boat listing to port???

[rcflyers]

I have a Fletcher Arrowsprint 129 speedboat (13ft long) with a Johnson 50 (and doel fins) on the back, I sit on the starboard side and my wife who's lighter than me sits on the port side. At planing speeds the boat leans to the port side quite a lot.
i cannot work out why?
Any ideas please?

[SeaSpark]

How did you get a woman to undisclose her weight?

[rcflyers]

lol, she says she is 9 stone, I am 14 stone!

[SeaSpark]

This issue has been addressed on the forum before if i remember correctly. I'm no powerboat expert and did not put much attention to it.

The forum search function is not very good, better use google like:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...=Google+Search

[timgoz]

Excuse my ignorance my Brit friends, how many pounds is a stone?

Take care.

Tim

[timgoz]

Checked it myself. Fourteen pounds. Later.

Tim

[Bergalia]

Originally Posted by timgoz

Excuse my ignorance my Brit friends, how many pounds is a stone?Tim

Here you go Tim my friend...Only someone as ancient as I would remember:

16 ounces (oz) to the pound (lb);
14 (lbs) to the stone (stn);
8 (stn) to the hundredweight (cwt);
20 (cwt) to the ton.....


Errr 4 farthings to a penny; two halfpennies to a penny; 240 pennies to the pound sterling; 12 pennies to a shilling; 20 shillings to a pound sterling; 21 shillings to a guinea....

Do you want me to go on to distances...inches and such...? (The bits about chains and furlongs can prove quite invigorating).

Drones on, and on,and on.....

PS rcflyers - try swapping places.

[timgoz]

To much information. Information overload. Danger Will Robinson, Danger!!!

To tell the truth, the simplicity of the metric system, I find rather dull.

Have a good one Berg. Think I'm checking out.

Tim

[timgoz]

Sorry. Thought I was on the drivle thread. I knew that thread would mess me up.

Tim

[Frosty]

As it would appear I am the only sensible one here able to answer this difficult question I shall proceed.

Firtsly your little Fletcher will be quite susceptable to wieght distrubution.

Secondly the torque from the engine is having a tendancy to twist the boat, especially as it is a deep vee.

Looking at the boat from the back you will see that the prop turns clockwise (Right hand) the torque from this will try to turn anticlockwise, (Port).

[Bergalia]

Dammit - someone's using Frosty's name to reply. But whoever you are...I think you've hit the right answer. Spot on. It makes perfect sense.

[Frosty]

Ha Ha--- that made me laugh did that. Incredibly amuzing.

I think some one is using Berglias name also to make funny jokes ---not a bit like the reall berglia.

[rcflyers]

I trimmed the outboard out one notch and it was fine today - ran nice and level!

The steering is quite a bit harder to turn to port than to starboard, which way do I need to rotate the engines trim tab to balance it up a bit?

Is it possible to remove an inner teleflex steering cable to clean and lubricate it?
thanks.