bluegrasser
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You can look at all my work by following the link under my signature. I have pretty much finished working on this boat, except for two things:
1) I beach a lot on gravel bars and rocky shores. I have purchased a hull/keel protector from Cabelas and will install this coming weekend if it's warm enough.
2) My transom rides pretty low, even though I have moved a decent amount of weight further up in the boat. There's not a whole lot of freeboard back there if I walk back to lift the motor for shallow riding (Well, I guess a hydraulic tilt/trim would be another future project... it never ends does it?). When the boat is on plane, the back still rides pretty low, even though I have installed a hydrofoil on my motor. The hydrofoil helped out a TON on porpoising and gets me on plane a little faster, but I'm looking for a better solution...
I fish in really shallow rivers sometimes and would also like to help my shallow drafting. I am seriously considering flotation pods, and I see that you can even get them online now https://www.boydwelding.com/category/products/float-pods
Here's my big question --- I do not have a totally flat bottom, like a jon boat. It is a semi-V I guess. Here's the only picture I had handy that would sort of show this on the transom:
Would I have to get a custom pod to precisely follow the contours of the hull's bottom? Or could I bolt/weld just the standard boxy transom pod onto my boat?
1) I beach a lot on gravel bars and rocky shores. I have purchased a hull/keel protector from Cabelas and will install this coming weekend if it's warm enough.
2) My transom rides pretty low, even though I have moved a decent amount of weight further up in the boat. There's not a whole lot of freeboard back there if I walk back to lift the motor for shallow riding (Well, I guess a hydraulic tilt/trim would be another future project... it never ends does it?). When the boat is on plane, the back still rides pretty low, even though I have installed a hydrofoil on my motor. The hydrofoil helped out a TON on porpoising and gets me on plane a little faster, but I'm looking for a better solution...
I fish in really shallow rivers sometimes and would also like to help my shallow drafting. I am seriously considering flotation pods, and I see that you can even get them online now https://www.boydwelding.com/category/products/float-pods
Here's my big question --- I do not have a totally flat bottom, like a jon boat. It is a semi-V I guess. Here's the only picture I had handy that would sort of show this on the transom:
Would I have to get a custom pod to precisely follow the contours of the hull's bottom? Or could I bolt/weld just the standard boxy transom pod onto my boat?