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Any thoughts ?

Your picture taking and posting skills could use some work.

2" total on each side I.e 2 low and 2 high.

I'm starting to think it's wet foam. Not sure how much money that will cost

So Quinner nailed it.   10" way too optimistic.

T_bone19 wrote: RECAP Potential causes 1. Closed cell foam is damaged and has absorbed water ( 80% believe this the culprit) 2. Engine Mis-Alignment ( 15%) 3.. Extra material on the boat or in compartments (4 %) 4. The boat was seized off the coast of Key west and $20MM in illegal product are between me and 4 inches of fiberglass. (1%)

I took pictures yesterday, with an empty tank of gas, removed all items from the boat, and ensured the no water was present in the boat.

I checked the airbox - Nothing abnormal found, just speaker, 2X hoses for the heater.   

Gas Tank Removed the center floorboard and checked all around the Gas tank and i could not see anything abnormal or any additional material

I also measured with level as someone suggested in a previous post

Facts

The Boat List to Starboard by a solid 2" inches

The weight seems to be most noticeable in the middle to stern of the boat.

Takes 200 pounds on the far port side to level this boat out

Nothing i can see in the airbox or around the gas tank that would add this much weight.

you can see the waterline is at the Ski Nautique decal ( This isn't the water level)   

so much for The Meadowlands...

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T_bone19 wrote: RECAP Potential causes 1. Closed cell foam is damaged and has absorbed water ( 80% believe this the culprit) 2. Engine Mis-Alignment ( 15%) 3.. Extra material on the boat or in compartments (4 %) 4. The boat was seized off the coast of Key west and $20MM in illegal product are between me and 4 inches of fiberglass. (1%)

#4 just wishful thinking? Too bad DeLorean didn't make boats...

Now I'll have to find my old "Save the Bales" t-shirt...

I would give the boat a thorough search. Take panels off, seats out etc.. It's not unusual for someone to stash lead somewhere for the purpose of shaping the wake.

TRBenj - I will check it out, but Scootydog has the exact same boat as me (model, year, engine, etc) his doesn't list.

Gas tank area, behind the panel- have you looked behind there? Not in the gas tank. Air box is at the drivers feet. Panels are mounted with screws up front. Common to mount accessories (amps, heaters) behind them. What's up there on your boat?

Hollywood wrote: Almost all ski boats list towards the driver side due to the weight of the helm and instruments. The smaller the boat the more pronounced the lean.

This has to be the issue with my 206 when I am the only one onboard >> the weight of the helm and instruments...

skutsch wrote: Did he say a FOOT of list??? Like waterline is 6" low on the port side and 6" high on the starboard, or literally seeing the starboard side 12" lower in the water? Cripes, I can't even weight (for surfing) my Sport to sink one side 12 inches... That's with 800 lbs on one side, so we are talking some SERIOUS water soaked foam! Definitely need pictures of this...

Good point. While filling 400lb sacs on my '92 it hardly lists at all when only one side is full and that's with me standing on the same side. Our '89 lists more but still not anywhere close to 12 inches. Maybe 4 inches at the most with a full sac.

Detailed pictures should show a lot. I'd be curious if anything was hiding in the gas tank or air box area behind the panels.

Oh yeah I read it wrong. Boat started off as a British boat.

All seriousness I go along with DRCC. In fact that scenario described I've seen in person.

Maybe a serious skier owned the boat with a serious over weight driver so he put 200lbs of dumbbell in the passenger floor to balance the weight. But most people I've seen are lazy and just the leave the discs on top of floor.