Well Tom I can understand how you feel nothing worse than a boat that leans or lists to one side.

A boat listing to one side. If your boat lists at rest there is too much weight on one side. A measure of the boats ability to right itself at low angles of heel. I am assuming as you come up in speed the boat starts to list to starboard and once you trim up it starts to level out.

Here are some reasons for list and some things you can do to alleviate the problem. Listing is a nautical term to describe when a vessel takes on water and tilts to one side. A boat that lists to one side or the other when sitting at the dock and feels tippy to the owner has low initial stability.

The simultaneous firing of all the guns on one side of a warship or able to fire on the same side of a warship. All the guns on one side of a warship or mounted in rotating turrets or barbettes so as to be able to fire on the same side of a warship. A ship can list either to port left or starboard right.

This video shows you the basics of boat trim. As a general rule for boats with max speeds of 40MPH choose at least one inch of trim tab span per side for every foot of boat length. Whether youre into fishing wakeboarding water skiing tubing or just cruising the lake this boat has something for everyone.

New and used models for sale. A boat could list to one side for several reasons but its usually a weight issue. If a boat is normally in balance and is leaning to one side when under sail this is called heeling.

A List indicates a potential problem. If a boat is unbalanced such as a full tank on one side and empty on another or has flooded compartments or some other problem that causes the boat to tip to one side that is called a list. If the boat has a list to one side when at rest those same forces continue to affect the boat when it is underway.