[Shawsee]

StBalor,

I have a 76 and I also noticed the first time I had her out she sat rather low in the water. After I got her back home and cleaned up I started to look at the way I had the boat stored outside, which was completely level. So I then thought, I wonder if there is water trapped in the bottom of the hull beneath the floor where it could not drain out of the transom drain hole. So I then proceeded to raise the front tongue of the trailer as far up as possible. I ended up using two 4x4 pieces stacked together under the tongue jack. This raised the bow of the boat way up in the air, while the jack was raised up as far as possible. It look scary at first raised up that high but mine never had a problem at all being kept this way. Anyway, the water began pouring out the transom drain hole like there was a flood! There must have been 55 gallons of water trapped in there, just on the bottom of the hull. ::) So now when I park her, I always leave the bow up as high as possible, and now when I launch her, she sits up nice and high in the water.

I am by no means saying this is what will cure your problem, because I am rather new to this boating stuff as well. All I know this has worked for me because I keep my boat outside right now, and rainwater will add up after a while. Good luck and post pictures as the guys suggested.