arkansasnative
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Ok i have finally broken down and decided to get an opinion or two on here. For the past year i have been designing floatation pods for my transom and i cant decide to go thru the hassle of building them or not. Since my boat is so narrow (1432) i have really had to work with the pod width, but on the positive, the mini jacker i added eliminated any clearance issues out to about 16 inches past the transom. The pods i have come up with will give me almost 100 lbs of floatation which pretty much compensates for my 9.9 johnson and gas. The starboard pod is slightly larger... im hoping it will help with me sitting a little off center while motoring. My transom is only 13 inches tall so i feel like anything that can give me a little more height will help. Pods are currently being fabbed out of 1/4" plywood and fiberglass via stitch and glue method and they will be bolted on.
My question is: Would it be worth it to go thru the trouble of building them for only 100 extra pounds of floatation?
Here's a pic or two to show how low the rear is...
without me(180 lbs) or a rear seat
with me... still no seat and no mini jacker.
My question is: Would it be worth it to go thru the trouble of building them for only 100 extra pounds of floatation?
Here's a pic or two to show how low the rear is...
without me(180 lbs) or a rear seat
with me... still no seat and no mini jacker.