Why stern heavy?

[195752]

My Albin 28TE has the engine box so I assume the engine is set back more than the flush deck version. My fuel tank is aft; my live well is aft and I have a kicker on the stern. So, before filling all tanks to go fishing; my exhaust outlet was only half under water. Now, I have submerged the exhaust! and that is without additional fisherman. I don't like the situation and do not want to back flow water into my engine. I feel it is an accident waiting to happen... Anyone have a similar situation or have any thoughts about my concern??
"Not very happy"

[Norseman]

Which engine?
I heard a few Cummins had water up the exhaust, but no Yanmars, to my knowledge.
I also load up the boat with full fuel and big cooler in the back full of ice and beer, but no kicker and never use the bait well tanks, still tail heavy but on plane it should lift enough to clear the exhaust?
(Never looked while going 17 knots, but thought so)
After a few hours the boat is lighter in the stern and the exhaust should clear.

[Norseman]

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Exhaust port showing above water with less than 40 gallons in the fuel tank. Needless to say it is submerged with full fuel and pax/stores aft.

[Jkraft]

I am the same as Dag. Low on fuel and on dinghy on the stern and its above. Full Fuel with the dinghy its under.

[Pitou]

My Albin 28TE has the engine box so I assume the engine is set back more than the flush deck version. My fuel tank is aft; my live well is aft and I have a kicker on the stern. So, before filling all tanks to go fishing; my exhaust outlet was only half under water. Now, I have submerged the exhaust! and that is without additional fisherman. I don't like the situation and do not want to back flow water into my engine. I feel it is an accident waiting to happen... Anyone have a similar situation or have any thoughts about my concern??
"Not very happy"

The 28 TE was originally designed to be an engine box model not a flush deck. When the marketplace was demanding more cockpit space Albin moved the engine forward and higher which presented some handling issues that took a Albin a couple of seasons to work out .. that's where the smaller rudders came in.

As far as the exhaust on the engine box model: as stated above, yes the exhaust does get pretty well submerged when the fuel tank is full. The onky time that I would fill my tank was if I was taking a pretty long run and would be burning a fair amount of fuel or at season's end for winter storage. Otherwise I would normally only fill to 5/8 full.

When headed out fishing, either on anchor or on the drift, I would always leave the engine running to prevent that rogue wave from finding its way backup through the muffler , exhaust tubing, the exhaust elbow and finally into the turbo. On the upside and from what I've seen on my 2002 28TE and forward, Albin used Centek Vernatone mufflers which have bafflling which significantly aid in waternot being pushed through.

Here's a picture of my 28TE with just under 3/4 of a tank:

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