Acceptable water depth for draft in shallow water for a 211

[B_rad]

We have a 2007 211. The draft is 28” as per manufactures specs. I am in the process of renting a slip on a constant water level lake andthe water depth averages 36” in the cove that we would store the boat (on alift). I was told that on occasions thewater level can drop down to 32'-33”. Would this be an acceptable depth? It’s about 300 feet to the main part of thelake where it starts to get deep?

[EntiatSkier]

It would be ok i guess if there was no rocks and it was perfectly flat on the bottom.

Also the draft of 28" is the dry weight. Once you start loading people and everything else such as gear and ESPECIALLY fuel, your draft will greatly increase.

You may want something deeper. 4' would be good...

[Sac Surfer]

my 2010 210 was sitting in 2.3-2.5 ft last weekend at my dock. I checked under the rudder(lowest point) with a diving mask an there was only about 3-4inches of water before ground (28inch draft). Needless to say I pushed my dock out 8ft and was now sitting in 3.8-4.0ft tied up at my dock. I would be very careful, as a bent rudder or shaft will set you back significantly as well as take your crew off the water for some time.

[EntiatSkier]

See, you can sit in that shallow water but you may not want to start the boat or drive it around there. What is the bottom like were you are planning on parking?

[TX-Foilhead]

It depends on which lake and where. My folks are on the other end of LBJ and I regularly see an X2 come in and out of their cove. Its about waist deep at their dock with a silt bottom and gets even shallower as you go farther into the cove. It looks bad, but doesn't seem to hurt the boat from what I've seen. If it's a hard bottom, unlikely, I wouldn't do it. I work for LCRA, the lakes will vary more than a few inches, they have a range of at least a foot and moat peole would be surprised at how much they move daily. Ive had issues at my neighborhood ramp launching when it's up and trying to load A couple of hours later after it's dropped 8 inches. Our ramp ends with a 5 ft drop so we can't go further back at some point.

[atthelake]

I would be very leary on that. You hear too many people not erring on the side of caution on this kind of stuff and it will come back and bite them square in the *ss. It's like saying, my dry weight is 3500# so a 4000# lift should be enough, right? My thought, always allow for Murphy's Law. Four to five inches of room, IMO, isn't enough.

[EntiatSkier]

atthelake is very right!

[B_rad]

The slip is on Lake Austin and the bottom is severalinches of slit. I watched a boat (inboard) from across the small cove leave andasked to the owner if he had ever experienced any problems. He said that I justneed to push out and stay in the center of the cove where it’s close to fourfeet deep and use a boat hook to pull the boat into the slip. He said they havebeen doing that for years and his prop is in like new condition. He alsomentioned that the only boats that he had seen have any problems in that covehave all been i/o's.

Thanks for the replys
Brad

[atthelake]

So you're gonna go for it? Do they need to change/clean out their water straining system more frequently then. I would think if your stirring up that much silt it may be something to keep an eye on. Just be careful and have fun.