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Originally Posted by Orlando
its a 76 cuddy with a 78 175 johnson and 2 20gal saddlebag tanks, it seems like it rolls side to side a bit more then i was expacting and was wondering if there was anything i could do as far as weight distribution to make it more stable. i have a two year old son that lives and breathes fishing and was wanting to take him out in the bay some next summer. let him catch a few spot or croakers. but i want to make the boat as stable as possible because children are not the most coordinated people. on a side note i pulled the drivers seat and checked in the hole, didnt see any foam, was wondering if there was any in this boat.
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Depends on how far you want to take the project. The best way to redistribute the weight would be to take the 2 tanks out and put in a center floor tank. The closer you move the weight to the center of a hull the more stable it is. If that's not an option, then the next best thing would be to draw down the fuel in both tanks equally so that the weight is equal on both sides of the centerline of the hull.
As far as foam goes, they didn't start foaming the hulls till a few years after your hull, so unless the PO put some foam in you won't find any. 
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