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Discuss pros and cons of pods and tunnel hulls or both?
River boats for hunting and fishing. Whats the best setup ??? Also, might throw in a discussion comparing jets and outboards. Can you use a jet on a tunnel hull ???
Here is a web site with the basic hull types
http://www.boatus.org/onlinecourse/ReviewPages/BoatUSF/PDF_files/info1b.pdf
OK Now I will tell you what I know about them from my own experience with each type of hull.
First the Pad, or more correctly deep V hulls. All performance ( except catamaran style hulls ) boats have a deep V hull or semi modified deep V. High performance Deep V hulls ( like bass boats) all have what is call a pad or step pad. The pad will vary is shape by the boats manufacture. When these boat get up to a certain speed all of the hull comes out of the water, except that small area called the pad. This greatly reduces friction with the water and allows the boat to gain high speeds.
With some boats it can be a delegate balancing act to keep the boat from doing what is known as Chin Walking. This is caused by the boat seeking a balancing point between the drivers input via the steering wheel and the torq. of the prop....Triton's are well known for chine walk, (which I own ) but chine walk can be mastered with time.
Now the tunnel hull ( if you looked at the web page or have seen one ) has that U shaped configuration, allows for water to run up higher inside of the hull, thus allowing for the motor to be mounted higher on the transom.
Most of my experance with Tunnel Hulls has been with Jet Drives and used on rivers. Depending on the design of the hull can they operate in as little as 6" of water,(as long as the jet drive can pull in water and the hull does not run aground, you can keep moving) without worry of lower end damage as would be the concern with a outboard motor. This hull design with an outboard can operate in a lot shallower water than a Pad boat with an outboard. They are very manuverable.
The Pad boats can handle rough water better than a tunnel hull in my opinon.
Hope this helps and took me a while to reply trying to figure out a simple way to explain it.
Yes Jet Drives can and are used on Tunnel Hulls. One thing tho with a jet drive you lose about 25% of the motors HP rating (still have to have a motor to run the jet drive).
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