Originally Posted by
Dignity
Yes mate, spoken to him a couple of times, he is all for a new pod but one that is level with the bottom of the hull, that means extending the motor leg even lower. Although talking to him today he may go with a modification similar to what Chris is talking about. I have 2 issues, I need to get the motor away from the wash and lift the cave plate higher so a mod is probably the way and there are several ways. I'd like to take the pod off as on close inspection there are stress fractures appearing where it is bolted to the transom. I remember when Allison were still around I enquired on how to access the nuts on several of the lower bolts, turns out these are large coach screws, if I go the way of removing the pod then I would need to put some inspection holes in the sides of the kill tank so that on replacement I can use bolts and nuts. Nothing about this boat has ever been straightforward. I will probably work on Mojoes suggestion first to work out how high I need to go and do some testing (Rob you might have another boat living in your shed for a bit) then get the pod modified.
This wind has played havoc with your fishing Smithy, a couple of times been down at Kawana and seen Capricorn at her moorings.