I have been a member on this forum for a while, I have read hundreds of threads. But I still do not know if I can safely remove all the seats/wells from my boat without hurting the structural integrity? I realize I have to replace any foam I have and I don't think that will be hard. I am just concerned with how much the boat depends on those assemblies for rigidity. And if I can just remove the seats and wells, what do you guys do to fill the holes? Just use rivets but in a thickness appropriate for one layer of aluminum?
I have been stuck in this internal struggle with either selling the boat and buying something already set up more to my liking or just diving in and making this boats layout more to what I want. The problem is that ideally I'd like a bit bigger and a motor with tilt/trim. But then this one is easy to tow and a great size for most of the local waters I fish, so I can live with it not being a 16 or 17'. And I can always get a tilt/trim plate if it gets to me.
So this is the boat. What has to happen to make a big, open space?
I have been stuck in this internal struggle with either selling the boat and buying something already set up more to my liking or just diving in and making this boats layout more to what I want. The problem is that ideally I'd like a bit bigger and a motor with tilt/trim. But then this one is easy to tow and a great size for most of the local waters I fish, so I can live with it not being a 16 or 17'. And I can always get a tilt/trim plate if it gets to me.
So this is the boat. What has to happen to make a big, open space?