Listing to port
Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2012 12:00 pm
This is a great forum and I know someone will have an answer for us:
We are very new owners of a 2005 PDQ 34. A couple of weeks ago I noticed the boat was listing to port at the dock (it may have always listed to port and I just never noticed). The port hull appears to sit about 3" to 4" lower in the water than the starboard. Both bilges are dry. Fuel tanks are full; holding tank empty. Fresh water is full, and the storage space under the galley floorboards is dry.
I found one other post regarding listing to port but that had to do with fresh water flooding of the galley after dockside water supply was left on with the host connected to the boat and the valve failed; not the case here.
I know the generator and water heater are two items in the port hull without equivalent weight in the starboard hull to balance them out, and our yacht tender is suspended from the davits with its transom and 85 lb. outboard hanging from the port side as well (next weekend I will rotate the tender 180 degrees and see if that makes a difference), There is a substantial Bruce anchor and chain stored in the generator compartment as well.
Besides these obvious reasons, is there any other reason she should be listing to port to this degree? We brought her from Stuart, Florida to Tampa Bay and had no issues underway.
Thanks.
We are very new owners of a 2005 PDQ 34. A couple of weeks ago I noticed the boat was listing to port at the dock (it may have always listed to port and I just never noticed). The port hull appears to sit about 3" to 4" lower in the water than the starboard. Both bilges are dry. Fuel tanks are full; holding tank empty. Fresh water is full, and the storage space under the galley floorboards is dry.
I found one other post regarding listing to port but that had to do with fresh water flooding of the galley after dockside water supply was left on with the host connected to the boat and the valve failed; not the case here.
I know the generator and water heater are two items in the port hull without equivalent weight in the starboard hull to balance them out, and our yacht tender is suspended from the davits with its transom and 85 lb. outboard hanging from the port side as well (next weekend I will rotate the tender 180 degrees and see if that makes a difference), There is a substantial Bruce anchor and chain stored in the generator compartment as well.
Besides these obvious reasons, is there any other reason she should be listing to port to this degree? We brought her from Stuart, Florida to Tampa Bay and had no issues underway.
Thanks.