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<blockquote data-quote="JL8Jeff" data-source="post: 493672" data-attributes="member: 12995"><p>I think you might lose a little buoyancy with a tunnel unless you added pods as well. I'm not sure about losing speed, I've never been worried about speed in my fishing boat. My Lowe has the jet tunnel, the Merc 60/45 jet and is a 1652 so probably very similar to what you would end up with if you added the tunnel. It looks like my boat draws around 8-9" of water sitting at the dock. I have my console forward with the battery under it to get weight up front. Pods would help but probably slow you down a little. You would need to raise the motor which might require adding to the transom or a riser plate. The tunnel would also need drain holes on each side vs the single one in the middle. The motor will still hang down enough to smack rocks but most likely be less damage if you hit. Here are some pictures of my boat.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]113149[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]113150[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]113151[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]113152[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JL8Jeff, post: 493672, member: 12995"] I think you might lose a little buoyancy with a tunnel unless you added pods as well. I'm not sure about losing speed, I've never been worried about speed in my fishing boat. My Lowe has the jet tunnel, the Merc 60/45 jet and is a 1652 so probably very similar to what you would end up with if you added the tunnel. It looks like my boat draws around 8-9" of water sitting at the dock. I have my console forward with the battery under it to get weight up front. Pods would help but probably slow you down a little. You would need to raise the motor which might require adding to the transom or a riser plate. The tunnel would also need drain holes on each side vs the single one in the middle. The motor will still hang down enough to smack rocks but most likely be less damage if you hit. Here are some pictures of my boat. [ATTACH type="full"]113149[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full"]113150[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full"]113151[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full"]113152[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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