Water stands in the cockpit

[Surfer]

Water always stands in the cockpit of my 70's hunter 25'.I am thinking of puting a water tank under the cockpit to change the balance of the boat so the water runs to the back of the cockpit and out the scuppers but i am afraid of changing my depth, I already drag mud somtimes coming into the harbor.but the boat hold 1/2" of water in the front part of cockpit,And my long shaft outboard tends to run out of water often. any ideas?.

 

[herb]

change the weight location

surfer rather than add weight I would look to relocate the weight I have. What do you have sitting in the bow? Look at the boat along the water line does it sit bow down a little? I think that I would move the weight aft rather than taking more on. when you move it aft you will not actually increase your draft. Let us know how it goes

 

[Jim]

Boat balance

My h25 came with a 14 gal fresh water bladder under the cockpit, which I replaced with a 9 gal hard tank because I wanted a power pump rather than the old in and out type. I think the cockpit drain in the old 25s are not big enough, but it does sound like a weight distribution problem to me. What do you keep in the locker under your v berth? I keep four fenders, and that's it. Everything else is stuffed into the starboard cockpit locker including my dink engine, Regards, Jim