well i have a K&B outboard engine on my boat and the back side of the boat where if it were big enough would house a gas engine, but that whole compartment is open and the front end of the boat (assuming that's the bow) is all empty inside, so i'm afraid that once it takes a sharp turn it'll flip and go down, so for that would i just stuff some pool noodles into the bow of the boat and hope that that'll do? and water does seep in through the holes that the cables for the throttle and sterring arms go through because it's an outboard engine. the holes are bigger than the cables themselves and since it sit low in the water, water gets it