306 canyon - do engines touch water when raised?

[Rhumbline306]

New owner of a 2016 306 canyon. The boat will be on a mooring this summer (previously rack stored) and curious if I need to add anti fouling paint to the engine skegs. Boat has twin Yamaha 300s.

Forgot to check this out before hauling in the fall.

Thank you.

 

[JJF]

Hi,

I have a 2018 306 with twin F350s (V8 version; Series C).

A fair amount of my lowers are in the water when the motors are titled all of the way up. They are painted at an angle such that the parts in the water are protected from growth. I am the second owner. It appears to me that the factory Yamaha paint was never scuffed or anything and the lowers were simply painted. I say this, because they were painted one season (yard forgot) and I had to scrub them throughout the summer. By the end of that season, much of the paint was gone and the Yamaha paint was still intact.

In any event, make sure the proper paint is used on the them (I.e. no metals oin the paint).

 

[Sardinia306Canyon]

My 2011 306 Canyon had the lower unit about 3 fingers submerged as shown below with the original twin F300, with the F350 V8 it would be about 1 finger more but not to the intake grille what would be a bigger problem.
However, i suggest to not paint them for now and see if they are submerged, how much and if you can change float level with loading the boat differently (more weight on bow).
Should the LU be submerged then it should be enough if you take a swim once a month and scrub the baby barnacles away using a scotch brite pad or something similar.
Then next year you have the correct level to paint the submerged part.

 

[Rhumbline306]

Many thanks. Exactly the information I was looking for. Cheers.

 

[Rhumbline306]

Quick update after spending six months in the water - No real marine growth. No need to paint.

Just one inch in the water and whatever growth was there easily wiped off when swimming.

Thanks!

 

[seasick]

avoid using a Scotch Brite pad ( if it is not the scratch free type).

 

[c1steve]

You can also leave a large cooler on the bow, and fill it full of water. It should raise the engines about an inch.

 

[glacierbaze]

You can also leave a large cooler on the bow, and fill it full of water. It should raise the engines about an inch.

Almost swamped my tournament 22 in the slip doing this exact same thing. Didn’t notice that my deck had become ever so slightly tilted toward the bow, and when it started raining hard that afternoon, it just got worse by the minute, because there were no deck drains forward of mid-ship. Luckily, someone saw it and called me.
But, it does work, because my engines were well clear of the water by the time I got to the marina.

 

[c1steve]

A Canyon 306 is pretty large. I suspect you would need at least 4-5 coolers to bring the bow down enough that the drains are too high.