Should a 2001 model lean to the Right?

I have an '89 2001 & it does not lean to the right, either static or underway. I would guess for some reason yours has soaked foam on one side only.

If so, you might want to dig up the foam out that side before it rots out the stringer.

Not to mention check the stringers just to be safe while you're in there.

So,
There's no way it's anything but this wet foam issue? The floor was definitely really solid. I walked all around it barefoot and everything.

It wasn't like major listing, just slightly off balance. I actually didn't see it from outside the boat.

Almost wondering if I should be trying to get out of this sale somehow. I just put down a down payment...

These are narrow, weight sensitive boats. It's not at all unusual to see them list just slightly to one direction or the other. I wouldn't call it a deal breaker by any means.

doesn't quinner lean to the right too?

john

Hi Brian,
Nice boat! Welcome to the 2001 clan. I got your diaries message on my Blackberry as well.

As the others have said, these boats are sensitive to weight distribution. If you're in it alone, it's definitely going to list to the right.

That's the second time I've heard the weighted to off-set the prop story, but I have no idea if it's urban myth or reality.

You're going to love the boat. Where do you keep it?

Bill

Thanks for your response Bill. Your boat looks really nice as well.

Well, I'm glad to hear at least one other person has heard the weighted story. That gives it a better chance of being true.

This one will see most of it's time on a small lake in NH, which is actually perfect for this boat. I purposely avoided anythng too big.

Leaving with the dealer in storage till spring. It's going to be a long winter!

nice boat and i like the color scheme. Welcome to the family!

Brian, welcome to the site. Congrats on the New boat! I was just looking at the pics of that on the NECC website. Very nice.
Enjoy!
-Brad

Hi SNobsessed,

Well, I'm in Boston, the boat is still at the dealer in NH.

It may be too late to come down on money since I put in a good deposit. And, I think the price I got was probably fair as long as the work needed isn't too major or something. The floor seemed very solid though, so I'm hoping it wouldn't be big. Everything under the hull looked to be in good order, no big scrapes or anything. The prop looked perfect. I don't know that I would have noticed a bent strut or something though.

Would it be normal to take someone over for a second look after the sale? I'd appreciate that if someone had time next Saturday.

That boat is gorgeous, but from what I've seen, if an older Correct Craft lists, it's got water in the hull. If it does, it's very expensive to pay someone to fix it. Maybe enough 2001 owners will chime in and give you their perspective. So the salesman and mechanic from New England Correct Craft stated they were designed to list?

Yeah, they both separately said that the boat was weight biased a little on the right. The prop would tend to lift the right side, so it seemed to be a plausible explanation.

I mostly noticed it when I was in the passenger seat, looking over the stern. I guess if something as minor as a battery could make it list, then the driver could have been that much heavier.

I, unfortunately, didn't get to see it floating empty from outside the boat. There was no dock where we put it in and it wasn't a good day for swimming.

If it was just listing a little, it could be from anything. With 2 people of the same weight, I would think it would lean to the left under power, not the right. As SNObessed said, you're not going to find a perfect boat that's 20 years old. It looks like a great boat.

Here's a pic of my boat that the seller sent me before I bought it. It had a list and the foam was full of water. But I expected it.   

SNobsessed wrote: Site guys - Random thought here - If you hoisted a boat from it's lift eyes, would it show the list on the hoist?

Good point/idea SNob. I just took this pict 10 minutes ago of our neighbor's red '72 Mustang. Notice how it leans to the right while hanging and it does list the same way in the water. It's all original, (looks identical to Fly'n Bryan's up at LG) and we feel it's got a bit of water under the floor. However, it DOES NOT list when under power. While hanging, or in the water, a mere +/- 20lbs of counteracting pressure will level it out. Brian above I don't think mentioned if it listed at all speeds or just at cruise, or WOT. Marshall's 340 Mustang hanging beside the red Mustang, hangs and floats level, but early on the hull dropped scarily to the right once you got very close to top speed, and that turned out to be a slightly bent rudder. FWIW.   

our 88 tilts right, could be a number of things.