Rick,
Possibly part of the problem might be fresh vs. salt water? If I remember any of my high school physics, items are more buoyant in salt water. Also, if you have 1" of clearance, what's the problem? If your water line was under water, I could understand the concern. Just a thought.

Had similar problem on Scottfree, hull 1073. Water line at bow and stern where submerged, while midships was 2-3'' above water. Water line was gel-coated in so it was a bit of a pain to correct, and not a simple moving up of the bottom paint. Boat is in fresh water.
Bob Scott
Scottfree
1073

We have about 1" of white gelcoat between the bottom paint and the blue boot top stripe. I am going to eliminate that white this spring because within days of being launched it starts turning yellow from the rather nasty water in the Bay of Quinte. I'm barrier coating the bottom so I'm going to rough up the white area with sand paper and barrier coat it as well, then bottom paint it.

We currently have a 45 lb Delta with 100' of 5/16" HT chain and 200 feet 5/8" double braid up front. Our new windlass is substantially heavier than the original one was. We also are aft cabin sleepers so the V-berth is the garage. Despite that added weight the white line is out of the water at the bow when at rest at the dock.

The white line still shows above water all around the boat but I think that once we get finished with this year's additions (wind gen, larger RIB Dink and 9.8 motor, another 45 lb anchor and 100' more feet of chain) and get loaded for the extended cruising we hope to do this year it's going to be at least partly under water anyway. I hope it won't need to be raised anymore than that.

My white water line stripe would grow nasty looking green stuff plus the northern Chesapeake mud line. I didn't want to get rid of the stripe, since it's a nice visual effect, so I decided to paint it with Interlux bottom paint, shark white. It's a pain, since I have to tape it off, paint it, then come back in a day or two and tape over it so I can paint the bottom (blue). But it works pretty well, no green slime on the waterline. Mud still has to be scrubbed off.

Gary- I like your idea. I may try that at next year's haulout.

I hate looking at that nasty line we get in the Chesapeake (to say nothing of what I also get from the Baltimore Harbor).

My stern is in below the water line and I have growth on it as well. I though it was overloaded - but I have removed any additional items that may load the stern down. It is still below the water line and I am having to scrape the growth often . I am definitely going to paint so that I will cover the brown growth area. But - I still would like to know if it is overloaded.

I too like the visual of the white stripe but I am afraid it will be underwater by the time we get loaded to go. Blue bottom paint it is for now to keep maintenance as simple as possible.

Haro, what do you have in/on the stern?

Bsrteet - There is a radar post and radar at the back end -that was added when I bought it. I do not see anything unusual that would sink the stern so far down. It had 2 additional 40 lb. and a smaller anchor in the port lazaretto - but I have removed them. There was grill mounted on the stern pulpit - I have removed that as well. There is no water in the tanks at the back. I only put water in the bow tank. The fuel has only 3/4 full. The only difference is that the aft bedroom has a special mattress for those with bad back - like me- that is stiffer. I can not see why this would weigh it down quite so far. You can see the boat in the link of my signature.

I tried your link, Haro, and could not connect.

[QUOTE=baysailor2000;7995]Bsrteet - There is a radar post and radar at the back end -that was added when I bought it. I do not see anything unusual that would sink the stern so far down. It had 2 additional 40 lb. and a smaller anchor in the port lazaretto - but I have removed them. There was grill mounted on the stern pulpit - I have removed that as well. There is no water in the tanks at the back. I only put water in the bow tank. The fuel has only 3/4 full. The only difference is that the aft bedroom has a special mattress for those with bad back - like me- that is stiffer. I can not see why this would weigh it down quite so far. You can see the boat in the link of my signature.[/QUOTE]

This is just my opinion, but it seems to me that the boot stripe is not necessarily applied consistently. My MkII has the bootstripe about 5" or so above the actual waterline, while at the bow, it's about 1". My '88 C30 was the same, only the bow was right at the waterline. One neither boat did this change all that much as the boats were loaded down with 'stuff' over the years. There are a couple other C36 Mk II's in my marina on the hard, and one has the waterline forward much higher than mine. So I'm not sure yours is a loading problem.

If I were to have the topsides painted, I'd definitely relocate the boot stripe. Unfortunately, that's not likely to happen ($$$$).

On the first generation boats at least, the waterline is not quite parralel to the water - it is lower at the ends. Add to this the fact that I have not yet seen a C36 that wasn't 2000 lbs over the 'design weight' in the brochure, and most of them have little room to spare at the waterline at one end or the other.

Hi deising - The link is updated. Try again.

Here is a waterline shot that shows this sailor kept the weight light at the stern.

The water line on Caprice at the stern had to be raised about an inch or so. I thought it was because I was gaining weight so I either had to go on a diet or raise the water line at the stern. I decided it was easier to raise the water line.