<div>Ever since I've had my M-383, I've wondered whether the published
draft of five feet wasn't optimistic. When I hauled the boat
this fall I checked, albeit crudely. With the bottom of the keel
about one inch off the gravel, I positioned my face to the
waterline about amidships on both sides, noted where it hit,
averaged the two (little difference), and when I got home
measured myself (subtracting the inch the keel was off the
ground). With a resonable error of plus/minus one inch, I'd say
that my draft is five feet, six inches.Has anyone else checked? Might Morgan have increased draft (that
is, lowered ballast) in the M-383 when they raised the mast four
feet from what it was in the M-382?
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draft of five feet wasn't optimistic. When I hauled the boat
this fall I checked, albeit crudely. With the bottom of the keel
about one inch off the gravel, I positioned my face to the
waterline about amidships on both sides, noted where it hit,
averaged the two (little difference), and when I got home
measured myself (subtracting the inch the keel was off the
ground). With a resonable error of plus/minus one inch, I'd say
that my draft is five feet, six inches.Has anyone else checked? Might Morgan have increased draft (that
is, lowered ballast) in the M-383 when they raised the mast four
feet from what it was in the M-382?
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