ruairi

Thanks for all the advise, a lot to mull over! I think I will contact Shetland to find out what the boat should weigh, and then get the boat weighed. My Alaska 500 has a cream coloured hull, think that means it was made by Shetland prior to selling the design to Seahog in 1988 when hull colour was changed to white? Sounds like I'll just have to cut some inspection hatches to have a look if weights don't match. Thanks again for all your help. Cheers Ruairi

Hi, New to this forum. And need some advise. I have just bought a Shetland 500 with mercury 60hp bigfoot. While on mooring the gunnel sits parallel to water and boat lists to starboard. Rain water on deck drains toward bow. Water only travels to sump at stern when on plane and is pumped out. When moving if I open bilge bung brown water drains into sump. I assume that there is water trapped underfloor? Do I just have to cut a hole in floor and have a look? Any advise appreciated. Cheers Ruairi