Winter boat storage. 36 aft cabin

[km1125]

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I'm at Starport. I did find all my forward carpet dripping wet just after they lowered me back in. It was coming in the anchor rode holes. I estimate 150 to 200 gallons to get that high on the floor. Fortunately it wasn't a super cold winter or could have cracked my hull. I'll address in the fall and make all aware to go bow higher and open the Stern drain.

Thanks for the reply

You should probably check, but I don't believe that any water in the forward half of the vessel will go into the engine room or to the aft cabin where the hull drain plug is. The bulkhead at the forward end of the engine room is solid down to the hull, although there is one opening (which should be sealed with silicone caulk) where wiring goes through right above the forward bilge pump.

What if you backed the boat into the slip before they hauled and blocked it for winter? Would they let you do that? Would that allow it to ride bow-high?

[Viper]

Bow in or out wouldn't change anything.

I'd be surprised if they block the bow higher but it doesn't hurt to ask. I know there's more than one 3607 in there and they block them all the same so I'd be curious to know if the other owners had the same problem. I've never heard of that happening there or anywhere else.

How is On Your Way Marine working out there so far?

[km1125]

I was thinking the docks (or whatever is supporting the timbers that the boat rests on) might not be level and that was complicating the situation.

In the ~28 years I had a 3607 there was only one winter (IIRC) where the boat wasn't blocked with the bow slightly high. That's all it took for the water to run off the deck and not into the boat. That one year the bow was down they had blocked it on a part of the parking lot that was not level. They tried to compensate for that but didn't fully. For me, that was only really a problem in the fall before I got the cover on and in the spring after I took the cover off but before launch.

[Viper]

Typically the docks are level front to back and the timbers are placed on top of them so it doesn't matter which way the boat faces. Some are lifted bow in and some are bow out but that has more to do with the vessel's height and whether items like towers, radars, etc. will clear the roof as the roof's slope is different at the rear of the slip, at least that's the case at the marina in question.