Pontoon alteration

[rubberchicken]

Originally Posted By: Ducked
Thai-stylee longtail engine installation?

Drainage sluice for head?


Hey- Thai-style longtail- good guess, that never occurred to me.

 

[Ducked]

Originally Posted By: rubberchicken
Originally Posted By: Ducked
Thai-stylee longtail engine installation?

Drainage sluice for head?


Hey- Thai-style longtail- good guess, that never occurred to me.


Wouldn't make sense with a catamaran config because you'd presumably put the engine in the middle of the bridge deck, but with a trimaran (IIRC this is the third hull) it might.

 

[4WD]

If you look at the tube shape of pontoon (deck) boats that’s just a cheap way to mobilize a patio. They take a fair amount of draft to provide buoyed payload … so a 3rd pontoon will assist on both draft and variable deck load.
Transit is another story

A body in a fluid is lighter in weight by an amount equal to that of which it displaces … that’s why barge shaped hulls are payload kings … but not speed kings …

 

[RTexasF]

So he was adding a third log for a boat not designed for it. That's a lot of trouble and expense.

 

[tig1]

Originally Posted By: RTexasF
So he was adding a third log for a boat not designed for it. That's a lot of trouble and expense.


It is.