RE: Video of my 48" woody with new engine
Yeah the front is a little low in the stock woody. I did a 3d solid model of the boat and made some changes to each frame until I got what i wanted. I raised the front and sides a little, and went with a nice curved deck. Mine handles ok i guess. Cant really complain too much. Up until now I havent had any trim tabs or turn fins. Hoping to be able to dial it in a little better now. Sometimes it gets a little unstable in turns. I did flip it once on a rough day.
If your engine is gulping water while running just make a deflector. There was a post here a little while ago about how someone made one for a rigger. Id defenatly look into that. Injesting water with a high reving, high compression engine is not a good combination.