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Chris Trembanis
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Initially Posted - 03/13/2003 :  15:00:52  Show Profile
Why is there a difference if the OB is located on the port side instead on the starboard. Wouldn't adding some weight on the starboard side (cockpit) balance the boat. Thanks Chris
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dlucier
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Response Posted - 03/13/2003 :  17:10:34  Show Profile
<b>"Why is there a difference if the OB is located on the port side instead on the starboard. Wouldn't adding some weight on the starboard side (cockpit) balance the boat."</b>

Yes, balancing the weight on the boat will correct any list that you might have with the port mounted outboard.

On earlier C25's, the outboard was mounted on the port side. With the outboard mounted to port, as well as the fuel tank, galley, head and holding tank, a list to port is sometimes induced, especially if the water tank is empty and the boats load is not properly balanced. This really isn't an issue if you are mindful of your weight distribution. To balance the boat keep your water tank full and your batteries(my group 27 weighs 64lbs) to starboard. On my boat, the aft quarterberth is used for storage and when cruising this spaced gets shoehorned with a few hundred pounds of stuff, so in my case having a port mounted engine helps me keep an even keel.

<img src="http://www.catalina25-250.org/c25sm.gif" border=0>Don Lucier<img src="http://www.catalina25-250.org/c25sm.gif" border=0>
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Douglas
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Response Posted - 03/14/2003 :  22:10:15  Show Profile  Visit Douglas's Homepage
They look even to me.<img src="http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b2d823b3127cce9e4e988f98170000001610" border=0>

Doug&Ruth
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Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 03/14/2003 :  22:28:14  Show Profile
Nah... The tall rig is listing a half degree to port. <img src=icon_smile_cool.gif border=0 align=middle>

Dave Bristle - 1985 C-25 #5032 SR-FK-Dinette-Honda "Passage" in SW CT
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dlucier
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Response Posted - 03/14/2003 :  23:27:57  Show Profile
And that's also with the Magma grill to port. <img src=icon_smile_cool.gif border=0 align=middle>

Always liked this pic! <img src=icon_smile_approve.gif border=0 align=middle>

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ClamBeach
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Response Posted - 03/15/2003 :  13:17:52  Show Profile
The dodger makes that C25 look a lot bigger doesn't it?

Currently maintaining two holes in the water...'77 Venture 23 and new to the family,
'78 Catalina 25
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lcharlot
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Response Posted - 03/16/2003 :  17:46:39  Show Profile
When I first put "Quiet Time" in the water, the weight imbalance was so pronounced with the outboard on the port side of the transom that the boat listed 4 degrees to port, and sailed terribly on Starboard tack. I moved all possible weight to the starboard side, but there wasn't all that much to move - the battery and other heavy items were already there - and realized no noticeable improvement. I then moved the outboard, a Honda 10, to the Starboard side of the transom and improved the list a little, but she still leans to port about 1.5 to 2 degrees, and there is nothing else I can move over. The point being that the early dinette interiors were heavily weight-biased to port to begin with, and to make matters worse, the big storage lazarette is on that side. Since I have never needed to have someone sleep in the quarter berth (the "aft torpedo tube" as we call it), I use it as a storage area and try to keep only the lightest items, like the radar reflector and sun shade, in the lazarette.

Larry Charlot
Catalina 25 #1205 "Quiet Time"
Sacramento, CA
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