down there look me up and say hello
the skater i will be on was the origanal color me bad