[Sentoa] Fuel Balance

Tue May 20 20:35:49 EDT 2008

Mark,

I own 37-116 and had similar issues.  I recently took the time to determine if the boat was in balance, and much to my surprise, I had to add about 100 pounds of ballast on the port side.  I haven't had the opportunity to field test the effects of the new ballast, but I am optimistic it will help.

The ballast was needed to compensate for the inverter and the crane with supporting batteries.

Rick Schmidtke
37-116
Carpe Diem
Olympia,Wa

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Mark Yehle 
  To: sentoa at lists.samurai.com 
  Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 5:03 PM
  Subject: [Sentoa] Fuel Balance

  We own a 2004 37’. The main engine fuel line is connected to the port tank. There is a crossover from the port to the starboard tank. However, when running for a period of time, the port tank runs down much faster than the starboard. Even after leaving the boat sit overnight, there is still a large difference between the levels in the tanks. Is there anyway to run the main engine off the starboard tank exclusively? Or at least ensure that the levels remain balanced?

  Mark & Michele Yehle

  Aboard the M&M 37-094

  Key Biscayne 

  Currently (Amelia Island) in transit to Kingston, On

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