The center Console Project Boat Outboard Pod Mod

The second part of making the outboard bracket shorter, stiffer, and wider to better spread the load on the transom. And hopefully help with the amount of water the rear of the boat drafts.

[@pooh143luv]

Wow you are a genius i love the way you work. Just wish after your done with this boat you start another one love the content

[@barrylukebuilds7894]

JG You are the Man! Thank you but not sure if another boat is in the future, time will tell. Barry

[@bubbleobill267]

Yes ! Flotation pod is the way to go. Nice work Mr Luke. If you’re making a flotation pod I dare you to go full swim platform width.

[@barrylukebuilds7894]

BOB Working on a pod. Thanks for watching. Barry

[@medicmcauley6729]

I was laughing when you were notching the pipe in the vise, aren't there are pipe jaws on the bottom of the vise jaws... Great Work Barry, I'm impressed

[@barrylukebuilds7894]

Thanks man! Yea there are pipe jaws but they wont hold the pipe at an angle. That vice is really a piece of crap. It only holds aluminum pipe sorta ok because I can squash the pipe out of round. Thanks for watching and commenting. Barry

[@robinfulton9057]

There's a word you don't hear often, Copacetic. My dad would use it and of course I do as well. Barry, you're hanging in there that's for sure.

[@barrylukebuilds7894]

Thanks Robin, a good word is hard to forget! Barry

[@LadyDewBuild]

Awesome stuff as always, that is one beefy motor mount! only way that is coming off is if it take the whole transom with it! Nice work and thanks for sharing

[@barrylukebuilds7894]

Thank you Donnie! When I get kudos from a hands on guy like yourself I am very grateful. Barry

[@softfinesse9673]

Be proud Barry you have done a wonderful job Sir

[@barrylukebuilds7894]

Just saw this, thank you!

[@tamaralee4108]

I noticed in one of your earlier videos that you have a small crane weight scale, and that you have a flywheel lift eye for your outboard. If you launch your boat with no extra pod, rig your weight scale to the lift eye, and lift up (maybe with a pulley), on the weight scale to get the stern to the waterline you want, the weight showing on the scale will be the amount of buoyancy you need to add under the bracket for the boat to float at the waterline you want. Fresh water weighs 62.4 pounds per cubic foot, so if the weight scale shows you need 125 pounds of buoyancy, you would need about two cubic feet of pod volume. But the aluminum pod itself will weigh maybe 15 pounds so you need to add that to buoyancy/ volume total so you would need total of 140 pounds of buoyancy. 140/62.4 = 2.24 cubic feet of pod volume. Salt water is 64 PCF so if salt divide by 64 instead of 62.4.

[@barrylukebuilds7894]

Tamara Interesting proposal. Unfortunately I don't have the ability to lift the boat while it is in the water, scale or no scale. But I agree with your math, I will just have to work the other way around. This is how big I can fit a pod, how much buoyancy will it add and will it be worth it? Barry

[@tamaralee4108]

Understand. Good luck with it. Really interested to see how it runs with the shortened bracket.

[@HeikosGarage]

A lot of guys use hole saws in a drill press for notching pipes. Good video.

[@barrylukebuilds7894]

Thanks man. The set up for the drill press on those two copes was a little too intimidating. Barry

[@darrindedman8165]

Some nice progress. Your moving quicker than me.

[@barrylukebuilds7894]

Thanks Darrin! It's no race, enjoy the journey. Barry

[@santiagovaldez4237]

Awesome work, been following since the beginning. Always happy when a new video comes up. Maybe if you still have too much weight in the back under way you could consider TRIM TABS!

[@barrylukebuilds7894]

SV Thank you much! Trim tabs are an the list of things I want to add. They will help in the go fast mode but not in the sitting still situation, that is what I am currently trying to improve. Barry

[@j_j_h221]

id love to have scrap aluminum like that laying around lol. great videos!

[@barrylukebuilds7894]

Me too! Its all gone now and with no more upcoming pump station construction projects the future is looking bleak. Thanks for watching. Barry

[@j_j_h221]

@@barrylukebuilds7894 time to enjoy the boat till another project comes along

[@joewalton2726]

I like the new bracket, looks great.

[@barrylukebuilds7894]

Thank you Joe. Barry

[@FloatsOne]

Hi Mr. Luke, Great job on the swimming platform, that boat is not a Chris Craft anymore is a "Luke Craft".

[@barrylukebuilds7894]

Frank, thank you. Yes, not much Chris Craft left. Barry

[@kellyflynn2314]

Im not sure, thats why im commenting. I think the forces are up and down, in and out? Primary force pushing the top of transom out of the boat.

[@barrylukebuilds7894]

Kelly Thanks for watching and thanks for taking the time to comment. This is an older video so I will have to watch it again to properly respond to your comment. But regardless, the bracket is right where I put it with no signs of going anywhere. Barry

[@baenkt]

Love your videos! I have a "similar" poject brewing. However... Your big problem is not horizontal, its vertical. The pod/bracket needs to extend closer to the bottom to better spread the load of both the engine weight and the thrust. When I saw the last pic, I thought; "now we are getting some where" ;-) Ive built my own bracket from fibreglass. I only put a 115 optimax on it, but the material thickness was similar to your aluminum bracket. However, it was almost twice the hight. I did not like your bracket the first time i saw it, it´s way to "shallow". Sorry if my english is flawed, I´m from Sweden. Best regards!

[@barrylukebuilds7894]

Bankt Thanks for the kudos! You are absolutely correct about the bracket, the foot print is just too small. In a prefect world I would have had one custom made to perfectly suit my needs but there is a big difference between $400 dollars and $5000 dollars. To me, the problem is I didn't totally trust my transom and to me the weak point is the top which is in tension pulling out on the transom. The bottom (which certainly could have been a lot deeper) is still below the top of the stringer in the boat. So the forward thrust is pushing in on the transom which is pushing directly against the stringers. I am comfortable with that. By making the top wider it was one, relatively easy, and two it spreads the load to almost a 100% greater area. Time will tell if I am correct or just trying to make myself feel better. Barry

[@flickerblip9044]

Should be ready for winter🙂

[@barrylukebuilds7894]

I hope so Brian! Barry

[@dereksuperstrong1210]

And you got to clean the hail out of it clean the hell out of it and push it

[@barrylukebuilds7894]

Thanks Derek! Material prep has never been my strong point. Barry

[@dereksuperstrong1210]

Is that a concept marine hull if so please share info

[@barrylukebuilds7894]

Nope, just an old Chris Craft, 1976 from the date on the fuel tank. Barry

[@dereksuperstrong1210]

You would do a lot better without aluminum welding if you would push that wire aluminum is a push process

[@barrylukebuilds7894]

Thanks for the tip Derek! I will certainly try to remember that. Barry