The flat, sponson hulls will create suction at speed. on a hydroplane sponson, they are shaped so as to create lift. you may find that you have to add a step to the sponson to break the drag effect. with the 90 degree angle on the outer edge of the sponson, the boat will be "very" tender in a high speed turn. this leads to what we call hooking.. Transom mounted sponsons april 8th, 2009, 02:28 am. when we purchased our welded aluminum boat the previous owner had sponsons added onto the transom. i had not been on the boat before they were added but the previous owner felt the helped keep the stern up. (he sometimes loaded the stern with fishing gear). Find great deals on ebay for boat sponsons. shop with confidence..
In the front of the boat i have 2x 45lbs gym plates, 2x group 29 dc batteries (65lbs measured, and they're more like mid front then very front of the boat), 80# mk terrova (~60lbs) and a passenger (my buddy is about 200lbs). in the rear is the motor (~60-70lbs), gas tank (~20lbs), and myself (~190lbs). so that's 400lbs up front and 280/300lbs. Find great deals on ebay for sponsons aluminum. shop with confidence.. Floatation pods: what they do for aluminum catfish boats by chad ferguson 9 comments several months ago i posted information on my seaark procat 240 catfish boat and some of the features of this awesome catfish rig one of which was the floatation pods on the boat..
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