Outboard pods

[sundance]

Are the pods part of the overall length , or just to the stern , not including the pod ?

 

[cracked_ribs]

Depends if you ask the naval architect or the salesman. A lot of manufacturers include everything from the pulpit to the salesman standing on the pod reaching as far as he can, if you go by their sales literature.

 

[SteelyDan]

Depends. As far as coast guard is concerned the pod is not part of overall length but the marina office will tell you otherwise when you pay for moorage.

 

[Rockfish]

Depends. As far as coast guard is concerned the pod is not part of overall length but the marina office will tell you otherwise when you pay for moorage.

Yup, Some Marinas who rent space by the foot will want to change you from the tip of your bowsprit to the outside of your main outboards prop with the motor in the up position, if that's where you keep it. Some are a little more generous.

 

[Wild Bill]

From the Canada study guide lol. I didn't know..
https://www.boat-ed.com/canada/studyGuide/Measuring-Length-Overall/101199_700083515/

Funny thing it says to the end of the outboard however the diagram for outboard doesn't depict that?
I did my registration and used data from the original data plate.

 

[Sotally Tober]

Are the pods part of the overall length , or just to the stern , not including the pod ?

BC Ferries will include it as overall length, plus anything else sticking out and charge according to that length

 

[dance a jig]

ABYC is the boating standards organization, and in approx. the year 2000 they amended the overall length to include molded in extensions to the hull such as bow pulpits and pod type extensions (Eurotransom). Based on this standard change, if two boats whose centerline length excluding the bow pulpit was 24', and both had bow pulpits of say 2.5' with Boat A's bow pulpit bolted on, and Boat B's pulpit molded in the fiberglass, then Boat A would be considered a 24' boat and Boat B would be considered a 26.5' boat even though they are essentially the same boat. The same math can be applied to a bolted on pod vs a eurotransom. Accordingly in the early 2000's most of the fiberglass boat manufacturers took advantage of this only offered molded in bow pulpits and revised their models to reflect it and oftentimes made slight changes to a model and called it something 2+' longer.

Generally when you pay for moorage, they look at overall length from bow pulpit to back of outboard.

DAJ