OK - for the pros out here -I have searched the forums and cant find any threads on this issue, so if there is already one here, please advise. If not, I have a new puzzle for you -
I have a 19' Bayliner Center Console that is in good shape. The 125 Force that came on it finally cratered and we put a Johnson 175 on it (it was free) and it runs like a bat outa h.... Slight problem though - the motor is a little too heavy for the boat. The boat sits about 3"-4" deeper in the water at the transom now with the increased weight of the 175. The self bailing drain holes in the splash well are right at water level now. SO now, water will flow back into the splash well. I can keep it in the splash well by plugging the drain hole in the splash guard so it does not run up into the boat.
For a lot of reasons, I would like to have the boat sit higher in the water. For that I need to increase the buoyancy factor of the boat and I cannot figure out how to do that without adding something to the back of the boat. Something in the way of small pontoons (like trim tabs - maybe boxes filled with foam) or a motor mount extension for the transom - one of those thousand dollar swim platform extensions people advertise.
My dad said just pour some flotation foam in the back of the boat. I tried to explain buoyancy does not work that way, but he is hardheaded. Or am I wrong ( I think I remember my physics correctly)?
The advantage of going the motor mount extension route is I could also install a hydraulic jack plate on it and run the shallow Texas flats I fish better. I can do that anyway to the transom, but if I need to stick something on the back of the transom to solve this, might as well add the jack plate to the back end of that also.
any ideas???? I really don't want to spend a couple thousand bucks on this little problem, so any suggestions would be welcome.
I have a 19' Bayliner Center Console that is in good shape. The 125 Force that came on it finally cratered and we put a Johnson 175 on it (it was free) and it runs like a bat outa h.... Slight problem though - the motor is a little too heavy for the boat. The boat sits about 3"-4" deeper in the water at the transom now with the increased weight of the 175. The self bailing drain holes in the splash well are right at water level now. SO now, water will flow back into the splash well. I can keep it in the splash well by plugging the drain hole in the splash guard so it does not run up into the boat.
For a lot of reasons, I would like to have the boat sit higher in the water. For that I need to increase the buoyancy factor of the boat and I cannot figure out how to do that without adding something to the back of the boat. Something in the way of small pontoons (like trim tabs - maybe boxes filled with foam) or a motor mount extension for the transom - one of those thousand dollar swim platform extensions people advertise.
My dad said just pour some flotation foam in the back of the boat. I tried to explain buoyancy does not work that way, but he is hardheaded. Or am I wrong ( I think I remember my physics correctly)?
The advantage of going the motor mount extension route is I could also install a hydraulic jack plate on it and run the shallow Texas flats I fish better. I can do that anyway to the transom, but if I need to stick something on the back of the transom to solve this, might as well add the jack plate to the back end of that also.
any ideas???? I really don't want to spend a couple thousand bucks on this little problem, so any suggestions would be welcome.