Outboard Pod for a V17L Haines?? Yay or nay?

[melrichsin]

I am looking at an older V17L being sold with no outboard. As this is such a good hull (by reputation) the only negatives I read are about "at rest" and splash at the transom with 2 blokes fishing at the back. This will be my first boat (after many years in dad's boats) and I want to get a good balance of fishing/cruising/skiing before hopefully moving up to a 20+ footer in future years.

In light of this I am considering a moulded floatation outboard pod, which would create more room also....

Has anyone seen or been in V17L or 565L with a pod to say if it helped or hindered the hull over all?

Also who is best to get the pod from? Arnold's Fibreglass

Cheers in advance