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#21 ·
I have a 2008 Silver Dollar Mod VEE 1/8 thick 5086 1774 20 inches deep.
2008 50 hrp Honda long shaft
Boat has pods on it and the hull is flat as a pancake at the back b/c I wanted it that way.
Pods have trim tabs made on them, made from 3/16 5086, have braces in them and you can trim tabs down where boat will not porpoise.
They drain on inside of boat, and made to push water at outboard!
I like it.
 
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wiznut said:
Here is my $0.02... I was in the same situation this summer when considering my next boat. As you've seen, I ended up with a 1660 tunnel with pods. During the process of reaching that choice, I also considered Jet vs Prop vs Mud, Slick bottom vs Ribbed, Tunnel hull, pods.. etc. Each of these things has pros and cons, there is no perfect set up. What I had to do was build my boat based on what would perform best for 95% of my time on the water.

For a Jet outboard, you have the benefit of running super skinny, but it has the draw back of sucking up things, such as a massive amount of sea weed if you run salt water like I do. They also have problems with wear when sucking up sandy bottoms.

For Mud motors, which were my top pick for a while, you can run in stumps, mud, and super shallow without worry, but you give up speed, and a lot of it. To get anywhere near the performance of an outboard, you have to run dual mud motors, which will set you back a very pretty penny.

After ruling out Jets, and Mud motors, I came back to a propped outboard. A standard outboard has considerably more speed per HP, and is a better bang for the buck. The draw back of course is that you have something hanging below the boat which will limit how shallow you can run, and possibly hit things with.

This led to the choice of Tunnel vs. no tunnel. Since I wanted to run as shallow as possible, and had already ruled out mud motors and jets, it left me with a pretty clear choice of building a tunnel hull. If my choice was one of the other propulsion methods, I would not have had a tunnel hull built.

The choice between a slick bottom and a ribbed came down was a tough one. If I had an extra $3K I probably would have ended up with a slick bottom with rounded chines from Gatortrax, but the cost difference was just too much for me. To have any kind of turning performance for a slick bottom, you need to have rounded chines, which the vast majority of boat builders don't do, leaving you with very few, and expensive options. Cost being a factor pretty much dictated the choice of a ribbed bottom for me.
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I've spent quite a lot of time looking at pictures of your boat. I'm not sold on a jet, mostly because of the thick weeds just about everywhere I fish.

I'm not opposed to a tunnel and propped outboard. that way I would have the efficiency of an outboard and still the ability to run relatively shallow.
 
#25 ·
I just had a 1772 side console built with a slick bottom with 29" sides. Bottom is 3/8 transom is 3/8 the sides are 1/8. Has a 6 ft flush deck 10" walk arounds. I'm happy with the setup I went with. Hoping to test it in the water after I figure out my steering setup.
 
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bch1082 said:
I just had a 1772 side console built with a slick bottom with 29" sides. Bottom is 3/8 transom is 3/8 the sides are 1/8. Has a 6 ft flush deck 10" walk arounds. I'm happy with the setup I went with. Hoping to test it in the water after I figure out my steering setup.
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3/8 or 3/16 bottom?
 
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bch1082 said:
I just had a 1772 side console built with a slick bottom with 29" sides. Bottom is 3/8 transom is 3/8 the sides are 1/8. Has a 6 ft flush deck 10" walk arounds. I'm happy with the setup I went with. Hoping to test it in the water after I figure out my steering setup.
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3/8? Thats some serious aluminum. One heavy SOB .... I'm sure you meant 3/16" lol
 
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MotorCityHTPS said:
I'm liking the slick bottom and surface drive combo. I don't mind trading top end speed for the ability to go just about anywhere.
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If you don't mind the loss of speed and don't do a lot of long runs, then that would be a great combo. If you do go that route, you should consider a hunt deck for extra flotation. Pods don't work well with mud motors.
 
#32 ·
Slick bottom, NO PODS unless you see you need them afterwards. I wouldn't see any need for poly either. Your not gonna run dry, lol. If anything get some gator glide on the bottom.
 
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#36 ·
I would have a problem with drilling a couple hundred holes in the bottom of my brand new boat!
 
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#38 ·
poly is HEAVY. That's why I said to use gator glide.
And no holes drilled in the bottom of the boat. :D
 
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