Great boats, no debate, that’s why I looked at one. Easy to manage solo too. Yours was the inspiration to check one out. I guess my thought was if you’re going to pod it, with the drivetrain already below the floor, you don’t gain any more deck space once you put outboards on it. No doghouse elimination. You’re modifying the whole drive system for the sake of losing the twin vintage stern drives. Most pod conversions are done to gain dance floor area, but not all.
I saw myself taking the summer off and staying on it, going all over the coast. So I bought a centre console instead.