[louisianaflatbottom]

Here are some pics of it with paint on the front back both sides and underneath. Also finally got some medium sized Beavertail float pods installed. They work great because before I was riding real low.
Now I have to prep the inside and spray it.

 

[rum3002576]

looks good, what size boat is that?

 

[louisianaflatbottom]

It is a 1648

 

[louisianaflatbottom]

This is what it looked like when i got it 3 months ago.

 

[midnightmurder]

Looking good

 

[DonArkie]

I like it, looks good

 

[firstboat]

how much did the pods lift the rear/lower the front ?

 

[Kajun]

Looks Good. :tu:

 

[louisianaflatbottom]

I am not sure about the front but I looked back at them while on the deck and it did not look like much of them were even in the water. As for the rear it raised it maybe 3", I know it helped it ride higher when you are taking off and not up on plane yet. Once on plane then not a lot in the water and I only mounted them a 1/2" up from the bottom of boat. I could of went with the small pods but after I checked my steering left to right and saw I could fit the medium ones that is the ones I got.




Before the pods the water line was around where the top of the pod is now by the side wall runner with it empty. With me 200lb in it at the back it does not even really change but before the pods with 2 200lb guys in it it started to get pretty close to that bilge pump outlet there in the side.

 

[louisianaflatbottom]

Ok when I got home I did some measuring and it raised the boat 4" with nobody in it and with 2 200 lb guys in it it actually sits about 6" higher than what it used to. As far as speed goes I don't know what it what do before so I can not really say if it slowed me down or not I would say not much because I have a pretty good upward angle on them. Don't know if I did them right but I am happy with the outcome and it does not pull to either side so I guess I got them squared up to the boat.

 

[RPbwhntfsh]

That thing looks almost identical to my current build less the console. Nice job! I got to get some pics of mine up one of these days. Did the pods help at all with stability while you are on the deck?

 

[louisianaflatbottom]

Not really front to back movement but if you are towards the back you can tell a difference in the side to side movement. I would recommend them to any smaller boat owner but you could probably get away with they small pods as they are a little cheaper.

 

[mdschuster96]

Where did you get your pods from?

 

[louisianaflatbottom]

Cabelas online, they are the Beavertail medium pods.

 

[powboybowfishin]

It has come a long way!! looks good :clap:

 

[ILbowfisher15]

Nice job on the build! I know some pods will be my next investment for my boat.