While underway in our E27 using the Atomic 4 and moving at 4+ knots, the stern would squat so much that the exhaust was underwater a good bit of the time. Enough so that after the day's sailing there was a line of motor residue horizontally across the stern an inch or so above the exhaust outlet.
The boat sits even and the waterline appears normal at the dock.
We do not have any water in the water system tank under the v-berth.
It was just my wife and I in the cockpit (tiller version, so not sitting all the way back).
Waves on Lake Erie were mostly 3 to 4 footers, quarter following seas.
How much squat is normal?
How bad is this for the motor?
Has any one else had this problem?
Thanks
Bob Greene
The boat sits even and the waterline appears normal at the dock.
We do not have any water in the water system tank under the v-berth.
It was just my wife and I in the cockpit (tiller version, so not sitting all the way back).
Waves on Lake Erie were mostly 3 to 4 footers, quarter following seas.
How much squat is normal?
How bad is this for the motor?
Has any one else had this problem?
Thanks
Bob Greene