24ssv draft

[jeffreyk573]

Would love to get some input on minimum water depth for my 24ssv. I'm looking at putting my boat in a private dock on Kentucky Lake. The water is not at rec. pool yet, but it looks like the water will only be about three foot deep at the dock. According the the specs on the boat, it has a 26" draft. But I don't know what kind of load condition that is(probably zero, no load at all). And the bottom is soft mud under the dock, not sure what the intakes would suck in. And this doesn't even address the lift problem. Replies welcome!

[docdrs]

My 21V has a 25 " draft and I have about 18" of water depth at the front x member on my lift and about 33"at the back support. I start it all the time on the lift with nothing getting sucked up into it.