How low should a 228 sit in the water?

[SmokyMtnGrady]

I noticed in my thread on how many folks primarily use their Gradys in freshwater in a picture of a 225 sitting at rest on Lake Greenwood that her overboard drains are easily 1 to 2 inches above the waterline. My drains on my 228 are at the waterline with the boat empty of folks and with some gear and 1/2 tank of gas.

I have owned the boat since new and this has always been the case. I suppose the hard top And cabin materials account for this. With that said, I wonder why Grady did not take this into account and on the walk around move the hole up an inch ?

Do you guys with 22 Seafarers notice the same?

 

[Legend]

What kind of engine do you have. I have seen Gulfstreams with twin 150's that are very low in the stern

 

[SmokyMtnGrady]

It is a single 3.3 F250.

 

[Grady_Crazy]

Mine has a OX66 225 that weighs about 85 lbs less, sitting on Lake Greenwood.

 

[SmokyMtnGrady]

Grady Crazy....all of my side drains are at the water. In fact when sitting in the slip and if I leave the stoppers out of my built in ice chests ...lake debris will bubble up into the ice box. Yours won't do that. I never really paid any attention to it until I saw your boat resting in the water.

 

[G8RDave]

My 228 scuppers sit right at the waterline. With the livewell full they are halfway under water.

 

[Parthery]

Not really an even comparison between Grady_Crazy (or me) 225s and a 228 Seafarer. The additional fiberglass and other construction materials for the cabin add more weight. The hardtop adds more weight. A 4 stroke adds more weight. The Aux fuel tank option adds more weight.

Of all the GWs I've owned, I've never had one that had water bubble back up. I've had water come in because the scupper flappers were shot but replacing them fixed the problem. I've had water come up into the fittings and be visible, but not bubble up into the boat unless 3 guys were standing on that corner.

GW did raise the aft scuppers when 4 strokes became popular....circa 2002.

 

[SmokyMtnGrady]

Parth,
You know on lakes and in and around marinas where there is floating debris..lake flotsum as it were, well that stuff gets into my ice boxes from the drain holes. It is little pieces of styrofoam and other tiny debris. My boat came with a single 125 gallon tank. I think after the 4 stroke revolution they shifted a bigger tank forward. I don't know if it is even an option anymore...it being a reserve gas tank.