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Jon and V Boat Conversions & Modifications
V-bottom and flotation pods?
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<blockquote data-quote="jethro" data-source="post: 410509" data-attributes="member: 12381"><p>I'm speculating here since I've never had float pods on my V-hull, but... a V-hull by design is a displacement style hull whereas a flat bottom boat is a planing style hull. Adding pods to a V-hull is sort of defeating the purpose of why people favor them. The V-hulls give you stability through choppy water by displacing the water, cutting through the waves instead of riding over them like a flat bottom. If you give the boat more flotation I don't think it will operate the way it's intended. A flat bottom boat is intended to plane over the water and for this reason doesn't handle choppy water as well, but it draws less water and benefits by more flotation.</p><p></p><p>If the only reason you want the pods on a V-hull is for the added capacity- which is only like 200lbs more- I don't think it's worth the potential sacrifice in ride quality.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jethro, post: 410509, member: 12381"] I'm speculating here since I've never had float pods on my V-hull, but... a V-hull by design is a displacement style hull whereas a flat bottom boat is a planing style hull. Adding pods to a V-hull is sort of defeating the purpose of why people favor them. The V-hulls give you stability through choppy water by displacing the water, cutting through the waves instead of riding over them like a flat bottom. If you give the boat more flotation I don't think it will operate the way it's intended. A flat bottom boat is intended to plane over the water and for this reason doesn't handle choppy water as well, but it draws less water and benefits by more flotation. If the only reason you want the pods on a V-hull is for the added capacity- which is only like 200lbs more- I don't think it's worth the potential sacrifice in ride quality. [/QUOTE]
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